Bhutan Trust Fund For Enviromental Conservation

SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES: (A) TRAINING OF PROFESSIONALS IN ECOLOGY, NATURAL RESOURCES MGMT. FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT; (B) ASSESS BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION BASE; (C) INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO RELATED SECTORS/AGENCIES; (D) PROJECTS INTEGRATING CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

'MB0213Y20:'WATER & WASTE MANAGEMENT FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME- GNHCOBJECTIVE:(I)TO ENSURE THE WASTE GENERATED IS SEGREGATED AT SOURCE, COLLECTED AND RECOVERED AT DESIGNATED SITES AND DISPOSED OF SAFELY ULTIMATELY WORKING TOWARDS A ZERO WASTE BHUTAN BY 2030.ACCOMPLISHMENT:(I)PROCURED 6 ELECTRIC WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES.THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE BEING SOURCED FROM ESAGONO ENERGIA BASED IN MARTESANA, ITALY. (II)MONITORED THE PROJECT AS AND WHEN REQUIRED

MB0200Y19:CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED AREAS-BHUTAN FOR LIFEOBJECTIVE:(I) ACHIEVE LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF BHUTAN'S NETWORK OF PROTECTED AREAS TO SECURE HUMAN WELL-BEING AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION.ACCOMPLISHMENT (I) CAMERA, LENSES, BATTERIES AND MEMORY CARDS PURCHASED FOR FIELD SAMPLING FOR THE SURVEY OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTH IN PROTECTED AREAS.(II)A CLEANING CAMPAIGN AND ADVOCACY ON THE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONDUCTED IN LHUENTSE,BUMTHANG, MONGAR, PEMAGATSHEL, SARPANG, T/GANG , TSIRANG AND Z/GANG , ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN WITH FEMALE AND MALE; STUDENTS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OFFICIALS WERE INVOLVED.(III)THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFICE HEADQUARTERS AT JWS HAS BEEN COMPLETED.(IV)THE DIVISION HAS COMPLETED ELECTRIFICATION FOR THE STAFF QUARTER AT SAMDRUP JONGKHAR.(V)A TOTAL OF 25 LOCAL GUIDES WERE INTRODUCED TO THE CONCEPTS OF NATURE GUIDE, EXISTING PROTOCOLS, TECHNIQUE AND SKILLS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF FLORA, FAUNA AND AVIFAUNA, AND MANAGEMENT OF TOURISM INSIDE THE RESERVE. (VI)COMPLETION OF THE HEADQUARTER AT JOMOTSHANGKHADESPITE THE CHALLENGES POSED BY THE CHANGING PANDEMIC SITUATION.(VII)MASS AWARENESS ON WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR SCHOOLS MENDRELGANG CENTRAL. SCHOOL AND MENDRELGANG PRIMARY SCHOO WAS CONDUCTED AND THIS WAS MAINLY AIMED TOWARDS BUILDING A ZERO-WASTE SOCIETY BY 2030.(VIII)300 RECONYX CAMERA TRAPS HAVE BEEN PROCURED FOR THE NATIONAL TIGER SURVEY.

MB0212Y20: SNOWMEN RUN- SNOWMEN SECRETARIAT OFFICEOBJECTIVE:(I) TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, IT RECOGNISES THAT HUMAN ARE IN-TURN RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CAUSED BY EVENT-RELATED TRAVEL TO BHUTAN.ACCOMPLISHMENT:(I) LAUNCHED THE BHUTAN CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT "HONORING ECOPRENEURS AND CLIMATE CHAMPIONS".CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT FOCUSED ON CARBON NEUTRALITY WILL FOLLOW THE FIVE-DAY SNOWMAN RACE, CALLED AS THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST ULTRAMARATHON.(II)NURTURED MORE THAN 100 SAPLINGS IN HAPPINESS GARDEN AT KUENSEL PHODRANG, THIMPHU THAT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED AND NEEDED ATTENTION AND CARE.(III) SNOWMAN RACE ORGANIZED VIRTUAL RUN PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD AT THEIR CONVENIENCE CAN RUN OR WALK IN THE RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS AND UPLOAD THEIR RECORD OF THE RUN.