Land Cover Monitoring System for Nepal Launched

For lightning-prone communities in Bangladesh, new warning system may not be enough

An average of four people a week are killed by lightning in Bangladesh, and the problem is expected to get ...

Floods in Pakistan threaten food security, destroy important crops

Flood-proof Himalayas

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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 ...

NASA Data Supercharges Forecasting in Bangladesh – nasa.gov

Bangladesh has a long history of deadly and costly storms. Among the most worrisome are kalbaishakhi, small but powerful storm ...

Nepal launches digital soil map

A new digital soil map for Nepal provides access to location-specific information on soil properties for any province, district, municipality ...

Forest cover may have increased but agricultural land is shrinking

Kathmandu, April 25 -- While the forest area of Nepal increased by 1.7 percent, the agricultural land shrunk by 2.1 ...

Met office gains efficiency but disaster victims fail to understand weather data

Heavy rainfalls occurred in many places till last week owing to an active monsoon over Bangladesh, leading to massive flooding ...