Nepal

Over the past two decades the issue of air pollution in the
Kathmandu Valley has become of increasing concern as
concentrations of ambient air pollution exceed international
air quality guidelines and standards. The steady growth in
road traffic has resulted in the increasing contribution of
vehicle emissions to urban air pollution, especially particulate

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): Dieter Schwela

Source: Stockholm Environment Institute

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, RSPM (PM 10), Benzene, Air Quality Management, Air Quality Standards, Nepal, Kathmandu

Climate Change

Charting change

From the Himalaya to Male, there are clear signs that climate change is real.

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): Kunda Dixit

Source: Himal South Asian

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Issue:

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Tags:

Himalaya, Rivers, Ganga, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Glacial Melt, Floods, Climate Adaptation, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, South Asia

Environment

Twists & turns

Conservation is a tricky thing. It's about finding the balance between the needs of wildlife and mankind. It's about preserving what exists, saving what's diappearing, and encouraging what's naturally developing. WWT's (Wildlife & Wetlands Trust) work in Koshi Tappu, Nepal is a fascinating project that requires careful dedication to all these balances. In a nutshell, Koshi Tappu is a wetland that has been fished by local communities for generations upon generations.

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): Seb Buckton

Source: Waterlife

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36-39

Tags:

Wetlands, Nepal, Fisheries, South Asia, Public Participation, Wetland Conservation, Dams, India, Invasive Alien Species, Lantana, Hyacinth, Sustainable Development

People

Child labour dilemma

For all the money and attention devoted to the child labourers in Nepal, no one has yet worked out, where they are and what it has done. That is to say, plopping the whole lot into a subject called

Publication Date:

29/09/2009

Source: Kathmandu Post (Nepal)

Tags:

Children, Child Labour, Nepal

Health

Arsenic groundwater contamination in parts of middle Ganga plain, Bihar

The middle and upper Ganga plains covering the upstream part from Rajmahal Hills, were earlier considered to be free from arsenic groundwater contamination. Initially, the contamination (>0.05 mg/l) was reported in 2002 from two villages, Bariswan and Simaria Ojhapatti of Bhojpur district of Bihar.

Publication Date:

25/09/2009

Author(s): Dipankar Saha

Source: Current Science

Vol:

97

Issue:

6

pp:

753

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Northern Indo-Ganga Plains, Ganga, Arsenic, Drinking Water, Health, Nepal, Bihar, Bhojpur, Buxar (D), Patna (D)

Energy

Govt initiates process to bring thermal plants from Germany

The Ministry of Energy has begun process to bring two thermal plants from Germany to install in Biratnagar and Birgunj industrial corridors.

German officials had pledged to provide two thermal plants each of 50 MW capacities during a visit of energy minister Prakash Sharan Mahat.

Publication Date:

22/09/2009

Source: Nepal News (Nepal)

Tags:

Thermal Power Plants, Nepal, Germany

Climate Change

Everest "Memento" For Obama To Show Climate Change Impact

Nepal's sherpa community is sending a piece of rock from Mount Everest to U.S. President Barack Obama to underscore the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.

Publication Date:

21/09/2009

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

Himalaya, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, WWF, Nepal, United States Of America (US)

Wildlife

Two rhinos killed in ten days

Poachers have killed two rhinos and robbed them off their precious horns in a span of ten days in Chitwan National Park (CNP), Nagarik daily reported.

A male rhino was found in Temple Tiger area on September 2, while a female rhino was found in Krishnasar Community Forest of Nawalparasi on September 12. Both rhinos were without their horns.

Publication Date:

18/09/2009

Source: Nepal News (Nepal)

Tags:

Wildlife, Rhinoceros, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Nepal

Health

Four more cases of swine flu

Four more people including a tourist have been infected with the AH1N1 virus, more commonly known as swine flu, in Nepal.
Issuing a press release on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that four new people have contracted the deadly virus.

Publication Date:

17/09/2009

Source: Kantipur (Nepal)

Tags:

Nepal, Swine Flu