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 …
National Glaciers Within the last three decades, glaciers of Bhutan shrank by 189sqkm, less than half the size of one of the country’s smallest dzongkhags, Pemagatshel. It is a fall by 7.3 percent, compared with 860sqkm in 1980, which, when recorded in 2010, dropped to 671sqkm. Going by a recent …
As agreed at the recently held 17th SAARC Summit in the Maldives, Sri Lanka will set up a 'SAARC Seed Bank' to boost agriculture production in the region. Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers yesterday approved a proposal made by the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to establish the SAARC …
Countries like Bangladesh and India must endeavour to make the global green fund operational at the ensuing Durban summit to combat climate change impacts, said eminent environmentalists at an international workshop in New Delhi yesterday. Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised the two-day South Asian Media Workshop on …
Itanagar: A new species of moth has been sighted in Arunachal Pradesh, bringing joy to nature lovers who noted that many moth and butterfly varieties were on the verge of extinction in India. The moth was photographed by nature enthusiasts of Ngunu Ziro, led by Dr Tage Kano, during their …
Karma Tshiteem is the secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission, the novel name of Bhutan’s Planning Commission. He tells Aditya Batra how the concept has fared in the new democracy.
Recognizing Sulabh International's pioneering work in developing low-cost, environmental-friendly public toilet system, the United Nations has accorded its highest consultative status to the Indian NGO. The Chief of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) NGO office, Andrei Abramov conveyed the upgrade of Sulabh International to from 'Special' to 'General' …
Interpol on Wednesday launched a new campaign to coordinate the global fight against tiger poaching, warning that failure to protect the endangered cats would have economic and social repercussions. The international police organisation said it was imperative that the 13 nations where tigers can still be found work together to …
In this report, the determinants of economic poverty in mountain areas are analysed using nationally representative livelihood data at the household level. Economic poverty has a central position, because it is perceived to be at the very core of the poverty definition: the inability to fulfil basic needs. Other poverty …
The SAARC Development Goals – Mid-Term Review Report 2011 is the first publication by Bhutan on the progress of SDGs. This publication is a testament of Bhutan’s full commitment in achieving SDGs. The socio-economic development policy in Bhutan is guided by the philosophy of Gross National Happiness, which places equal …
The Second National Communication from Bhutan to the UNFCCC elaborates the actions taken, and needed, to address emissions and adverse impacts of climate change in Bhutan. Greenhouse gas emissions from Bhutan are still a third of what forests sequester, but emissions are growing due to progress in socio-economic development and …
The success of the onion diplomacy that played out earlier this year seems to have set the stage for the possibility of electricity trading between India and Pakistan. Faced with a serious power crisis, Pakistan is keen to draw power from India. A proposal aimed at setting up transmission infrastructure …
New Delhi: An effective vaccine against malaria — the first for any parasitic disease, is a step closer to reality. The first ever widescale trial of the candidate vaccine RTS,S prevented clinical malaria in 56% of five- to 17-month-old children it was tried on over a period of one year. …
In another step towards food security, Odisha has been included in the international programme for Roots & Tuber Crops (RTC) initiated by the International Potato Centre (known by its Spanish acronym CIP). A two-day project planning meeting of the programme was inaugurated by chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik here on …
Jalpaiguri, Oct. 12: The governments of India and Bhutan will jointly prepare a digital map of the rivers that originate in the neighbouring country and flow through north Bengal to track their course, primarily to check floods and erosion in the region. Chairperson of the North Bengal Flood Commission, Narayan …
Bumdeling Park, Sershong, Mongar 12 October, 2011 - A forest fire that has been burning for the past three days may have destroyed more than 500 acres of chirpine forests of the Bumdeling park in Sershong, Mongar so far, according to foresters. Foresters said the steep terrain made it difficult …
Environment Ministers’ Meeting 30 September, 2011 - One of the outcomes of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation environment ministers’ meeting, which ended yesterday, was the endorsement of the terms of reference for four initiatives under the Thimphu declaration. The four initiatives include the SAARC inter-governmental marine initiative, to …
The September 18 tremors damaged 990 structures throughout Chukha dzongkhag, the final damage assessment report the dzongkhag compiled showed. Darla and Doonga were the worst hit of the 11 gewogs. Chukha dzongda Tshewang Rinzin defined minor damages as those houses that suffered cracks, while major damages were those that required …
Future Policy Award 27 September, 2011 - Bhutan’s forest policy, which was short-listed with five other countries from a total of 20, for the Future Policy Award, did not win. This UN-backed award celebrates policies that create better living conditions for current and future generations. This year’s theme was forests. …
We need new economic indicators to measure prosperity in an inclusive and carbon-liable world In June next year world leaders will gather in the joyful city of Rio de Janeiro to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) — the Earth Summit. …
Changju, Bara 26 September, 2011 - With most of their houses damaged, about 24 families of Changju, the first Bhutanese settlement to be hit by the September 18 earthquake, are living in temporary huts. All the 24 houses in the village, which is about seven hours’ walk from Tedu, were …
