WWF Nepal celebrates Earth Hour 2025 and World Water Day with nationwide initiatives WWF Nepal marked Earth Hour 2025 and World Water Day with a series of impactful environmental initiatives across the country, achieving milestones in river cleanup, public engagement, and awareness campaigns. Nepal 23 Mar, 2025
Why do frogs matter to humans and nature? Frogs are amazing creatures distributed around the globe. They are known by their unique calls, which they use for communication purposes. Frogs are bioindicators because their skin is semi-permeable, allowing them to detect slight changes in the environment, such as temperature, rainfall, and pollution. Nepal 01 May, 2024
Floating Treatment Wetland System remediating polluted surface water bodies Even as our traditional water sources and recreational areas are polluted as a result of human activity and other pollutants produced in the city, the Floating Treatment Wetland System (FTWS) has been there to restore the endangered heritage. Environment 23 Jan, 2024
Kathmanduites feel let down by mayor Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah had made tall promises while campaigning during mayoral polls, but he has not been able to do much to fulfil his key poll promise: clear heaps of garbage that dot streets of Kathmandu metropolis. Kathmandu 13 Aug, 2022
EDITORIAL: Build public toilets Since the beginning of human civilisation, people have been giving utmost importance to maintaining health and hygiene to prevent themselves from various kinds of communicable diseases that are transmitted to humans as a result of poor sanitation. Opinion 09 Aug, 2022
NAST experts carry out study at Sisdole Experts of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology carried out a study of the Sisdole dumping site in a bid to develop permanent waste management solution as per the direction of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah. Nepal 09 Jun, 2022
Global pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds A new study blames pollution of all types for 9 million deaths a year globally, with the death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks and industry rising 55% since 2000. Environment 18 May, 2022
Water pollution and public health An adult needs to drink at least 1.5 litres of water a day to replace fluid lost in urine, sweat and respired air, and to perform essential biochemical functions. Moreover, almost 90 percent of the body mass is water. Nepal 25 Jan, 2022
Israeli embassy launches ECA campaign The Embassy of Israel today initiated an Environment Conservation Activity under the slogan, “Stop Pollution: Used Batteries Collection” in cooperation with the schools of Kathmandu. Nepal 04 Jan, 2022
Soils under threat: Halt salinisation World Soil Day is held annually on December 5 to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources. This year, it was marked with the slogan “Halt soil salinisation, boost soil productivity” to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being by addressing the growing challenges in soil management. Opinion 09 Dec, 2021
The Dasgupta review: Implications for Hindu Kush Himalaya Sir Partha Dasgupta, the Frank Ramsey Emeritus Professor of Economics at Cambridge University, launched an independent review entitled ‘The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review’ in 2021, which highlights that at the heart of economics there must be nature’s value. This article provides the crux of the review and its implications for the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region and the beyond. Opinion 05 Aug, 2021
'Over 90pc Nepalis have access to drinking water' Minister of Water Supply Mani Chandra Thapa said water-related goals and targets were key foundations for quality health, poverty eradication, renewable energy, equal access to education, gender equality and human rights. Nepal 24 Mar, 2021
