With a good long year in hand, the Social Forestry and Extension Division (SFED) under the Department of Forests and Park Services is upbeat to achieve targets to initiate and establish 400 Community Forests (CF) in Bhutan. In fact, it might even overshoot the initial target. The current tenth plan …

The Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) and Larson and Toubro (L&T) company of the Punatsangchu Hydro-Electric Project (PHEP) have found a new source for vegetables – a cooperative which is in the making. Though it is yet to be registered, the cooperative society which comprises 23 farmer groups of Wangdue (12), …

Human-wildlife conflict is ever on a climb and growing settlements and development works have only entirely worked to antagonize the situation. The results of the unbalanced equation have brought about undesirable consequences for both parties. It’s a case of who is more important; livestock for the farmers or the wild …

It is definitely in the wild that surprises await to astonish, and the latest camera trapping of three adult Snow Leopards captured in a single camera shot proved just that. The Wangchuk Centennial Park (WCP) in Bumthang intended to carry out a prey-based survey which started from the last week …

Aum Lemo now 40 years old from Dorji Geomba in Trongsa is reminded of a brutal and gruesome past as soon as she hears the name “Tiger”. Two years ago on August 10, for the family of seven headed by late Ap Tsagay of Dorji Geompa in Trongsa, it was …

An article posted on the christianpost.com site said that a Dungpa (sub divisional officer) Pema Wangdi manhandled an independent Christian Pastor Pema Sherpa on July 30. This has however turned out to be a lie after The Bhutanese conversed with both the parties and eye witnesses. The recent border quandaries …

Eight in-service civil servants will be dispatched to work with Israeli farmers for 11 months as part of an attachment under the agriculture ministry in October. The candidates with a qualification of diploma/degree with minimum of five years working experience will work in the commercials farms in Israel to gain …

The Opposition Leader (OL) has responded to the PM’s statement in the recent Meet the Press where he proclaimed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as a party disqualified for 2013. Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley during the recent Meet the Press session said that the opposition party (PDP), should be disqualified …

The enumeration phase has finally kicked off from Paro on July 25 after exhaustive preparations to conduct nationwide forest inventory in Bhutan, by the Forest Resource Management Division (FRMD) of Forests and Park services department. Through systematic collection of the data and forest information for assessment and analysis, the National …

The Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley during the recent Meet the Press session said that the opposition party (PDP), should be disqualified from the next round of elections since they did not meet the June 30 deadline to clear all financial liabilities. “I imagine the ECB would have disqualified the …