Category: Landscapes

Pakistan’s Living Indus Initiative and the Terai Arc Landscape spread across parts of Nepal and India win prestigious ‘world restoration flagship’ status

Upon initial gaze, the Chattogram Hill Tracts greets you with lush green hills, lakes, waterfalls, and thriving forests that stretch endlessly. One might ponder: how can such a place grapple with water scarcity?

In a historic development, yak herder associations from 11 mountain districts across Nepal – from Darchula in the West to Taplejung in the East – came together to formally announce the formation of the Yak Chauri Farmers’ Federation Nepal.

Time to move away from a hard-engineering approach and embrace nature-based solutions for water security in hill and mountain communities