By MARC FORNI
By 2050, two-thirds of all people will live in cities. Each year, 72.8 million more people live in urban areas. That’s the equivalent of a new San Diego appearing every week. But fast grow, and a high concentration of people and assets, makes cities vulnerable to climate...
PRAMOD NEUPANE
We are living in the most explosive era of infrastructure expansion in human history. Studies and records have shown that in the next three years, paved roads in Asia’s developing nations will double in length. As per Science Magazine, in the next three decades, the total length of...
By - MICHELE CLARK & ANIL SHRESTHA
Invasive alien plant species (IAPS or ‘invasives’) threaten Nepal in a multitude of ways. They undermine the ecological integrity of agricultural areas, forests, and grasslands. They put livelihoods at risk by reducing natural resources. And they degrade Nepal’s cultural and world heritage sites....
By BALARAM SHARMA CHAULAGAIN -
The project will initially supply 170 million litres of water from Melamchi River to the Valley in the first phase. In the second phase, water from Yangri and Larke rivers will be diverted to Melamchi River to supply an additional 340 million litres of water.
Kathmandu...
In choosing a solution, it is important to understand the real cause of the plastic bag problem: the myth of free plastic. Retailers pay up to 5 cents per plastic bag, but the cost is hidden, passed on to shoppers through higher grocery prices.
By Joseph Curtin
All it had taken...
An integrated multi-media portal on environment and sustainable development
From a poster-size wall newspaper to a magazine and from a high-standard magazine to now a news portal, Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) has come a long way in its endeavor of creating awareness on the issues of environment and...
Nepal has to create a proper, data-driven framework for effective water resource management
Alaina B Teplitz
Quiet, clean, and efficient electric vehicles are all you see on Nepal’s roads. The air is clear, with no harmful particulate or thick smog blotting out the mountain panoramas. Large irrigation works give farmers a...
As we lay the groundwork for the compact to enter into force, businesses are already benefiting from new opportunities to work in Nepal in areas such as design and engineering services, financial services, project management, and construction.
By Fatema Sumar
The people of Nepal made history last year by participating in...
After centuries of bad stewardship, communities are at last starting to see the benefits of forests
By John Vidal
China plans to plant forests the size of Ireland. Latin American countries have pledged to restore 20m hectares of degraded forest and African countries more than 100m hectares. India is to plant...
We need to do more to manage the climate change effects that change lives
Shazia Omar and Ashfaqur Rahman Khan
South Asia is affected by a range of natural disasters that displace thousands of people every year. The impact of natural hazards in the region is amplified by poor infrastructure...
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