Himalayas
The Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC) was established in 1991 as a sustainable, domestic funding source for Bhutan's environmental programmes. Almost a decade after its inception, the trust fund has spent US$1.66 million against an accumulated capital base of US$34.71 million. Grant making is guided by five-year funding objectives, focusing on conservation of biological...
A case study has been presented on Sokshing Management and its contribution to sustainable livelihood of the Bhutanese people. The case study was carried out over a period of three years taking three representative regions of the country as research sites. Since other local resource management institutions also form integral part of resource management regimes in a community, these have been...
Has (Ha) is situated in the west of the sandalwood Kingdom near Sikkim or the Hidden-Land Rice Valley. It is blessed with the presence of the three Boddhisatvas-Manjusri, Avalokitesvara and Vajrapani - the manifestations of all the Buddhas, who protect the three classes of beings, namely, the gods, the demi-gods and the humans that reside here. From this valley came forth sages who constructed...
There used to be impressive dzong complexes in Tibet and areas of the Himalayas with Tibetan influence. Today most of them are lost or in ruins, a few are restored as museums, and it is only in Bhutan that it is possible to find the dzongs still alive today as administration centres and monasteries. This paper reviews some of what is known about the historical developments of the dzong type of...
To talk of folktales in the Bhutanese context is to discuss on a literary genre popularly known as khaju or ‘oral transmission’. It serves as an important tool of communication between one generation and another. Among others, the folktales comprise an indispensable portion of oral literature. In it is seen the manifestation of the popular imagination and creativity representing...
This paper aims to document the current situation of broadleaf forest management, and assess THE impact of cattle grazing on broadleaf forests around Gedu, a typical broadleaf forest where grazing and wood production are practiced. An attempt is also made to propose an adapted forest management planning system that would enhance the co-existence of cattle grazing and wood production, along...
This paper is an extract from the Ph.D. thesis of the author "Assessment of the Condition and Potential for Improvement of the High Altitude Rangelands of Bhutan". It deals with the factors influencing the degradation of rangelands in the high altitude areas of the northwest Bhutan, and proposes possible legal and technological measures to improve rangeland conditions.
The formulation of natural resource management policy generally involves science, socio-economic environment and legal framework. The thrust of the management policy is to derive maximum benefits from the natural resources while at the same time ensuring that the ecological integrity is not compromised. The basic scientific process elements such as ecological stability, resistance levels,...
The paper provides a general overview of fodder resources and their management in temperate Bhutan (altitude range of 1500-3000m). The terms are used as defined by RC-Jakar (RNR-RC-Jakar, 1996). As per these definitions, temperate pasture can include any kind of land used for grazing. When referring to registered grassland or tsamdro, only the term tsamdrog is used. Where possible, the term...
Migratory herding is still an important part of the livelihood of a significant section of the Bhutanese people; but it was central to our traditional pastoral economy. Cattle, grazing land, labour and cultivatable land were the four primary sources of wealth in the past. A balance among these four factors of production had to be struck for the agrarian society to be sustained. Obviously, the...
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