Nepal started assessing environmental impacts of the environmentally sensitive large development projects since late 1980s and advanced the use of this tool through the EIA Guidelines, and separate EIA Guidelines for forestry and industry sectors since 1993 and 1995 respectively.
By Batu Uprety Dec 22, 2024
According to data from the US Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (2022/2023) and Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes (Barrero et al. 2020–2023;https://wfhresearch.com/), full days worked from home account for 28 percent of paid workdays in June 2023—four times the estimated share for 2019.
By Bimal Khatiwada Dec 05, 2024
Oli's upcoming visit to China will focus on the implementation of agreements and agreements reached in the past, the Prime Minister's party CPN-UML has said. Preparations are being made for a visit to China.
By Shanker Man Singh Nov 29, 2024
The 15th Plan aimed to foster balanced development by creating robust forward and backward linkages between rural and urban regions, concentrating on agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, and hydropower.
By Sunita Limbu Nov 23, 2024
Climate change is a global phenomenon that affects everyone, but not everyone equally. The impacts of rising temperatures, increased frequency of extreme weather events, shifting rainfall patterns, and sea-level rise disproportionately affect the most vulnerable segments of society.
By Bimal Khatiwada Nov 10, 2024
The climate change focal ministry – Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE) – is organising a one-day national conference on climate change on 26 October 2024 to discuss on loss and damage, mountains and climate finance for Nepal’s meaningful participation at CoP 29.
By Batu Uprety Oct 24, 2024
The film was shot in the upper Dolpo region of the Himalayas between Nepal and Tibet. , it is the tallest human settlement on the planet. In the film Shambhala, set in the heart of the Nepalese Himalayas, the spirited Pema embraces a polygamous marriage with Tashi and her two younger brothers.
By Shanker Man Singh Oct 01, 2024
For bioregionalism to succeed in making any headway in South Asia, education must be de-Macaulay-ized to give space to traditional and local knowledge more in tune with bioregional concerns. Democracy that has been hijacked by rapacious business interests must give way to Gandhian Gram Swaraj and traditional decentralized governance structures.
By Dipak Gyawali Sep 27, 2024
The multi-faceted disaster and climate risks impacts in the Pacific region can be reduced by turning disaster and climate policies into action, adapting to climate change, embracing ecosystem-based approaches, prioritizing technological and scientific innovations, replicating successful practices from other regions, and managing empirical knowledge.
By Dr. Dhruba Gautam and Kiye Mwakawago Sep 25, 2024