The Finnish government is set to flow financial assistance of Rs 150 million to improve water and sanitation sector in Myagdi.

The Finland government has agreed to provide a grant assistance of Rs 1.85 billion to the government for the implementation of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Western Nepal (RWSSP WNII

Agriculture is one of the largest contributors of the anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) responsible for global warming. Measurements of gas fluxes from dung pats suggest that dung is a source of GHGs, but whether these emissions are modified by arthropods has not been studied. A closed chamber system was used to measure the fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from dung pats with and without dung beetles on a grass sward. The presence of dung beetles significantly affected the fluxes of GHGs from dung pats.

Around 80 percent of the Rs 500 million grant assistance the Government of Finland had provided to Nepal for a project entitled ‘Forest Resources Assesment in Nepal’ has reverted back to Finland be

One of the notable details of Monday's landmark ruling to ban the use of some neonicotinoid pesticides across the European Union was Germany's vote in favour.

Fewer European countries could face fines for breaching air pollution limits after recession slowed industrial activity and limits on sulfur emissions kicked in.

The Aland archipelago, part-way between Finland and Sweden, is the wind-swept setting for a legal spat over green energy subsidies with implications for the European Union as a whole.

The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said.

The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said.

The government of Finland has said it has withdrawn its support for the proposed waste processing centre, which was to be established in Dangraha, Morang.

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