Air Quality Statistics - The Kathmandu Post

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AQI	Air Pollution Level	Health Implications
0-50	Good	Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
51-100	Moderate	Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.
101-150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.
151-200	Unhealthy	Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
201-300	Very Unhealthy	Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.
301+	Hazardous	Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.

Only half of municipal waste gets collected, far less recycled

The waste management baseline survey of Nepal was conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics in the country’s 271 municipalities.

Air pollution not only impacts health, but can also trigger floods and landslides, study finds

Pollutants facilitate the formation of larger clouds that remain for a longer period during which more water is accumulated. When it rains, its intensity is therefore higher.

Forest officials in Udayapur raise flag on Chure conservation

Population burst and urbanisation adversely affecting forest cover, conservationists say.

Mass vulture deaths show challenges in saving nature’s best clean-up crew

Nepal has managed to recover the population of the endangered birds from a situation of near extinction in the 1990s when their mysterious death was linked to a drug called diclofenac.

New census shows wild buffalo numbers up 13 percent at Koshi Tappu

The protected park has seen an increase in wild water buffaloes in recent years, however, retaliatory killings remain a challenge for conserving the endangered species.

Dozens killed in wildlife attacks across the country

Government figures show human-wildlife conflicts and casualties are increasing.

Thunderbolts getting deadlier each year as country remains unprepared

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology admits it has not been able to fully utilise the only weather radar to its maximum potential.

Wildfires result in loss of forests and pollution, but what about wildlife

Nepal, which lacks a clear policy to deal with forest fires, has no mechanism to monitor how wild animals are dying and losing their habitats from fires, officials say.

Why Nepal is not on the list of invitees for climate summit called by Joe Biden

The country has failed to demonstrate its actions to mitigate impacts and make concerted efforts to show its vulnerabilities before the world despite bearing the brunt.

Higher altitudes beckon more wildlife in Nepal amid warmer climes

Experts and independent studies have assessed warming temperatures could be a contributory factor for movement of animals and insects towards higher altitudes.