Category Environmental

Mount Everest must be put on a world heritage danger list, say campaigners, or both the environment and local residents will be put at risk. Lawyers, environmental campaigners and record-breaking Nepalese climbers this week hand-delivered a petition to the United…

खुलामञ्चको जग्गा सार्वजनिक हो । सार्वजनिक र सरकारी जग्गाबीच ठूलो अन्तर हुन्छ । मालपोत ऐनलगायत हाम्रो कानुनी व्यवस्थाअनुसार सार्वजनिक जग्गामा सबैको सहज पहुँच हुन्छ । जनताको सरल पहुँच नै सार्वजनिक जग्गाको मूलभूत विशेषता हो । सरकारी जग्गामा सरल पहुँच नहुन…

Jan 23, 2020 Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific urgently calls on the Government of Nepal to immediately launch an independent and thorough investigation into the murder of Dilip Kumar Mahato, which occurred early on 10 January 2020. We strongly condemn this tragic…

The highly polluted Bagmati River flows through Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley. Attorney Prakash Mani Sharma has fought for decades to clean up the river, considered holy by both Hindus and Buddhists. Prakash shared good news last week:  Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered septic…

KATHMANDU: The world’s fastest man to climb Mount Everest, Pemba Dorje Sherpa, appealed to the Government of Australia to reduce its carbon emission by half within five years to help control global warming. Issuing a press statement in the capital…

Following an interim order issued by the Supreme Court on a petition filed by senior advocate and prominent environmental lawyer Prakash Mani Sharma and others on behalf of Pro-Public in July 2020, all activities including the stone queering, sand extractions…

The recently concluded two international airports in Bhairawa and Pokhara have also questioned the need for a fourth mega airport without full utilization of two. After a long debate and legal battle over whether to construct the Nijagadh International Airport…

काठमाडौँ । एकै छिन मौन भएर सोचौँ त, यदि संसार विकासमा धेरै फड्को मारिसक्यो । हामीले समृद्धि पनि हासिल त गरिसक्यौँ । तर वातावरण बिग्रिसकेको छ । प्रदूषण बढेको बढ्यै छ । यिनै प्रदूषणका कारण अस्वस्थ जीवन जिउनु पर्छ, अनि…

Plastic has become one of the most used substances in everyday life. From each and every grocery store to every other household, plastic is habitual. Abundant use of plastic is contributing to direct and indirect adverse effects on the environment,…

बागमती सभ्यता जोगाउनुपर्ने माग गर्दै दायर भएको रिटमा सर्वोच्च अदालतले काठमाडौं उपत्यकाका नदी किनारामा थप २० मिटर जमिन खालि गर्नुपर्ने सहितको आदेश दिएको विषयले अहिले धेरैको ध्यान केन्द्रित गरेको छ । अदालतबाट फैसलाबारे पूर्णपाठ आएपछि नदी किनार र आसपासमा बस्दै…