New research confirms human habitation of the Tibetan Plateau 160,000 years ago

New national parks system expected to launch in 2020

Find suggests habitation of high-altitude regions occurred at least 160,000 years ago

The stone tools date back to 30,000–40,000 years ago, suggestion human presence on the plateau at least 15,000 years earlier than was previously thought

The modern scourge defacing the once-pristine grasslands of the Himalaya

Camera traps snap images of baby leopards with their mother

Sustaining a living tradition

Ecological activist armed with only a camera and his compassion

Final rites for former monarch held in Kathmandu

Fewer than 4,000 snow leopards believed to remain in the wild

Says damage cause by hydropower projects ignored in favor of short-term gain

Route of Eurasian economic and cultural belt discovered in Tibet

International Buddhist scholars to discuss development in the Greater Mekong Subregion

His Holiness urges world leaders to recognize the global impact of human activity