Nepal launches digital soil map

Wildfires single biggest threat to tens of thousands of hectare forest cover

Recently, the department, in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, has developed the forest detection and monitoring ...

Nepal’s land divided into 11 categories

Kathmandu: The government has classified the land into 11 different categories. Based on the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) ...

For lightning-prone communities in Bangladesh, new warning system may not be enough

An average of four people a week are killed by lightning in Bangladesh, and the problem is expected to get ...

Managing seeds and agricultural losses in the wake of extreme climate events: Lessons from Nepal

As climate change-induced disasters surge around the world, it is the people of the least developed countries paying the bulk ...

Land Cover Monitoring System for Nepal Launched

The Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC) is pleased to announce the launch of Nepal’s National Land Cover Monitoring System ...

Floods in Pakistan threaten food security, destroy important crops

Pakistan floods threaten food security as critical crops destroyed

Agricultural land inundated by flooding is set to have long-term humanitarian and economic impacts in Pakistan. Billions of dollars ...

Monsoon floods devastate commercial crops, cause loss of $1.7 bn in Sindh: Study

A recent by the International Centre for Integrated Mountains Development (ICIMOD) and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) has revealed that ...