Forest fires have increased at an alarming rate in recent years, with multiple consequences
in Nepal's forest ecosystem and landscapes. The research used remote sensing and GIS …

Background In the last two decades, Nepal has experienced an increase in both forest fire
frequency and area, but very little is known about its spatiotemporal dimension. A limited …

The Kathmandu Valley in Nepal is a bowl-shaped urban basin that experiences severe air
pollution that poses health risks to its 3.5 million inhabitants. As part of the Nepal Ambient …

Forest fire is one of the major global environmental issues, causing havoc in places as
disparate as cold Siberia, tropical Amazon, and the temperate HKH region (Fig. 8.1). Recent …

Forest fire is a global phenomenon, resulting in devastation across regions. Nepal is not an
exception where forest ecosystems and environment are vulnerable to forest fires, causing …

Ecosystems are dynamic forms of nature, intuitively affected by natural processes and
human interventions, depending on various drivers of changes and management …

The Kathmandu Valley in Nepal suffers from unhealthy air quality, with mean pre-monsoon
submicron particulate matter concentration (PM1) of 40 μg m− 3 and daily peaks over 75 μg …

The views of local people on climate change along different ecological regions are relatively
unexplored in Nepal. This study was conducted in 13 villages in central Nepal at different …

The Chure region, among the world's youngest mountains, stands out as highly susceptible
to natural calamities, particularly forest fires. The region has consistently experienced forest …

Forest fires triggered by various natural and anthropogenic drivers are increasing and
threatening forest ecosystems across the globe. In Nepal, the high value Tropical Mixed …