Geography of Nepal - Wikipedia
WEBNepal's land cover is dominated by forests, which cover 39.09% of the country's total geographical area, followed by agriculture areas at 29.83%. The hill region constitutes the largest portion of Nepal, with significant cultivated lands and natural vegetation.
Nepal Fights Deforestation, and Wins - The New York Times
WEBNov 11, 2022 · An effort decades in the making is showing results in Nepal, a rare success story in a world of cascading climate disasters and despair. The community forests in Khairahani, Nepal, stretching...
WHY FORESTS - WWF Nepal
WEBNepal's forests are home to multitude of flora and fauna that range across the Terai to the middle and high mountains of the country. Forests occupy roughly 44% of the country's landmass and includes areas both within and outside protected areas and …
How Nepal Regenerated Its Forests - NASA Earth Observatory
WEBFeb 8, 2023 · Forests in Nepal’s hillsides were being degraded due to livestock grazing and fuelwood harvesting, which led to increased flooding and landslides. Without large-scale reforestation programs, a 1979 World Bank report warned, forests in the country’s hills would be largely gone by 1990.
What I Saw in Nepal’s Forests - The New York Times
WEBNov 11, 2022 · “Now, the trees give us rain.” What I Saw in Nepal’s Forests. Karan Deep Singh Reporting from Chitwan, Nepal. The resurgence of forests has allowed tigers, rhinos and other endangered animals to...
Landsat Image Gallery - How Nepal Regenerated Its Forests - NASA
WEBForests in Nepal’s hillsides were being degraded due to livestock grazing and fuelwood harvesting, which led to increased flooding and landslides. Without large-scale reforestation programs, a 1979 World Bank report warned, forests in …
Supporting the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Nepal…
WEBAug 8, 2024 · The forest landscape of Nepal is home to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities who draw on forest resources for food, medicine, livelihoods, cultural products, and spiritual well-being. They are at the heart of community-led forest conservation for generations.
Instead of planting trees, give forests back to people
WEBFeb 10, 2023 · NASA satellite imagery shows how forests made an incredible recovery in Nepal. The country put communities in charge of managing forests, a strategy that could boost conservation efforts...
In Nepal, Out-Migration Is Helping Fuel a Forest Resurgence
WEBAug 20, 2019 · Experts say that migration’s impacts on forests around the world – positive and negative – may play an important role in determining their fate. From 1950 to 1980, Nepal lost much of its forest cover as a growing population cut trees to harvest timber and convert land to agriculture.
A new and more sustainable era for Nepal’s forests - World Bank …
WEBJun 24, 2021 · Today, 34% of Nepal’s forests are managed by more than 22,000 community-forest user groups. This transformational shift helped reverse deforestation, stabilize steep mountain slopes, conserve biodiversity and secure essential income sources for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.