Nepal’s outgoing government, toppled by two days of nationwide Gen Z protests, granted national priority status to six ...

After degraded forests were leased out to local communities to protect and manage 40 years ago, Nepal’s community forestry program has won international praise for restoring the country’s tree cover.

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 ...

Nepal has intensified its preparations as the date for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP-30) of the United Nations ...

KATHMANDU: Four years after 105 hectares of forest were cleared for the proposed Sagarmatha Airport in Udayapur, the project site remains an open grassland, serving as a grazing ground for cattle ...

In Nepal, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are at the helm of forests conservation, leveraging traditional knowledge and community-based management. They share a symbiotic relationship with ...

Nepal’s Ministry of Forest and Environment is considering allowing the construction of ropeways to carry cable cars within protected areas, according to a draft regulation seen by Mongabay. The ...

Four people from Arghakhanchi and one from Dailekh died this week from injuries sustained while trying to put out wildfires fanned by high winds near their communities. Ten more people were injured in ...

KATHMANDU, May 31, 2023—The Government of Nepal and the World Bank today signed a financing agreement for $120 million concessional loan from the International Development Association and a grant ...