Just has food self-sufficiency has become an important national priority with the government working overtime to increase domestic vegetable production, a new report says that Bhutan will experience decreasing yields of rice and maize due to climate change. However, all is not bad as the same report says that potato …

While the plan is on-going, four land owners have opted not to participate in the land demarcation The demarcation of land at Debsi under Chang gewog has started with the approval of the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS). However, four major land owners have not consented to the …

A team from the Department of Forest and Park Services will attend the stock taking of the 2010 St. Petersburg Declaration on Tiger Conservation in Delhi from May 14 to 16. This is, in line with the commitments made by Tiger Range Countries (TRCs) at the Tiger Summit held in …

The per capita per day vegetable availability is 139g for every person against the minimum requirement of 200g and domestic production of vegetables is 30,595 MT (metric tons) against the requirement of 54,445 MT. In view of this the Prime Minister announcing that vegetable imports would be stopped from May …

The cabinet recently approved the Renewable Natural Resources Research Policy of Bhutan 2012. In the face of the ban on vegetable imports, the policy is deemed timely by experts as it responds to the emerging challenge of transforming Bhutanese agriculture from subsistence to a commercial-based economy in the 10th Five Year …

Bhutan made a declaration of remaining carbon neutral in the Convention of Parties (CoP) 15 at Copenhagen, Denmark. This step is bold for a small Least Developed Country (LDC) like Bhutan but this leaves us with a question: Does this step put a cap on our developmental activities? Instances of …

The Mineral Development Policy (MDP) has passed the screening test done by the Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) and is soon to be submitted to the Cabinet. The Department of Geology and Mines (DGM) officials said even though it is not on paper, they have heard so. Talc mining leases will …

The National Environment Commission (NEC) is developing a Waste Management Strategy which will be ready by the end of this year. For this, a baseline survey is underway in five dzongkhags across the country to analyze the waste situation. The Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) in collaboration with …

A draft guideline for eco-tourism in the Protected Areas, which is being developed by Coastas Christ, one of the world’s leading sustainable tourism experts, will take another month A  strong link exists between tourism and Protected Areas (PAs). While eco-tourism can make significant financial contributions to a country’s economy, there …

Bhutan and India have agreed to have equal share to the revenue that the former’s hydropower projects would earn through carbon credits under Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).   CDM allows emission reduction projects in developing countries to earn a …