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Outbreak of the invasive Giant African Land Snail (GALS)
Outbreak of Giant African Land Snail (GALS), Achatina fulica, an exotic species native to Africa is reported in Gyalpozhing since 2010. The length of the snail can reach 20 cm or more, and in a year it lays around 1000 to 1200 eggs. Life expectancy is up to 10 years. GALS is listed as one [...]
May 24, 2013
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Bhutan celebrates International Biological Diversity Day
May 22, Thimphu: The International Day for Biological Diversity with the theme ‘Biodiversity and Water’ was celebrated at Babesa Middle Secondary School. The half-day event included quiz, speech and art competitions between the different house groups and classes of the school. The participatory event saw many students express themselves through an impressive array of art [...]
May 23, 2013
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AVDRC to support School Agriculture Programme in three Schools
16-19 May 2013, Thimphu: Under the eight-year tripartite project between the Asian Vegetable Research Development Centre (AVRDC) known as the World Vegetable Centre based in Taiwan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) and the Ministry of Education (MoE), three schools in Bhutan are slated to benefit in implementing their School Agriculture Programme (SAP).
Schools such [...]
May 21, 2013
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Outbreak of Armyworm
The incidences of Armyworm are reported from 14 Dzongkhags. The damage varies from as low as 5 – 10% to about 60-70%. However as per the monitoring report of the National Plant Protection Centre, recovery rate of the affected rice nurseries is very encouraging ranging from 50% to 100%. Therefore there is no reason for [...]
May 21, 2013
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500th community forest handed over
20 May, Thimphu: To commemorate the establishment of the 500th community forest management group, His Excellency Ambassador Beat Nobs, Under State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland handed over the Community Forest to Zamtog village in Geneykha Gewog under Thimphu on 17th May, 2013. His Excellency the Ambassador was accompanied by [...]
May 20, 2013
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Nutrition uplift for school children
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests will soon be implementing a project “Vegetable Go to School Project”in collaboration with the Asian Vegetable Research centre (AVRDC) “The World Vegetable Centre”.
The collaboration will focus on the nutrition upliftment of school children through growing and consumption of fresh green vegetables. The project is expected to start from the [...]
May 20, 2013
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Refresher course on Veterinary Medicine and Legislation for eastern region
8-14 May, Kanglung: A seven day refresher course on Veterinary Medicine and Legislation for the eastern region ended at the Regionel Livestock Development Centre (RLDC)-Kanglung. With this, the refresher course for the certificate holders of the 20 Dzongkhags and central farms working under the Department of Livestock has been completed.
About 28 certificate holders from [...]
May 20, 2013
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500th Community Forestry Management Group – celebrating citizen participation in forest governance
The approach to forest management in Bhutan has gone through fundamental changes over the past decades. Today, there is a rapid growth in community-based forest management in the country. Households in a community come together to form community forest management groups. These groups are provided with access and management rights and responsibilities over community forests.
Community [...]
May 17, 2013
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Chinese citrus fruit fly management program started in Tsirang
May 6, Tsirang: The National Plant Protection Centre (NPPC) in collaboration with the Dzongkhag Agriculture sector, Tsirang and financial support from the ACIAR Citrus project initiated the Chinese citrus fruit fly, Bactrocera minax Enderlin management program. The program has been started with the objective of managing the Chinese citrus fruit fly in a coordinated manner [...]
May 15, 2013
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First-Ever Rhododendron Festival in Bhutan
11 – 13 May, Lamperi: The first ever Rhododendron festival in Bhutan was held at Lamperi from 11 to 13 May this year. It was organised by Nature Recreation and Ecotourism Division (NRED) of Department of Forests and Park Services in collaboration with the Meto Pelri Tshogpa.
The three-day [...]
May 15, 2013
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