Tree cover in Nepal has doubled since forests were entrusted to local communities
Over the last four decades, Nepal’s communities have carried out an extraordinary reforestation campaign. And the results are clearly visible.
The married couple empowering women and children in Nepal
Meet Gokul Subedi and Prakriti Mainali, the founders of two humanitarian organisations with one shared goal: to improve the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of Nepalese society.
Remembering the “Snow Leopard”, Everest record holder Ang Rita Sherpa
The story of Ang Rita Sherpa, the first person in the world to climb Mount Everest 10 times without supplemental oxygen, who died aged 72.
Mount Everest is the world’s highest garbage dump: why sustainable tourism in Nepal is badly needed
Trekkers throughout the Himalayas have contributed to creating the highest garbage dump in the world. Sustainable tourism in Nepal is still absent, but sorely needed.
No rhinos were killed in Nepal in the past two years. Here’s how it happened
Over 730 days have passed since the last rhino was killed in Nepal. Let’s discover the secrets of the country that set an example for the whole world.
Frostscape in Nepal. A year after the earthquake the wound is still open
A journey of discovery to Nepal, a year after the earthquake. Mattia Vettorello – aka Frostscape – and his new “slow paced” expedition has started.
The first woman to be elected president of Nepal
Nepal has elected, on 28 October, its second president since it became a democratic republic in 2008. For the first time the president is a woman. Bidhya Devi Bhandari, 54, of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal, has been elected thanks to the vote of 327 members of Parliament against 214. As in other countries, the
Nepal has succeeded in saving the Indian rhino from poachers
Biodiversity is the main character of the other, happy side of Nepal. Although recent earthquakes have had devastating effects on people and cities, animal species seem to have found precisely in Nepal their ideal shelter. The population of Indian rhinos, also called one-horned rhinos, increased reaching 645 individuals this year, and most of
Women, guardians of biodiversity in Nepal. The photos in a WWF feature
In the Nepalese part of the Terai Arc, a narrow subtropical corridor connecting India and Nepal, women head a project of forest conservation and social development. Since 2001, they have been safeguarding biodiversity in an area of incalculable natural value, guaranteeing the “ecological, economic and socio-cultural integrity of the region”. The Terai Arc Landscape (TAL)
How Nepal achieved zero poaching
Nel 2014 nel piccolo paese himalayano non sono stati uccisi rinoceronti, tigri o elefanti ed è diventato un modello per l’Asia intera.