Although renovation works are underway for the Thimphu- Punakha highway, it has added to the existing inconveniences for now Commuters along the Thimphu to Punakha highway have complained that the highway is in its worst shape, riddled with potholes and ditches not only posing risk of fatal accidents, but giving …

Plans of cold storage facilities for potatoes along the passes are in the pipeline Stock up the local potatoes in a simple wooden shed that is located high up on the mountain passes across the country, and let the nature act as a cold storage to increase this perishable farm …

As part of wildlife management curriculum of the certificate course offered at the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) in Bumthang, they have, since August 22 this year, begun a program which they are engaged in long- term monitoring of birds. Such innovative venture of long- term bird …

Finally, Bhutan will be self-sufficient in terms of wet fish, one of the highly traded foods across the globe. Come 2018, Bhutanese families around the country would be enjoying the more readily available home-produced wet fish, not necessarily having to depend on the wet fish imported from elsewhere. This is …

Unlike in the past years, conservationists experienced the biggest jolt when white bellied heron (WBH) this year, refused to produce even a single fledgling. Among the 24 WBH individuals present in the country, only two nests belonging to two families were discovered and none succeeded in producing a hatchling. White …

The first session of the second parliament shall discuss the issue A pledge by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government that has most of the urban sections of the country waiting, may soon be realized as the Tenancy Act is slated to be discussed in the first Parliamentary session of …

There is a unique plant among the variety of plants that the people in Zhemgang grow. As the plant grows into a tree, it flowers. The tree is a night bloomer. The flower of Oroxylum indicum, the people in Zhemgang believe, is the most elusive of flower that a very …

A seventh entry has been made to the park’s faunal diversity in the last seven years. The Royal Manas National Park (RMNP) in Gelephu, on June 5 this year, made a triumphant discovery of the presence of Hodgson’s Frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni) that took the park’s avian faunal diversity to yet …

For anyone who has enough luck and merits to meet her in person, Ani Choying Dolma may come across like an ordinary nun who is dedicated to nothing but the doctrine. However, it won’t take long before you can sense the extraordinary charm, humility, and compassion that shine through Ani …

Providing some respite to human-wildlife conflict When it was first introduced in Bhutan sometime in 2008, Mountain Hazelnut Venture promised it will deliver numerous benefits such as improvement of the livelihood of the farmers, generation of employment and promotion of environment conservation, immediate socio-economic benefits to the farmers through closely …