According to the forestry division, hardwood (Quercus semicarpifolia), preferred for its high caloric value, in the Thimphu region was exhausted way back in 1991 when still many household used

South Africa's medical Research Council said it would release official figures on AIDS-related deaths between 1997 and 2000 by end of the year. The statement came two days after local media published

Bhutan and the government of New South Wales, Australia, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in areas of environmental protection and to curb forest fires in the kingdom. The

To reinforce the conservation and sustainable use of Bhutan's renewable natural resources a wildlife conservation programme will be implemented through the establishment of a zoological

A state-funded research pact between Indiana's top two state universities has yielded its first fruit-a human clinical trial that will test a promising new therapy for spinal cord

Fanned by fierce winds, a forest fire devoured by a whole ridge at Ramtokto, Thimphu (Bhutan) on the afternoon of December 10, destroying between 250 to 300 acres of blue pine forests. According to

More than 300 rural households in Lhuentse, Zhemgang and Chukha (Bhutan) will be provided with electricity through the extension of grid and installation of photovoltaic systems by the end of

Wild mushroom species once grew in the forested hillsides around the Thimphu (Bhutan) valley. Now most of these species are disappearing because of over-exploitation.Experts at the National Mushroom

The electricity act of the Kingdom of Bhutan,2001 passed by the 79th session of the National Assembly,has provided a firm legal footing for the exploitation of Bhutan's huge hydro-power

The World Health Organization expressed disappointment at an Internet board's rejection of its proposal for a new "health" tag for Internet addresses and pledged to fight the