- Did Primates originate in Asia? http://t.co/MSqJp6L9bk + RT: "@LizHadly: Humans Reached S. Asia After Major Eruption http://t.co/XkETbHxS37"
- Scientists & Govt Officials from 15 countries in Nepal for Workshop on Atmospheric Composition & Asian Summer Monsoon http://t.co/L7OkPRqDZi
- Hi levels of air pollutants in atmosphere..can impact South Asian meteorology & climate..w/ devastating impacts on ag http://t.co/L7OkPRqDZi
- `"Obama Is Checking Your Email" http://t.co/rIzOvigBS0
- Hopeful Future? EV Price War http://t.co/mI9xjfuPS4 Sun Powered Boats,Planes,Cars http://t.co/KU6QPUNQpW via @GreenCarReports @KateGalbraith
- Happy Meal: Chef at Kizuna, one of KTM's best Japanese food spots (Thamel Mall), just served me 2nd comp dish. Perks of being a regular :)
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Concerns About Mahout and Elephant Welfare in Chitwan National Park
by Kashish Das Shrestha Every year, news seems to trickle out from Chitwan National Park of privately owned elephants used for tourist safaris who break out violently. On numerous occasions, there is human fatality, Last week, on Wednesday, 12 March, another such incident took place when an elephant called Champa Kali killed its mahout, Moti Lal ...
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Green Wire: Kathmandu’s Human-Leopard Conflict, and Nepal’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
by Kashish Das Shrestha Kathmandu’s Human-Leopard Conflict Early in the morning on May 22, 2012, a large male leopard weighing 42 kilos (92.5lbs) had made its way deep into Kathmandu’s urban perimeters. By dawn, it was about less than two kilometers (1.4miles) away from the American and Australian embassies in the city. By 6AM locals had spotted it, ...
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Green Wire: Snow Leopard Successfully GPS Collared in Nepal’s Himalayas (with Photos)
by Kashish Das Shrestha In October, as the world’s conservation community and 12 mountain nations of Asia convened in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek for the Global Snow Leopard Conservation Forum, I reported for Nepali Times that “A WWF Nepal team will be traveling to Kangchenjunga next month to radio collar snow leopards.” “The Kangchenjunga region offers the best possibility for ...
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Notorious Rhino Poacher From Nepal Now an International Fugitive: INTERPOL Red Notice Issued
by Kashish Das Shrestha December 9. On this day in 2006, as security forces in Nepal arrested 13 poachers in the country, the notorious Rhino poacher Raj Kumar Praja probably thought he wouldn’t be one of them. After all, he had escaped the law thrice before. When arrested, he confessed to being involved in the ...
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Photo Feature: This is Herat, Afghanistan
by Kashish Das Shrestha The clear mid-December blue sky over Herat, a western province bordering Iran, gradually transformed to a golden glow and melted into gradient shades of orange fading into darkness. Headlights and taillights streamed in opposite directions along one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city. Towering above them were solar street lamps. ...
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H5N1(3.3.1.1): American Vaccine Conspiracy, and Other Information and Misinformation On Nepal’s Bird Flu Outbreak
by Kashish Das Shrestha UPDATED 7PM (August 13, 2013): The Himalayan Times national daily has still not responded to today’s original post in which it’s alleged source, Tulsiram Dhukkhwa, told me the newspaper falsely claimed American vaccines had caused the bird flu outbreak in the valley and attributed the claim to him without his knowledge. ...
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Photos: A Day In The Life of Elephants in Nepal
by Kashish Das Shrestha At best, there are 142 resident wild elephants in Nepal. The captive population stands at 208. For this year’s World Elephant Day, here is a photo feature of an explicit and typical interaction between elephants and humans in Nepal, centered around Chitwan National Park, the country’s oldest and most visited park. All ...
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Monocrotophos and Other Pesticides in India and Nepal
by Kashish Das Shrestha “The pesticide that killed 23 schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries,” Reuters reported today. It is called Monocrotophos.The World Health Organization had asked India to ban it in 2009. My first instinct in reading that news was to check its availability in Nepal. Because of the ...
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Nepal Taking The Lead On Conservation Genetics
by Kashish Das Shrestha (This article is a follow up to my report ‘Technology and the Tiger: DNA Study of Wildlife in Nepal,’ published on this website on May 3, which was also shared on New York Times – Dot Earth by Andrew Revkin, and partially published in Republica national daily here in Nepal. This follow-up report was ...
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Agriculture In The New Budget 2013/2014: Notes from the Finance Minister’s Speech Today
by Kashish Das Shrestha As the Finance Ministry Shanker P. Koirala announced the details of Nepal’s new budget 2013/14 (2070/71 B.S.), I tried to take a few notes. Here, from the section on Agriculture and Food Security: Government will implement the new 20 year Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS) and the 10 year Food Security ...