Nepal’s forests are a remarkable success story, with the country reversing deforestation trends and achieving significant gains in forest cover. This report provides critical data and insights to ...
Nepal’s government can’t distribute land in national parks and forest areas to landless individuals, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled, emphasizing the protection of natural resources. Land ...
KATHMANDU, November 14, 2025 — Nepal has received a payment of $9.4 million from the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) for reducing approximately 1.88 million tons of carbon ...
KATHMANDU, July 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Put women in charge of cultivating forests and the trees grow stronger. That's the takeaway from a pioneering 30-year scheme that has elevated women to ...
A new REDD+ program in Nepal is poised to protect about 2.4 million hectares of forests between 2019-2024. Kathmandu, Nepal – A new REDD+ program in Nepal is poised to protect about 2.4 million ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Gurung people of Nepal’s Himalayas manage fragile alpine pastures through the ‘thiti’ system, which sets annual guidelines for rotational grazing, forest use and herb collection. Livestock owners ...
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 ...
Everything has changed,” he says, adding, “Why won’t the tiger?” One hears similar stories across the Terai in Uttar Pradesh. In Chandan Chouki, a village near Dudhwa National Park, women working in ...
The Armed Police Force attempting to get a forest fire under control at the Baijnath Community Forest in Kanchanpur's Suklaphanta Minicipality on 27 April. Photo: Rajendra Prasad Paneru/RSS Anyone ...
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