Lam Norbu (Deputy Chief Forestry Officer)

I began my career with the Department of Forests and Park Services in 2017 at Trashigang Forest Division, where I work for nine years. During this period, I contributed extensively to natural resource management, sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation, environmental impact assessment and wildlife research.  I also played a key role in conservation planning and the management of Biological Corridors 6 and 9.

In January 2026, I joined the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Forestry Research and Training, where I currently serve under the Centre for Conservation Biology. My research interests focus on wildlife ecology, with particular expertise in mammalian ecology, including lesser known meso-carnivores and small mammals. I have authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed scientific publications on wildlife and biodiversity conservation in Bhutan (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5o9JAZ0AAAAJ&hl=en).

I holds a BSc in Life Sciences from Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, and an MSc in Forestry (Wildlife Management) from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. 

  1. New Herpetofaunal Records from the Kingdom of Bhutan Obtained through Citizen Science
  2. Diversity and seasonal abundance of small mammals in Bumdeling Ramsar Site, Trashiyangtse, Eastern Bhutan
  3. Herminium longilobatum (Orchidaceae), a new record for Bhutan
  4. Diversity and distribution of snakes in Trashigang Territorial Forest Division, eastern Bhutan
  5. A new country record of Langia zenzeroides Moore, 1872 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from Bhutan
  6. Southern Spotted Hunter Hawkmoth: Theretra sumatrensis (Joicey & Kaye 1917): new record to Bhutan
  7. Tiger reappearance in Bhutan’s Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary: a case for maintaining effective corridors and metapopulations
  8. Understanding human–canid conflict and coexistence: socioeconomic correlates underlying local attitude and support toward the endangered dhole (Cuon alpinus) in Bhutan
  9. On the high bird diversity in the non-protected regions of Trashiyangtse District in Bhutan
  10. Camera Trap Evidence of Polymorphic Golden Asiatic Cat (Catopuma temminckii) in Trashigang Forest Division, Eastern
    Bhutan
  11. Photographic evidence of spotted linsang Prionodon pardicolor (Mammalia: Carnivora: Prionodontidae) from Tashigang Forest Division, Eastern Bhutan
  12. Diversity of hawkmoths in Tashigang Forest Division, with new faunistic records for Bhutan
  13. A survey of otters in the Kholongchu and upper Drangmechu rivers, eastern Bhutan
  14. Felid diversity in a montane forest of eastern Bhutan
  15. Camera trap record of a jungle cat at high altitude in Bhutan
  16. First record of the Arunachal Cascade Frog, Nanorana arunachalensis (Saikia et al., 2017), from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
  17. Biological Corridor (BC) 9 Conservation Management Plan
  18. Biological Corridor (BC) 6 Conservation Management Plan
  19. Feasibility Assessment Report-Designating Biological Corridor (BC) to connect Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary and Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary
  20. Additions to the Flora of Bhutan: New National Records and Range Extensions of Primulaceae and Orchidaceae from Central and Eastern Bhutan

Official Email: lamnorbu@uwice.gov.bt
Alternative Email: lamnorbu0@gmail.com
Mobile Phone: +975-77765552
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