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4 Jan 2024 | Livelihoods

Alpine plants may alter height or leaf size to cope with early snow-melt conditions

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Early snow-melting triggers complex responses in alpine plant species, influencing traits like leaf composition and resource acquisition strategies, a recent study finds.

13 Feb 2024 GRAPE
Nepal Farmers Face Another Year of ‘Agricultural Drought’, Threatening Food Security

Najboon Khatun looks up at the sky every day, searching for the possibility of rain. Clouds come and go without ...

14 Jun 2020 Livelihoods
Gas Well Fire A Livelihood Disaster: Expert The Blaze Continues To Rage For The Fifth Straight Day

The Baghjan gas well fire in Assam has not only 'almost irreversibly' harmed a wetland famed for its birds but ...

18 Jun 2020 Livelihoods
Covid-19: Why Nepal”s Farmers Should Have Sustained Cereal Production

Shifting from cereal to vegetable production came at a cost to the farmers of west Nepal.

15 Feb 2024 Water
पानीका मुहान संरक्षण अभियानमा काभ्रेका ७ पालिका

पानीका मुहान संरक्षणमा काभ्रेपलाञ्चोकका सात नगरपालिकाले विशेष अभियान सुरु गर्ने भएका छन्।

11 Jan 2020 Ecosystem services
Plant life ‘expanding over the Himalayas’

Vegetation is expanding at high altitudes in the Himalayas, including in the Everest region, new research has shown.The researchers found ...

Mandarin trees moving higher and higher

Farmers battling pest, diseases, and climate-induced challenges in citrus farming

5 Feb 2024 IPBES
Global meeting of biodiversity experts begins in Kathmandu

Scientists describe the speed and scale of losses in nature and habitat in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region as catastrophic.