This Report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources (2021-22) deals with the action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Twelfth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Flood Management in the Country including International Water Treaties in the field of Water Resource Management with particular Reference to …
State-run NHPC Ltd along with the Bhutan government expects to soon finalise details of a joint venture company, to be set up for developing 770-Mw Chamkharchhu-1 hydro power project in the neighbouring nation. NHPC would have 51 per cent shareholding in the joint venture entity while the remaining stake would …
Forest fire About 700 people in Yebilaptsa, Zhemgang are battling a forest fire, which has been raging for the last two days, and has burnt about ten acres of chirpine forest under the Royal Manas national park. Students from Yebilaptsa schools, and police and volunteers from nearby areas, have been …
The government has got a commitment of $8.3 million (around Rs 720.93 million) grant under the Global Environment Facility (GEF). "Nepal has received a commitment of $2.7 million grant for biodiversity, $4 grant for climate change and $1.6 million grant for land degradation," chief of foreign assistance division under the …
The 6th South Asia Constituency Meeting of Global Environmental Facility (GEF) was conducted in Maldives. The meeting was inaugurated by Dr. Mohamed Ali, Chief of staff of president’s office in a ceremony held in Nasandhura Palace Hotel on 15 May 2012.. Abdullahi Majeed, Deputy Minister for Housing and Environment welcomed …
Waste Management: With no “proper place” designated for the community to dump solid waste, some frustrated residents of Khasadrapchu dug a garbage pit by the riverside six years ago. Located below the road that leads to the Gidakom hospital, the landfill is not fenced nor missed by passersby or stray …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) collaborated with the National Environment Commission (NEC), Bhutan, by signing a MoU on May 7, 2012 in Paro, Bhutan. Read the report: http://www.cseindia.org/content/cses-outreach-south-asia
Autsho, Lhuentse: A forest fire that started from the banks of Kurichu at Autsho in Lhuentse has razed, over the weekend, more than 700 acres of pine forest, which is abundantly covered with lemon grass. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started when a rolling boulder at Autsho-Ladrong farm road construction …
Policy development occurs across many different sectors of government, and these policies can have far-reaching implications once they have been formalised and become the base for future government activities and budgets. Conceptually, SEA would be the appropriate tool to assess these policies for their environmental consequences. SEA would also encourage …
The RNR Research Policy of Bhutan responds to building a knowledge-based society and emerging challenge of transforming Bhutanese agriculture from subsistence to a commercial-based economy in the 10th Five Year Plan and beyond. To support this transition, the RNR Research Policy of Bhutan provides guidance on the conduct and management …
Carbon Stored Value: With a forest cover of 72 percent, work is underway in the country, to have in place a mechanism that would help measure the financial value of carbon stored in the forests of Bhutan. Having a value of the carbon stored in the forest under the UN-Reducing …
In course of a decade, Nepal and four other countries in the South-East Asia Region, namely Bhutan, DPR Korea, Thailand and Sri Lanka have brought down the number of confirmed malaria cases by more than half, WHO said in a statement issued on the occasion of the World Malaria Day, …
“Nearly 9.7 million children in the South-East Asian region still do not get the most basic of vaccines like the third dose of DTP-containing vaccine. Immunisation is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions. Growing opportunities through new funding as well as research and development initiatives should not go …
Agartala: Timely vaccination of birds and animals, access to standard laboratories and maintaining bio-security are among the measures required to curb the sporadic outbreak of bird flu in India’s northeast, says a team of international and Indian experts touring the region. Experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and …
This regulation shall be called “The Waste Prevention and Management Regulation, 2012”. This Regulation shall: establish procedures to implement the purpose of the Waste Prevention and Management Act, 2009; identify roles and areas of implementation of the Implementing Agencies for the purpose of establishing a sound waste management system including …
New Delhi Bhutan is likely to cut power export to India in coming years even as it plans to import electricity during winter. Bhutan is expected to slash power export to India as the neighbouring country’s own electricity consumption rises fast due to industrialisation. This move may force India to …
Producers of oranges in Bhutan have found a lucrative market in Bangladesh and are using the Meghalaya route for exports, leaving Indian traders with inferior varieties Largescale export of Bhutan oranges, known for its sweet taste, to Bangladesh over the past few years has left a sour taste among traders …
At least 52 glacial lakes in Gilgit and Astore districts have been identified as ‘potentially dangerous’ by a project sponsored by the European Union and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The project report titled “Managing climate risks in the Himalayas: A community-centric approach” says that in the sub-basins of Swat, …
A bird flu outbreak is suspected in Yangbari village in Gongdue, Mongar after 30-40 chicks were reported dead from nine houses last month. The deaths were reported to the department of livestock on March 27 and the samples are yet to be confirmed positive by the national center for animal …
While the forest fire that had been burning in the two gewogs of Mongar for the last two days spread to a third gewog, Tongla in Kengkhar gewog yesterday, some 60 people were battling another forest fire in Punakha the same time. As of last evening, more than 60 people …
A forest fire that had started at dawn on March 31 near Resa in Saling gewog in Mongar was still raging as of last evening. Resa is a village at the south of Saling. Mongar dzongkhag’s forest officer Norbu Wangdi said the fire could have started from sparks when falling …
