Landmark agreement makes Nepal the first Asian country to access LEAF funding, rewarding decades of community-led forest ...

Stakeholders warn that Nepal’s first results-based carbon funding of up to $45 million from the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) may be subjected to complex bureaucratic ...

Nepal, July 1 -- Although Nepal is often referred to as an agricultural country, the agricultural land has been shrinking every year. In recent times, land suitable for paddy plantation has been ...

In Nepal, a recent push to build cable cars to boost tourism in natural beauty spots carries significant environmental costs. A controversial cable car project has been proposed in Mukkumlung, ...

Kusum Devi Dagaura has chaired a community forest group in Kailali for three years. In that time, the forest has thrived on her watch, but she has never been allowed to take any decision. The Mohanyal ...

They appear tranquil soaring above Himalayan forests, but a string of cable car projects in Nepal have sparked violent protests, with locals saying environmental protection should trump tourism ...

SEEING FORESTS AND TREES: Nepal reaps rewards for doubling its forest cover in 30 years. Maps: NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY Earlier this month, Nepal received Rs1.6 billion from the World Bank as part of ...

Forests are disappearing at an alarming rate of 10 million hectares each year and about 12% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to deforestation and forest degradation. But nature ...

The Terai Arc Landscape initiative has already brought back to life a forest area 13 times the size of Kathmandu. Local communities that teamed up with government and civil society groups to protect ...

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Across Nepal, five cable car projects have opened in the past two years -- and 10 more are under development, according to government figures - Copyright AFP Prakash ...