These briefs draw on work in progress in the sacred Himalayan Landscape Strategic Plan-Nepal to disseminate and exchange the research issues and ideas as they evolve. These briefs draw on work in ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal Adventure White Mountain today announced the launch of its new helicopter tour program offering direct ...

Shifting cultivation is an indigenous farming practice prevalent in forested highland communities of the Eastern Himalayas. Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) is a part of Eastern Himalayan ...

In the neighboring state of Ladakh, the Zoji La is one of the highest mountain passes in the world. It's surrounded by the rugged terrain of Trans-Himalayas, with cold desert slopes, snow-capped peaks ...

Trail cameras captured a rare sight of three snow leopards in Kishtwar National Park. One is in the center; two are in the bottom right corner. Photo from Department of Wildlife Protection in Jammu ...

Sometimes an airport is just a strip of asphalt on a flat bit of land outside of town. Other times, as with India’s new Pakyong Airport, it’s a breathtaking piece of engineering on the roof of the ...

10 October 2008.- During the 1950s, Austrian and Swiss scientists conducted intensive studies of the Everest region in Nepal taking photographs of the glaciers, mountains and valleys. Around the same ...

Camouflaged and camera-shy, snow leopards usually roam the Himalayas without detection. Several of these elusive cats were spotted on trail cameras, but blink and you might still miss them. The ...