Republica
My Republica - Women and climate change
Republica
The victim or the victor? For what seemed like decades, as men left to find jobs abroad and in the absence of adequate rainfall, the female farmers of...

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Birds of passage | Nepali Times Buzz | Nepali Times
Nepali times
Bird migratory species are most vulnerable to the global environment crisis because breeding areas along their routes are being converted into farms.

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Nepali times
Seeing both forest and trees
Nepali times
“Only around 60 per cent of the timber for reconstruction can be managed locally,” says Durga Shrestha of the Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN) in Ramechhap. “We need to import the rest from elsewhere.” In neighbouring Dolakha ...

The Independent
Iranian politician claims women don't belong in parliament – along with children and donkeys
The Independent
A conservative Iranian lawmaker was caught on camera saying children, donkeys and women don't belong in parliament. Parliament is a place where "only men belong," according to Nader Qazipour. Mr Qazipour was filmed speaking at a rally after winning ...

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BirdLife International
National Red List book for Nepal's birds published and online
BirdLife International
“This study has been undertaken to assess for the first time the national conservation status of Nepal's birds, and in particular to identify those species that are threatened with extinction in the country. Such an assessment is vital in order to ...

WBUR
Zero Poaching: The Rhino Success Story In Nepal | WBUR's The ...
WBUR
The fighting spirit of a greater one-horned rhino, who was translocated days ago, illustrates what's going right for the species. By Vicki Croke.

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The Independent
Severed head found outside cafe in Amsterdam close to popular Vondelpark
The Independent
A severed head has been found outside a shisha cafe cafe in Amsterdam which could be connected to the discovery of a decapitated body the previous day. Police are investigating whether the head, found on Wednesday, belongs to a headless body which ...

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The Independent
Egypt drafts bill to ban burqa and Islamic veils in public places ...
The Independent
The Egyptian parliament is drafting a law banning women from wearing the niqab veil. The ban will apply to wearing the clothing in public places and ...

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Online Khabar (English) (satire) (blog)
Through the eyes of a Nepali woman: The league of extraordinary ladies
Online Khabar (English) (satire) (blog)
I got a chance to meet her for the first time couple of years back when she came to Nepal to attend a programme organised by the Jane Goodall Institute in Kathmandu. When she started her journey, she was in her twenties with no background in ...

Budget backpacking in vogue among young Chinese travellers
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Twenty-seven-year-old Tang Dasi from Zhanjiang in Guangdong province spent 30 days on a budget tour of southwest China's Sichuan province, Tibet autonomous region and Nepal after quitting a State-owned company. He got some brand new experiences ...

The Kathmandu Post
The Kathmandu Post :: Details announced of Prince Harry's Tour of ...
The Kathmandu Post
Mar 9, 2016- British Prince Harry will visit Nepal for the first time, undertaking an official tour on March 19-23 as announced earlier. This is an official visit on ...
My Republica - Prince Harry scheduled to do a lot of things during ...Republica
Prince Harry to arrive on a five day visit to NepalThe Siasat Daily
Prince Harry arriving on March 19, itineary includes trekking ...Online Khabar (English) (satire) (blog)
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Kathmandu Post
The Kathmandu Post :: Need for compulsory school education for ...
Kathmandu Post
Mar 9, 2016- Prime Minster KP Sharma Oli has stressed on the need for compulsory school-level education for girls to enhance overall development of women ...

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AlterNet
Do You Care About the Environment? If so, You Should Also Care About Gender
AlterNet
For example, in India and Nepal, studies have shown that when women participate in forest management and decision-making processes at the community level, we see better forest conservation. And there are many lessons about how to facilitate this kind ...

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AlterNet
Do You Care About the Environment? If so, You Should Also Care About Gender
AlterNet
As a result, Nepal's REDD+ readiness proposal did not include a framework to include women in the decision-making process and overlooked the different needs of men and women in forestry management. In Cameroon, women already lack secure access ...

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The Independent
Philippines election: Senator Grace Poe cleared by Supreme Court to launch presidential bid after residency issues
The Independent
A former nursery school teacher who was raised by adoptive parents after being abandoned as a baby has been given the go-ahead by the Philippines Supreme Court to run in the presidential elections in two months' time. Senator Grace Poe, 47, had been ...

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Women the unsung heroes of Myanmar's agricultural economy
Myanmar Times
Rural women in Myanmar work in all sectors of agriculture, cultivating crops, often alongside their husbands, rearing animals for food or trade and working in forestry and fisheries. Yet the crucial contribution of women in agriculture is largely ...

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Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
New economic opportunities: Women's entrepreneurship in the HKH
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
Development initiatives to enhance women's economic opportunities, such as the Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) in India, Nepal, and Tibet Autonomous Regions (TAR); the Kangchenjunga Landscape ...

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Affon urges government to HELP in private forestry development
Kathmandu Post
Mar 8, 2016- The Association of Family Forest Owners Nepal (Affon) has set a 11-point demand to government for improving the availability, access and sustainable utilisation of forest resources. On the occasion of its first anniversary, Affon on Monday ...

LETTERS: Give accurate information
Himalayan Times
The news story states that there are at present only “nine wetlands” included in the Ramsar sites. The fact is that there are 10 Ramsar sites in Nepal, the latest being the 'Lake cluster of the Pokhara Valley' with nine lakes of Pokhara sub ...

The Independent
Alicia Kozakiewicz: Kidnap survivor describes how she was raped and tortured by paedophile
The Independent
A woman who was kidnapped, raped and abused at the age of 13 has opened up to a British audience about her ordeal. Alicia Kozakiewicz was held for four days by her kidnapper, former computer programmer Scott Tyree, at his home in Virginia. She now ...

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