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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fair Trade certification is designed to help disadvantaged producers and workers in the Global South improve their livelihoods by linking their products to ethical consumers in the Global North.

This $600k defense against sea level rise could have lasted 3 years. It was destroyed in less than a day ...

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 ...

According to the National Statistical Office 2021 Census of Nepal, Indigenous Peoples comprise 36 percent of the total population. The government recognizes 59 communities as Indigenous under the ...

As India’s railway network expanded in the 1890s and 1900s, the demand for wooden railway sleepers, called ‘ties’ in America, likewise increased. The Rana regime realised that western Nepal’s dense ...

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 ...