PESHAWAR:The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has invited qualified women to apply for its upcoming theoretical and hands-on training on the use of Earth observation (EO) and geospatial information technology (GIT)

Shrinking, Thinning, Retreating: Afghan glaciers under threat from climate change

Lying high up in Afghanistan’s highest mountains, hidden from most human eyes, are almost 4,000 glaciers, according to the first ...

Earth Day: Protecting what we have left

With climate change, plastic pollution and a potential sixth mass extinction, the future of humanity seems very bleak.

Nepal’s land divided in 11 categories

Kathmandu, April 24 (RSS): The government has classified the land into 11 different categories. Based on the National Land Cover Monitoring ...

Scientists say Western nations owe flood reparations to Pakistan

In little over a decade, Pakistan has faced two large-scale floods, costing billions of dollars in losses and ...

Forest cover may have increased but agricultural land is shrinking

While the forest area of Nepal increased by 1.7 percent, the agricultural land shrunk by 2.1 percent with the expansion ...

Enabling climate resilience through disaster preparedness and early action

The Hindu Kush Himalayas is extremely fragile and prone to natural hazards like floods and flash floods, which are exacerbated ...

Floods in Pakistan threaten food security, destroy important crops

Land Cover Monitoring System for Nepal Launched

The Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC) is pleased to announce the launch of Nepal’s National Land Cover Monitoring System ...