Six new government and private projects in Bhutan have been slapped fines by the national environment commission secretariat (NECS) for not abiding by the environmental assessment act 2000. Three of
The Netherlands development organization (SNV) and the sustainable development agency (SDA) has committed Nu 72.9 million to support environment friendly road constructions' (EFRC) in
Amid growing fear over the escalating HIV/AIDS cases in the neighbouring countries, China and India, the Bhutan health ministry this week launched what it described as concrete national guidelines to
From the outside, it looks like any other delivery truck but its furnished interior, houses a hi-tech laboratory that can measure air quality and pollution levels. Bhutan's first mobile environmental
The sale of tobacco and tobacco products in the only duty free shop in the country has been banned from January, 2003.The ban was a priority issue in the Ninth
With 13 HIV positive cases detected in 2002 alone, the highest annual detection so far, the health department is looking at ways to strengthen its fight against the viral
Twelve metric tonnes or 12000 kilograms of waste. That is the amount of garbage Phuentsholing town (Bhutan) generates everyday. And the town lacks of proper place where it can safely dispose of the
The Thrumshingla national park, (Bhutan) spanning across Bumthang, Mongar, Lhuentse and Zhemgang, is home to the endangered red panda, satyr tragopan, and some bird species which have become extinct
