Mongabay.com
Out of sight, out of mind: Asia's elusive Fishing Cat in trouble
Mongabay.com
Fishing cats have a broad but discontinuous range, including wetland areas of mainland Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and perhaps Malaysia), as well as the islands of Sri Lanka and maybe Java. But these small ...

Time ticking for bats in Kathmandu Valley
Himalayan Times
... “Decreasing fruit farms in the Valley has also made survival of bats difficult.” He warned if the trend continued and conversation efforts were not taken soon, bats would become extinct from the Valley. Conservation of bats is not taken seriously ...

UN News Centre
United Nations News Centre - Supported by the UN cultural agency ...
UN News Centre
More than a year since the devastating earthquakes that struck Nepal in April and May 2015, through the combined work of the United Nations cultural agency ...

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Govt to send team to China to seek out rhino habitat
Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The government has decided to send a team of experts to China to find suitable habitat for Nepali one-horned rhinos, which Nepal has decided to gift to China. The decision of the government comes as Chinese government has asked ...

Himalayan Times
Protect rights of indigenous people: UN agencies
Himalayan Times
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Paudel play a traditional instrument at a programme organised by the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NeFIN) to mark the 22nd International Day of World's Indigenous ...

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Times of India
Cleaning marble structures with laser technology demonstrated ...
Times of India
With the aim to make laser technology successful in cleaning marble structures and other precious collections in museums in India, a demonstration was ...

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Kathmandu Post
The Kathmandu Post- Govt to celebrate four decades of conservation
Kathmandu Post
The government is celebrating the first community forestry day on Tuesday at the national level to mark the contributions made by the local communities in ...

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Kathmandu Post
Community forest stakeholders, Chure board conflict peaks
Himalayan Times
The conflict between two major stakeholders in the forest sector, the President Chure Tarai-Madhes Conservation Development board and Federation of ...
The Kathmandu Post- Govt to celebrate four decades of conservationKathmandu Post

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Himalayan Times
Accommodation cost rises on Annapurna Base Camp trek route
Himalayan Times
The Union of Nepal Trekking, Travel, Rafting, Airlines workers, Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal, and Western Regional Association Pokhara said that the cost of the amenities had been increased unilaterally without consulting them, which was not ...

UW in the News
University of Wyoming News
The WyVTC, scheduled to begin in 2017, is part of the Wyoming Conservation Corps, which is housed at UW. The Boomerang featured the UW Board of Trustees summer retreat last week in Saratoga. ... Deutsche Welle reported that George Varughese, Nepal's ...

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Orphaned elephant finds a new home and a best friend
AOL News
After being orphaned at a young age, one little elephant finally has it all: a happy home, a tight-knit family and a best friend! Gen Thong was just three years old when his mother died after being attacked by wasps. He was soon forced to work, and was ...

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SciDev.Net
East Asians once dominated the Himalayas
SciDev.Net
[KATHMANDU] A newly released genetic study shows that East Asians were the earliest inhabitants of the vast Himalayan Arc, an area that later became a melting pot of different racial groups and cultures from South Asia, Central Asia and West Eurasia.

Himalayan Times
One-horned female rhino found dead in Chitwan
Himalayan Times
The around-12-year-old female pachyderm might have died after receiving electric shock from a wire fencing used by locals to save their crops from animals of the Chitwan National Park, according to the CNP Conservation Officer Narendra Aryal. However ...

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Himalayan Times
Govt begins process of gifting two pairs of rhinos to China
Himalayan Times
A one-horned rhinoceros, along with its newly born calf, grazes in the field of Guthi area in Babai Valley on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The rhino was translocated ...

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NDTV
Despite Growth In Numbers, All Is Not Well For Tigers, Says Report
NDTV
The report "Fierce but Fragile: Coexistence in a changing world" released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), also identified human-wildlife conflict as a key problem in the Terai regions of India and Nepal and stressed on ...

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UNESCO.org (press release)
Nepal's museums re-opening post-earthquake
UNESCO.org (press release)
Furthermore, rebuilding and conservation work needs to be part of a wider sustainable development strategy. According to Christian Manhart, Director of UNESCO's Kathmandu Office, “The rehabilitation of Nepal's museums and historical buildings following ...

Fresno Bee
Education Buzz for Sunday, Aug. 7
Fresno Bee
... weed science, pest management and crop productivity at Fresno State. Shrestha was also awarded President Barack Obama's Volunteer Service Silver Award and Winrock International's Volunteer spirit award earlier this year for his work in Nepal ...

Economic Times
Despite growth in numbers, all is not well for tigers: Report
Economic Times
The report "Fierce but Fragile: Coexistence in a changing world" released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), also identified human-wildlife conflict as a key problem in the Terai regions of India and Nepal and stressed on ...
Big cat in danger: International poaching mafia gunning for India's tigersIndia Today
Live information about patrolling in tiger reserves to Tiger Cell from ...Times of India

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Waterloo Record
World traveller Walter Jucker spent a lifetime exploring
Waterloo Record
"I was going to Nepal and was trying to get in shape," she said. "I was new to hiking." ... "On our first date, we went to Rattlesnake Point," she said, recalling the beautiful vistas of the Conservation Halton Park, west of Milton. He saw Florence ...

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Kathmandu Post
Celebrating innovation in education
Kathmandu Post
Nepal Prakriti Pathshala, that has been working towards promoting environmental conservation among children, were also at the event. The organisation has been actively working towards making classrooms more interactive, while helping schools around ...

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