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Nepal, India to cooperate in field of Himalayan Environment

Nepalmountainnews Report | |18 Jul 2008

The Union Cabinet Thursday gave its approval for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu and the Gobind Ballabh....

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Marathon of science for the environment

Nepalmountainnews Report | |8 Jul 2008

Protagonist the science, in the next days, in Nepal. It is starting the marathon of two days dedicated to the old problem of the environmental pollution that foresees two appointments. Tomorrow there will be a seminar about....

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UN praises Ev-K2-CNRfor Share Everest 2008

Nepalmountainnews Report | |8 Jul 2008

share-everest.jpg The United Nations has praised the Ev-K2-CNR Committee, for its outstanding achievement in the field of scientific research. "The international scientific fit of Share Everest 2008 is an example of Italian excellence and....

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Drastic decline in Gharial population

Nepalmountainnews Report | |4 Jul 2008

Gharial.jpg The number of gharials, the slender-nosed crocodiles, found only in South Asian rivers, is drastically decreasing due to increasing human activities and pollution in their habitats, said a report. Ecologist say habitat.....

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Terrible air quality in Kathmandu; concerned say: Govt is unresponsive

Nepalmountainnews Report | |3 Jul 2008

kathmandu-air-quality.jpg Air quality in Kathmandu valley had been improving from 2003 to 2006, but it has again started deteriorating. Experts say, significant increase in the number of vehicles inside the Valley, narrow and poorly maintained road......

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Coming monsoon create great havoc

Nepalmountainnews Report | |2 Jul 2008

A Home Ministry official today warned that the monsoon this year could create more havoc than in the previous years. “The monsoon is almost a regular phenomenon but it could spell more disaster this year,” said Thir...

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Withdrawal glaciers: not only because of the thawing

Nepalmountainnews Report | |29 Jun 2008

The glaciers melt. Perhaps, among one hundred years on the Alps there won't be even more. But what is it, indeed, to put them in crisis? What can be done to save them? And what consequences will have this....

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Khumbu Valley: exclusive photos of a snow leopard

Nepalmountainnews Report | |25 Jun 2008

Crouched on the edge of an overhang, looking at his prey. Here's one of the few spectacular photos of a snow leopard living in Nepali forests. The snapshots were made by a local photographer, Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa, who managed....

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Nepal not prepared on Climate Change adaptation plan

Nepalmountainnews Report | |25 Jun 2008

climate-change.jpg Even as six years have already passed since the concept on National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) on climate change was introduced in the country, Nepal is yet to prepare the actual plans for it. The document is crucial to.....

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WWF, IUCN launch online for young people’s views on environment

Nepalmountainnews Report | |21 Jun 2008

connect2earth.org Two largest environmental organizations in the world-- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The World Conservation Union (IUCN)-- in support with Nokia have launched a new green on-line connect2earth.org for young people to say the...

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More active monsoon this year: Meteorologists

Nepalmountainnews Report | |20 Jun 2008

Monsoon rains entered Nepali capital Kathmandu around June 10 and scurried throughout the country in just two days, the swiftest monsoon movement in the country in recent years. Meteorologists at Meteorological.....

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191 Black Bucks counted in Bardiya Park

Nepalmountainnews Report | |19 Jun 2008

Hitting its survival number in the park highest in 43 years, the black bucks in the Bardiya national park has reached a record high of 191. The counting was conducted by Black Buck Conservation Centre (BACC)....

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SNPBZ mapping handed over to DNPWC

Nepalmountainnews Report | |19 Jun 2008

govt-logo.jpg The Hindukush Karakoram Himalayan region (HKKH) Partnership handed over the results of a significant land cover research of Sagarmatha National Park and its Buffer Zone (SNPBZ) to Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conser...

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Sagarmatha National Park: towards a systemic model

Nepalmountainnews Report | |18 Jun 2008

Sample collections of water from rivers, lakes and other sources. Investigations on rubbish, on the state of forests and climate change. To understand the state of health of the ecosystem in the Park of the Everest and....

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Int'l Symposium on glaciers to be held in Italy

Nepalmountainnews Report | |13 Jun 2008

MILAN – Are the glaciers withdrawing? This is the question to which the scientists try to answer gathered at the upcoming international conference to be held in Milan, Italy on June 19. The meeting, sponsored by the Committee EvK2Cnr.....

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Post-marital sexual violence common among Nepali youth couples: Study

Nepalmountainnews Report | |12 Jun 2008

sexual-violence.jpg A recent study has revealed that sexual violence with marriage (SVM) is common among youth couples in Nepal. Almost half of the female and 20 per cent of the male respondents, couples below 28 years from Dang and T....

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Second calibration campaign at Everest-Pyramid station

Nepalmountainnews Report | |10 Jun 2008

After the installation of the Everest-Pyramid ABC-GAW Station at 5079 m asl, along the Khumbu Valley, in February 2006, the station is quite automatically running. A technical check of instruments and quality....

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Forest Minister spit venom against conservationists, journos, staffers

Nepalmountainnews Report | |7 Jun 2008

matrika_yadav_a.jpg Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Matrika Prasad Yadav at the national seminar on the snow leopard conservation burst against all including his own ministry staffers, conservationists as well as journalists....

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World Environment Day: Minister appeals all to start reduce GHGs

Nepalmountainnews Report | |5 Jun 2008

Formullah-Mansoor.jpg Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Formullah Mansoor has appealed to all to start reducing emission of Green House Gases (GHGs) including carbon dioxide. Issuing a statement n the occasion of World Environment Day....

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New bird 'Nightjar' recorded at Koshi Tappu bird sanctuary

Nepalmountainnews Report | |5 Jun 2008

koshi-tappu-map.jpg A team of ornithologists affiliated with Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) has recorded a new species of bird in Nepal at Koshi Tappu, a famous bird sanctuary in the southeastern part of the country, said a report. With this,.....

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Red panda conservation stressed

Nepalmountainnews Report | |4 Jun 2008

red-panda.jpg After an endangered red panda was spotted at Ghyangphedi of Nuwakot district a few weeks ago, conservationists reassessed their earlier assertion that the species was on the verge of extinction. Not only this, the.....

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Survey favors ban on tobacco ads in Nepal

Nepalmountainnews Report | |3 Jun 2008

tobacco.jpg A survey report made public on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day here insisted that the advertising of tobacco-products on any medium needs to be banned, considering the health of the future generation. According to....

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Bio-trail construction on to conserve rare flora, fauna

Nepalmountainnews Report | |2 Jun 2008

bio-trail.jpg With the objective to conserve the rare flora and fauna found in the region and to promote village tourism, construction works have started on a bio-trail linking higher reaches of hilly and mountainous districts of Mechi Zone and....

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Ev-K2-CNR sets world's highest AWS on Everest

Nepalmountainnews Report | |30 May 2008

On May 15, Ev-K2-CNR Committee, an Italian based scientific research association has succeed to create the ‘history as an unforgettable day for research and mountain climbing’ by installing an automatic weather station (AWS)....

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New plant species found in Panchthar

Nepalmountainnews Report | |25 May 2008

A new species of plant has been discovered in the remote reaches of Prangbung VDC, in Panchthar district’s higher altitudes. The new species was discovered as a result of a joint effort of Nepal Janjati.....

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