Community forestry has been rewarded with US$ 95,000 (approximately Rs 6.8 million) for reducing emissions in the atmosphere causing climate change through enhancement of carbon stocks and sustainable management of forests.

Representatives of three community forest users

Fisherfolk of Lekhnath Municipality have rolled up their sleeves to clean Begnas Taal, a lake in Kaski district teeming with invasive aquatic plants.

Over a month-long Everest clean-up campaign launched by Everest Summiteers' Association brought down on Sunday 8,110 kg rubbish collected up to an altitude of 8,700 feet from the base camp.

The drive, which cost around Rs 10.71 million, had taken a team of 29 local Sherpas to clear Everest of litters collected over years.

Local residents of Dolakha district have encroached on around 50 hectares of forestland in Ramechhap district.

According to villagers of Goshwara, around 40 people of Dudhpokhari continue to saw logs in Siddhanath Community Forest.

The causative agent of cholera, Vibrio Cholera, has been detected in two patients in Kalanki and Sitapaila in the Capital, according to the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Teku.

The recent climate change adaptation efforts in Nepal will not achieve significant results in delivering timely support to vulnerable communities unless the government makes vigorous efforts to implement National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), warns a new Oxfam report.

The report that deals with the governance of climate change adaptation financing in Nepal examines the national situati

A new report by the UN World Health Organisation says non-communicable diseases are the

The Ministry of Labour and Transport Management (DoLTM) is drafting a new transport policy aimed at controlling auto imports and taking old vehicles off the roads.

The policy targets limiting the import of two-wheelers in particular following the massive increment in their import during the last few years.

Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) from across the country have taken serious exception to the government

The construction of Upper Tamakoshi Hydro Electricity Project (UTHEP), the largest hydel project being constructed in the country so far, has moved a step forward with the signing of Power Purchase