Tag Archives: Environment

Tracing the footsteps of cordyceps collectors

Spring is a season of opportunities for Bhutanese nomads living in the northern fringes of the country. But the opportunities are hard-earned. Cordyceps (“Yatsagunbub”) collectors don’t have it easy when they go looking for the “fungus-worm” but then they are not ones to give up easily. Preparation is done many …

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Layaps complain environment survey delaying road

The practise of hoarding in Laya is expected to end as a road till Trongshu drak, a three-hour walk from the gewog, is expected to be completed soon. But Gup Kinley Dorji over the phone from Laya said that  an  environmental survey of the road was delaying its completion. Although …

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TCC gets tough on sewage management

Thimphu sewage lines are literally bursting at the seams, with sewage flowing out into the main streets and corner alleys but now the Thimphu City Corporation (TCC) will be taking strict measures to allay the problem. House owners usually visit the sewage office when their sewage tanks are full and …

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City cuts down sickening trees including cypress and poplar

The Thimphu Thromde together with the Department of Forest and the Natural Resource Development Corporation Ltd, (NRDCL) are cutting down poplar and cypress trees in the city. The trees emit toxic gases and were apparently causing health problems like skin diseases, eye infections and allergy to people. The trees disturbing …

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In Gasa, community forests mean business

The sum of Nu 21, 240 may not sound big these days. But for the members of Genrab Cithuen Community Forest (CF) in Khame gewog, Gasa dzongkhag, it is a fortune, after they earned the amount from the sale of non-wood forest products, the highest generated from any community forest …

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