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For thousands of years, the Gurung have scaled heights to reach the nests of the world’s largest honeybees. Falling bee numbers and construction pose a threat.

Nepal bans production, import of plastic artificial flower bunches-

Nepal bans production, import of plastic artificial flower bunches-

For millennia the Gurung people have risked their lives for the honeycomb of the Himalayan giant honeybee, but its numbers are plummeting

Dr. Baker Perry, National Geographic Explorer and professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, returned to Mount Everest in May.

The destruction of Tibet ecosystem by Chinese authorities is coming under scanner after the international community took notice of Beijing wanton destructio

The destruction of Tibet ecosystem by Chinese authorities is coming under scanner after the international community took notice of Beijing wanton destructio

The destruction of Tibets ecosystem by Chinese authorities is coming under scanner after the international community took notice of Beijings wanton destruction of Tibetan culture and identity.

The destruction of Tibet ecosystem by Chinese authorities is coming under scanner after the international community took notice of Beijing wanton destructio

It was not so long ago that the parts of the globe covered permanently with ice and snow, the Arctic, Antarctic, and Greater Himalayas (“the abode of the snows” in Sanskrit), were viewed as distant, frigid climes of little consequence. Only the most intrepid adventurers were drawn to such desolate regions as the Tibetan Plateau, which, when finally surveyed, proved to have the