Jigme Wangchuk (Senior Forest Ranger III)

I have a Diploma from the Collage of Natural Resources, Lobesa, Punakha (2004). I worked in the capacity of a Forest Ranger for about 6 years under Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, wherein I had served at two remote Park Ranges, Athang Park Range (Wangdue Dzongkhag) and Nabji Park Range (Trongsa).

While in the Park Range, I was fully involved in conducting the research activities accordance to the Park’s Management Plan. Permanent transect line was established for monitoring tiger and prey species to ease future monitoring and study the dynamics of tiger prey composition. I also actively involved in establishing and monitoring the Pilot Community-Based Ecotourism (2006), which is first of its kind in Bhutan; now called it Nabji trail to uplift the economy of community residing inside the park.

I joined the institute in April, 2010. At the institute I work under the Department of Water Resources, cordially exploring the Aquatic Biodiversity in the Country with University of Montana. I am interested in assessing the aquatic biodiversity; freshwater ecology and impact of hydropower on aquatic biodiversity in the country.

  1. Stream macro-invertebrate diversity of the Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
  2. Monitoring and Evaluation of Phaktshoding Heritage Forest, Chukha Bhutan
  3. Aquatic Biodiversity Assessment - A baseline study in Mangdechhu, Central Bhutan
  4. Aquatic Biodiversity Assessment - A Pilot Study in Bumthang, Bhutan
  5. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment in Kurichhu Watershed: A case of Gangzur and Kengkhar, Bhutan
  6. Bhutan Water Facts 2018
  7. Demystifying the link between Rural Urban Migration and Human Wildlife Conflict: A case of Gangzur and Kengkhar, Eastern Bhutan
  8. Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L. (Convolvulaceae) – a new plant record for Bhutan Flora
  9. Nine new records of plants from Bhutan
  10. Stream macro-invertebrate diversity of the Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
  11. Community perception of ecosystem services from commercially managed forests in Bhutan
  12. Notes on three new species records of
    Euonymus fimbriatus, Euonymus fortunei (Celastraceae)
    and Dalbergia hancei (Fabaceae) in Bhutan
  13. Bhutan’s Forests through the Framework of Ecosystem Services: Rapid Assessment in Three Forest Types
  14. Small mammal communities of Gangtey-Phobji Ramsar Site (2264), a Wetland of International Importance, Bhutan. Small mammal communities of Gangtey-Phobji Ramsar Site (2264), a Wetland of International Importance, Bhutan 
  15. The genera Erhaia and Tricula (Gastropoda, Rissooidea, Amnicolidae and Pomatiopsidae) in Bhutan and elsewhere in the eastern Himalaya
  16. Two new plant records, Alangium kurzi (Cornaceae) and Ficus racemosa (Moraceae) in Bhutan and corresponding distributions
Official Email: jwangchuk@uwice.gov.bt
Alternative Email: jwanggas@gmail.com
Mobile Phone: +975-11111111
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