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As Nepal’s springs dry up due to climate change, construction, local communities lead revival efforts

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Experts say erratic rainfall affects groundwater discharge and causes communities to be displaced over water scarcity and crop insecurity

4 Jan 2024 Livelihoods
Alpine plants may alter height or leaf size to cope with early snow-melt conditions

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

Hope in the Himalayas

French president Emmanuel Macron’s One Planet – Polar summit and the story of the Himalayan people experiencing the extremes.

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.

9 Jan 2024 Livelihoods
5.72 million metric tons of paddy harvested

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has said 5.72 million metric tons of paddy have been harvested this year.

5 Feb 2024 Izabella Koziell
Global scientists convene in Kathmandu for IPBES nexus assessment

This is the first time an IPBES assessment meeting is being held in South Asia.

Kavrepalanchok municipalities back community-led solutions to combat water stress

With 2023 survey revealing that 20% of springs in Namobuddha have already dried up, municipality takes steps to secure communities' ...

3 Jan 2024 Drought
افغانستان یکی از آسیب‌پذیرترین کشورها در برابرتغییرات اقلیمی است

رویدادهای هولناک خشک‌سالی، توفان و سیل در بسیاری از مناطق جهان از اثر تغییرات اقلیمی تشدید شده است. با

15 May 2023 SERVIR-HKH
Empowering Women in Geospatial Information Technology – 2023 Edition

Applications are invited for the SERVIR-HKH Initiative Empowering Women in Geospatial Information Technology Program 2023. The SERVIR-HKH Initiative is organising ...