Wildlife menace forces farmers in Nepal highlands to abandon ancestral villages
Relentless raids on crops by simians and black bears are making livelihoods increasingly impossible in mountain villages.
Ananda Gautam
Halted Tibet trade and dwindling income push Nepal’s yak herders to the brink
Before the COVID pandemic, yak and chauri trade thrived in eastern Nepal’s mountain districts, but border closures halted livestock exports.
Prohibitory order in Nepal’s Taplejung as cable car protests turn violent
Three injured protesters were taken to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan, while nine are receiving treatment at Taplejung District Hospital, said protest leader…
Tibet-Nepal border reopened. Women in Taplejung dust off their looms, weave again
Sherpa has been working on the "thumbi," a traditional knotting system using a vertical loom. Along with her, many women in the area have resumed their traditional carpet weaving…
Forest fires are raging in Nepal’s Taplejung district
The incidents are not isolated occurrences, with forest fires ravaging hectares of forest land in several forests in the district every year.
Tibet border closure hits family reunions, local trade
According to Chheten Sherpa Lama, Nepali side tried their best to reopen the border, but to no avail.
Sheep are dying in traps set for wildlife in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area
Poachers and smugglers of animal body parts install traps every year to catch musk deer and Himalayan black bear, in which the sheep get caught.