Science news articles about 'nepal'

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal has issued a bird flu alert and is testing poultry along the border with India, where the virus rages despite the culling of tens of thousands of chickens since 2006, ...

Nepal's new government is planning a 12-fold increase in its science budget, with special focus on biotechnology research.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- U.S. conservationists say they are alarmed by the dramatic decline in Bengal tigers in the Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal.

Home to most of the Himalayas, Nepal must be at the heart of any regional climate change initiative, says Murari Sharma.

A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.

Researchers have found that more than half the plants in west Nepal have medicinal use — higher than that reported in previous studies.

Nepal slaughters thousands of birds in the south-east to try to contain an outbreak of the deadly bird flu strain.

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 23 (UPI) -- Incidents of rhinoceros poaching are on the rise in Nepal, an official said.

Women in Nepal face the highest risk of maternal death in South Asia. The country's high rates of maternal death and reproductive morbidity will be discussed today at the Royal College of ...

Action on climate change is key to ensuring sustainable development in Nepal, say activists Gagan Thapa and Kashish Das Shresth.

... save this charismatic endangered species focusing on anti-poaching and illegal wildlife trade." The Government of Nepal has approved and launched the 'Tiger conservation Action Plan 2008- 2012'. A ...

The UN has called for urgent intervention to curb the food shortage situation in Nepal.

Global climate change and its effects on crop production threaten the food supply of millions of people in Nepal, an international aid agency warned Friday.

Japan and Nepal have announced that they will form a research partnership to study climate change related issues in the Himalayas.

The Government of Nepal announced today an expansion of Bardia National Park in the Terai Arc Landscape by 900 sq km, which will increase critical habitat for tigers.