Recently, a male rhino was found dead on the bank of the Narayani river in Chitwan National Park.

Springs across the mid-hills have been losing water for decades, but things have gotten worse since the twin earthquakes four years ago.

Various forms of pollution, through their human and economic costs, constrain Nepal’s development, a World Bank report says.

This is for the first time the government is spending its own fund to count the rhino population.

Environmentalists wonder if the campaign in Kathmandu was simply a fad and whether the climate protests would continue.

The fund will extend $39.3 million for building resilience of Chure region.

With New Delhi and parts of northern India suffering under hazardous pollution levels, Nepal needs to take heed and prepare accordingly, environmental activists say.

Electric vehicles could combat air pollution and reduce the country’s dependence on imported oil, but there’s still room for more effective policies and support infrastructure.

The cooperative transport company, however, says it took time to set up a multi-stakeholder committee and prepare bidding documents.

The adverse effects of climate change are already visible in various sectors across the country, scientists say.

Speeding and reckless driving through sanctuaries continue to kill protected animals.

Environmentalists say the government should be proactive in talking about the effects of climate change and how vulnerable Nepal is as a country.

With monsoon yet to retreat, Nepal will receive rainfall until the first week of October, predicts weather office.

The hydel projects have failed to maintain a minimum 10 percent of water in the dry season to maintain the aquatic life and their habitat.

In Kathmandu, hundreds of students gathered to take part in the global call for action against climate change, asking for climate justice and an end to an era of fossil fuels.

The bird, enlisted on IUCN’s red list of threatened species, started to disappear in the area due to heavy encroachment of wetland areas, its major habitat.

Financial support to meet upfront investment, more charging stations and mechanisms to make them profitable are must to make green efforts sustainable.

Food competition, habitat fragmentation, drying up of wetlands and water resources and decrease in grassland led a sudden rise in rhino deaths, study shows

Loss of lives, property, livestock, and infrastructure continues to amount to millions of rupees, but the efforts to minimise the destruction remain inadequate and inefficient.

In Nepal, one is restricted to consume, import, store, sell and distribute polythene bags, but there are no bans on manufacturers. They are still making more plastic.