Category: Environment

After working hard for more than two to three months, urban agricultural farming at Bebena has taken off successfully for laid-off individual workers.  Some of the groups have recorded a bumper sale of their vegetable products within their locality, among hoteliers, and other areas. The vegetable growers are pleased with the available market as they […]

With lack of community support faced by the livestock department officials to control stray dog population in urban areas, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said that the challenge could be addressed by giving incentives to catch dogs during an update of flagship programs on Wednesday. Controlling stray dog population is one of the flagship programs, […]

Ap Chencho, 42, gently opens a small sack made of cloth. A bunch of thin, dusty caterpillars, speckled with white mould and a slender grey tip come into view. He is one of the farmers from Tsento Gewog at Paro who has come to codyceps auction. Sharing how he and his son crawl on hands […]

Every summer, the issue of poor drainage crops up in and around Thimphu with footpaths and roads overflowing with rain water mixed with excesses from sewerage and kitchen. However, according to Thimphu Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee, the reason for the excessive flow of rainwater could be global warming. “If we extend the drains in which the […]

Twenty years after Bhutan first banned the use and sale of plastic carry bags, doma wrappers, and ice cream pouches, the ban was reinforced nationwide again on April 1, 2019. However, one year later the ban is not a success story. Plastic bags and doma wrappers are still available in the market at the moment […]

Moving back to villages was the second most popular choice for coping with the COVID crisis reported by self-employed individuals and the third most popular choice among employees, according to the rapid socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 on Bhutan’s Tourism sector 2020. Working in agriculture was the most popular choice for alternative employment among the […]

Bhutan is a carbon-neutral country but it seems like the status quo would change due to accelerated economic activities and increasing number of vehicles which has led to a number of environmental issues such as increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other air pollutants. This could threaten Bhutan’s pledge of forever remaining carbon neutral […]

With more than 70% of its total land area under forest cover and rich forest biodiversity, Bhutan is probably one of the few countries in the world to come under the spotlight for its stringent environment conservation. Bhutan’s Constitution mandates that 60% of the country must remain under forest cover for all times to come but […]

The Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) said that assessment for River Bank Filtration for Amochhu Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in Phuentsholing is ongoing with experts from Germany from March 2 to 6 under the water flagship program. Sharing the key updates of the flagship program updates for February on March 5, water flagship program’s coordinator, […]