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The Bhutan Ecological Society, BES, has planted around 200,000 trees across 11 districts as part of its Mountains to Mangroves initiative. The initiative, launched last year, aims to plant over 10 million trees by 2030. Farmers in around 11 districts have planted 72,000 fruit trees and over 120,000 high-value timber species through the Mountains to Mangroves initiative. To encourage participation...

Maintaining a smooth pothole-free road in Phuentshogling has remained a challenge for years. The issue is worsened by heavy vehicles frequently plying the roads and due to inadequate drainage systems in some areas. After repeated resurfacing and blacktopping proved ineffective, the thromde has begun constructing concrete roads along the critical areas. One such area is the road near the truck...

For the farmers of Bjaphu Chiwog in Wangdue Phodrang’s Ruebisa Gewog, every season is a working season. Even during the seemingly ‘off season’, farmers there are busy engaged in winter vegetable cultivation. It has been nearly four months, farmers of Bjaphu Chiwog have been harvesting and selling green vegetables making the most of the limited supply in market. The Chiwog...

Over 76 per cent of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex or LGBTQI+ children and youth in Bhutan have experienced depression or anxiety at some point in their lives. This is according to a recent Save the Children report. It shows that mental health issues were more prevalent among those aged 15 to 17, and 20 to 24 years...