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 …
Following in the footsteps of the neighbouring countries, Bhutan too has phased out the use of petrol with high lead content in an effort to check vehicular air pollution. Director general of the ministry of trade and industry Achyut Bhandari said: "Unleaded petrol has been introduced in India and since …
Bhutan's biggest revenue earner, the Chukha Hydro Power Corporation (CHPC) produced a record 1,943.741 million units (Mu) of power in 1999, exceeding its previous year's production by 163 Mu. "We are overjoyed that we have been able to achieve this record generation during the Silver Jubilee Year of His Majesty's …
Engineers in Bhutan will now use eco-friendly techniques to build roads in the country. The National Environmental Commission has introduced guidelines for road and bridge construction. "To do this we have to change our traditional methods like using bulldozers and cutting into hillsides. Instead, we will now use excavators and …
wastepaper usually lands up in garbage bins all over the world. But, of late, in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, it has been finding its way elsewhere
Despite maintaining a frugal lifestyle, people in Bhutan continue to dump huge amounts of garbage indiscriminately. This aspect was highlighted in a paper presented by environmentalist Jorgen S Carle at a two-day course on Environmental Management in Bhutan. Titled
EXPERTS from China, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and Nepal reviewed their respective government's policies on water harvesting in the Himalayan region at a workshop at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (icimod), Kathmandu, on the March 14-16, 1999. Attended by academicians, researchers, government officials, grassroots functionaries and beneficiaries of water harvesting …
Two black Himalayan bears that were caught in traps in Bhutan's Begana and Yoesipang region were released into the forest by team of forestry officials. Officials said that a small male bear which was caught in a crude wire trap in Begana, had its right paw injured. In another incident, …
An horticulture development document worth US $6.5 million has been signed by the government of Bhutan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to improve the livelihood of its rural people who comprise about 85 per cent of the population. The UNDP will assist by providing technical assistance, training equipment, …
Bhutan ranks 155 in the human Development Index, says the Human Development Report 1997, released by the United Nations Development Programme in mid-June. The report shows the extent, severity and complexity of global poverty and proposes a feasible and affordable strategy to eradicate it. On a "human poverty index of …
A trip was recently organised in Bhutan as a part of a workshop on Snow Leopard and High Altitude Survey Techniques. According to the result of the two- week old field trip, the snow leopard population around Lingshi is of medium density (one to three leopards per 100 scl km). …
Two draft documents - Institutionalizing and Strengthening of the Environmental Assessment Process in Bhutan and Environmental Assessment Sectoral Guidelines was released this May by the Bhutan government in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank. The first document sets objectives to provide guidance both for evaluating new projects and existing operations. …
At a recent two-day meeting on the Management of Royal Manas National Park (RMNP) in Bhutan, participants resolved several issues that have been confronting the RMNP. The socioeconomic uplift-ment of the local people residing within the park was discussed by various collaborator& Said park manager Jigme PaIden, "We are not …
The National Environment Commission (NEC) of Bhutan recently hosted a workshop on April 22, to train government officials "to understand the issues of climate change, how they fit in, and how they can contribute", said a NEC spokesperson. One of the objectives of the workshop was "stabilisation of the greenhouse …
Sustainable development is the bottomline of a new package by the UN Development programme's (UNDP) Country Cooperation Framework for Bhutan. The US $33 million-package will be used in programmes for sustainable livelihoods, governance and environment between the years 1997 and 2001. Under these programmes, UNDP will focus on management and …
A new soil conservation programme in Bhutan is in the pipeline after a recent assessment revealed that there is no proper scheme to regenerate degraded forests in this mountain kingdom. The project will aim to protect the fragile eco-system, check erosion in critical areas and improve the soil condition, said …
the mountain kingdom of Bhutan plans to have its first biodiversity action plan by mid-June. This will provide a framework for its nature conservation section (ncs), informed an official recently. The plan is expected to fill "the gaps in biodiversity'. "At present, we don't know what is missing but with …
If you are in Bhutan and get caught carrying a pheasant feather, you can be fined Nu 500 by the nature conservation section (ncs) of the country's forestry service division. Fines for killing protected animals range from Nu 1,000 (for a piece of otter skin) to Nu 50,000 (for a …
Bhutan could help absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and curb global warming as greenhouse gas emissions by the country is reportedly insignificant. Results of a study on climate change conducted by two Danish consultants showed that in a completely forested area the per capita CO2 emission was 19.6 tonne, in a …
Bhutan has set out on a tiger conservation project and has initiated a survey to check out the exact number of tigers in the country. According to Karma Tshering, programme coordinator of the Bhutan. Tiger Conservation Project of the ministry of agriculture, "The project was initiated because we wanted to …
Bhutanese forest officials recently undertook a special workshop in Thimphu, on newer aspects of forest management. Thirty-three plans, which cover an area of 381,475 ha, have so far been prepared with the aim to bring all the national forest reserves under the management plans. Said a forest official, "Earlier the …
