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Wildlife diaries It’s like any other day for the staffers at the Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge deep inside the lush sub-tropical forest of Chitwan National Park: A big wild male elephant ventures close to the front lawns of the lodge that open into the forest in the late afternoon and the guests immediately come out of the dining hall with their cameras to take a closer shot. A herd of spotted deer comes strolling through the grassland and disappears into the dark lushness of the forest beyond it, before anybody could take their pictures. A mother rhino and calf appear and just go out of sight. And on a rare day, one of the lodge’s staff told me, you can see a tiger on the prowl nearby! “ [More]
Tibetan Glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, sometimes called Earth's "third pole", hold the largest ice mass outside the polar regions. These glaciers act as a water storage tower for South and East Asia, releasing melt water in warm months to the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra and other river systems, providing fresh water to more than a billion people. In the dry season glacial melt provides half or more of the water in many rivers. [More]
Why Copenhagen Failed To anybody interested in the future of the earth’s climate, the conclusion of the Copenhagen conference represents either colossal disappointment or profound rage. The financial pledges— if honored— that rich nations made to poor nations will do nothing to combat global warming. The few climate related agreements that were made were of zero substance, especially when compared to what the situation demanded. [More]
Nepal´s cabinet meeting at the Mt. Everest calls for state responsibility to protect Mountains On December 4, 2009, Nepal´s Prime Ministers including other 23 cabinet ministers held a cabinet meeting at the base camp of the Mt. Everest in a place called Kalapathar and issued the "Everest Declaration 2009". It is a place of an altitude of 17,192 feet (5,250 meters) next to Everest base camp of Mt. Everest. Before this move, Prime Minister Mahdav Kumar Nepal couple of months ago handed over a rock from the Mt. Everest to US president Barack Obama in order to draw the attention of global community to save the melting Himalayas from the global warming. [More]
Copenhagen Conference: What is the stake for Nepal? Poor countries like Nepal suffer the most from the effect of GHG emissions while they emit very little. The Copenhagen conference gives an opportunity for developing countries to bag large assistance for the development of alternative energy sources. [More]
Himalayan glaciers' 'mixed picture' A scientific debate has been triggered over the state of glaciers in the Himalayas. Some recent findings seem to contradict claims that the glaciers are retreating rapidly. Some glaciers are even said to be advancing. There are clear signs of glacial retreat and ice melt from other parts of the world, but few field studies have been carried out in the Himalayas. [More]
Tibetan Glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, sometimes called Earth's "third pole", hold the largest ice mass outside the polar regions. These glaciers act as a water storage tower for South and East Asia, releasing melt water in warm months to the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra and other river systems, providing fresh water to more than a billion people. In the dry season glacial melt provides half or more of the water in many rivers. [More]
Why Copenhagen Failed To anybody interested in the future of the earth’s climate, the conclusion of the Copenhagen conference represents either colossal disappointment or profound rage. The financial pledges— if honored— that rich nations made to poor nations will do nothing to combat global warming. The few climate related agreements that were made were of zero substance, especially when compared to what the situation demanded. [More]
Nepal´s cabinet meeting at the Mt. Everest calls for state responsibility to protect Mountains On December 4, 2009, Nepal´s Prime Ministers including other 23 cabinet ministers held a cabinet meeting at the base camp of the Mt. Everest in a place called Kalapathar and issued the "Everest Declaration 2009". It is a place of an altitude of 17,192 feet (5,250 meters) next to Everest base camp of Mt. Everest. Before this move, Prime Minister Mahdav Kumar Nepal couple of months ago handed over a rock from the Mt. Everest to US president Barack Obama in order to draw the attention of global community to save the melting Himalayas from the global warming. [More]
Copenhagen Conference: What is the stake for Nepal? Poor countries like Nepal suffer the most from the effect of GHG emissions while they emit very little. The Copenhagen conference gives an opportunity for developing countries to bag large assistance for the development of alternative energy sources. [More]
Himalayan glaciers' 'mixed picture' A scientific debate has been triggered over the state of glaciers in the Himalayas. Some recent findings seem to contradict claims that the glaciers are retreating rapidly. Some glaciers are even said to be advancing. There are clear signs of glacial retreat and ice melt from other parts of the world, but few field studies have been carried out in the Himalayas. [More]
