Tag: #forest fires

What is invisible is more dangerous

Kathmandu Valley’s air is not polluted, it is poisonous

Smoke Screen

Climate breakdown is not the only reason for this year's unprecedented wildfires across Nepal

Protecting Nepal's forests from fires

A fire engulfed major parts of Nagarkot's Datadol forest in April 2021. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIMarch 2022 was one of the hottest recorded in the…

Will Nepal ever be paid for saving trees?

Photo: KUNDA DIXITLast week, the Nepal government signed a carbon trading agreement with the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance…

No smoke without fire

All photos: BIJAYABAR PRADHANNepalis continue to endure the worst air quality in recent years as wildfires ravage the forests at unprecedented…

Nepal's smoky mountains

A series of photographs of Kathmandu Valley taken by Abhushan Gautam on 10 May 2020, and on 6 April 2021 from the same spot in Chobar at the…

Clearing the air

Political smokescreen

Kathmandu before and after the wildfires. The second picture was taken on 29 March. Photos: PRABIN RAJBHANDARIThere is political miasma…

Thick haze adds to Nepal Covid-19 woes

Thousands of revellers thronged to Kathmandu's Darbar Square on Sunday to celebrate Phau Purnima ignoring warnings of a possible second Covid-19…

Nepal is going up in smoke

Wildfires lead to hazardous air quality for third straight day, with no end in sight

Wildfires in Nepal cause air quality to plummet

Smoke from wildfires was thick enough to nearly block out the sun in Kathmandu. Photos: KUNDA DIXITKathmandu Valley endured one of the worst air…

Wildfires ravage Nepal mountains

The fire in Manang started on 26 November and is still raging as seen in these pictures taken on Tuesday. Photos: NABIN LAMICHHANE/RSSA three…