World Bank has released a new report -- On Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution can Slow Warming and Save Lives.

JNDP: Following a tip off, Jigme Dorji National Park officials and police in Gasa caught two poachers with a Monal pheasant and two musk pods on the night of November 2.

DCCL: The Dungsam project in Nganglam, the country’s largest cement plant, has begun commercial production after an almost two-year delay.

Roosting and foraging area for black-necked cranes in Bumthang should be included in conserved areas, a study conducted on fluctuating population of the endangered bird, recommended.

Bhutan will have a fully documented realigned national action plan (NAP) to combat land degradation by January next year, which would then be endorsed by the government and submitted to the United Nations convention to combat desertification (UNCCD). Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Bhutan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.

Representatives from 20 cities from across South Asia will come together in Kochi on Wednesday to learn from each other on the issue of adaptation to climate change at the seminar on Asian Cities

The fifth South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN-V) concluded here today with the signing of the Kathmandu Declaration.

Bhutan is renowned for espousing Gross National Happiness but now the isolated Himalayan nation is also looking to become known as a world leader in organic farming. “We are nearly all Buddhists.

Between 2014-18, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide assistance USD 4.78M related to agriculture, food and nutrition in Bhutan

In a startling revelation, a report made public during the fifth South Asian Conference on Sanitation (Sacosan) on Tuesday says more than 675 million people in South Asia still practice open defeca

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