Bhutan Green News

Once famous for paddy, the remote village of Khalatsho in Nganglam, Pemagatshel, is on the verge of being submerged by thickets and reverting into jungle once more...It has 15 residents, mostly in their forties, including two children, who will be...

This comes to 227,802 people out of the projected population of 683,407. They depend on imports for 34 percent of cereal needs, which include 51 percent of rice being imported from India. Among the reasons for food security challenges in...

The forum was organized with the aim “to amplify the voices of vulnerable, poor nations, which often go unheard in international negotiations” and with the hope that “it will mean better outcome at Copenhagen for vulnerable, developing nations.” The Vulnerable...

Several major hydropower projects that will come up in the Punatshangchhu, Mangdechhu and Sunkosh could affect migration of the golden mahseer (Tor putitora) and Deccan mahseer (Tor khudree), say nature conservationists. �Dams in these rivers could block their migratory route...

Last September, seven birds were spotted along the Phochu, Mochu, near the Khuruthang vocational training institute (VTI), the animal husbandry office and in Goenshari village. Nature conservationists feel that the hydropower developmental activities taking place along the Punatshangchhu...

Disruption of traditional migratory routes due to rapid industrialisation and infrastructure development is one of the main reasons for the rising number of human-elephant conflicts, say nature conservation division (NCD) officials. According to records with NCD, wild elephants destroyed...

In Mongar, he visited some of the worst affected areas in Walaktang, Thangrong, Dramtse and Narang Gewog. In Trashigang Dzongkahg, he visited Yangnyer Gewog and Durung village where almost all the houses were damaged by the earthquake. According to the...

A total of Nu 44.7 million has been released in the four dzongkhags, according to the latest figures from the dzongkhags...The dzongkhag has disbursed the money to 85 households in seven gewogs...Fifteen households in Tongzhang Gewog received Nu 772, 000...

In the first recorded incident of its kind in Bhutan, a Himalayan black bear was killed and eaten by a royal Bengal tiger in the Jigme Dorji national park. The carcass of the bear, with only its head, skin and...