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20 Julio 2022
A delegation of Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan, led by its President Binay Yadav, handed over the memo to the Minister on Tuesday in Kathmandu.
(Main photo: Sunlight illuminates a part of Kathmandu valley in Nepal. Reuters / Representational image)
A civic group in Nepal has submitted a memorandum to…
13 Julio 2022
The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation has issued the "Working Policy on Registration, Use, and Leasing of Government Land, 2022" to systematise the record-keeping of government lands.
As per the working policy published in the Nepal Gazette last week, the land…
29 Abril 2022
The Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC) is pleased to announce the launch of Nepal’s National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) to mark Earth Day. The system uses cloud computing and artificial intelligence to generate consistent data on how much of a region is covered by forests,…
16 Abril 2022
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A recent Nepal Rastra Bank report suggests that property price in Kathmandu Valley is increasing at the rate of 27.7 percent a year, doubling the real estate value every 3.5 years.
In fact, almost every developing area of Nepal is witnessing this phenomenon. Property-price appreciation…
7 Abril 2022
On March 27, Nepali authorities evicted about 100 members of the Indigenous Chepang community living in Chitwan National Park and set fire to their huts.
They allege the community members are encroaching on national park land, famous for its rhinos and tigers, and building new settlements despite…
3 Marzo 2022
Local residents of Gaur, Rautahat, have lamented the failure of police administration to arrest people involved in a plot to capture the land of Gaur Rice Mills, including a government employee who confessed he forged official documents.
Set up in 1946, the mill was closed after 22 years due to…
24 Febrero 2022
The new law is a tool for Beijing to further expand its sovereignty into its neighbors’ domains.
A new Land Border Law, which China adopted amid heightened tensions with its neighbors, has raised concerns over its implications for border disputes.
The law aims to “resolutely defend [China’s]…
19 Enero 2022
Life-threatening floods from bursting glacial lakes are just one of the many impacts of climate change that are leaving the people of Nepal unable to cope. Guest blogger Shreya K.C. calls on world leaders to replace fake handshakes with concrete action.
Main photo: Sikles village, in Kaski…
9 Agosto 2021
Katmandu, 9 Ago 2021 (AFP) - Os povos indígenas do Nepal sofrem violações de seus direitos humanos, que incluem torturas e assassinatos, em nome das políticas ambientais, afirmaram nesta segunda-feira (9) em um relatório conjunto a Anistia Internacional (AI) e uma organização local.
Quase um…
9 Agosto 2021
Nepal’s Indigenous peoples have suffered a litany of human rights violations over the past five decades as a result of abusive conservation policies, said Amnesty International and the Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC), in a new report published today.
The report, Violations in the name of…
9 Agosto 2021
Los pueblos indígenas de Nepal han sufrido en los últimos cinco decenios una lista interminable de violaciones de derechos humanos como consecuencia de políticas de conservación abusivas, afirman Amnistía Internacional y el Centro de Autosuficiencia Comunitaria (CSRC por sus siglas en inglés) en un…
7 Agosto 2021
Les populations autochtones au Népal subissent depuis les 50 dernières années une longue série de violations des droits humains du fait de politiques de préservation violentes, déclarent Amnesty International et le Community Self-Reliance Centre (Centre d’autonomie communautaire, CSRC) dans un…