Coinciding with the inauguration of UNESCO Madanjeet Centre for South Asia Forestry Studies, Her Royal Highness Ashi Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck also inaugurated the new Daphne Hall and the Ugyen Wangchuck Museum for Ethnobiology at UWICE.
Posted on 17/04/2015
A three-day ‘International Glacier Symposium’ is under way at the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment. World class leading glacier experts from around the world together with national experts are taking part in the symposium.
Posted on 17/04/2015
The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment, Lamai Goempa, Bumthang planted more than 300 saplings of fruit tree species (apple, pear and chestnut) at the Institute campus yesterday. The event was led by the Director of the Institute and all the faculty members and the management staff participated in the plantation.
Posted on 10/04/2015
A group of students (7 students with a faculty member) from the Charles Sturt University of Australia arrived in Bhutan yesterday (7 April 2015) to undertake a 2-week field course on Environmental Science. In Bhutan, the student group will be meeting with various environment and conservation related agencies and visit field sites to explore and...
Posted on 08/04/2015
The long term bird monitoring program through mist-netting exercise at the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) has contributed a new bird record for Bhutan. The mist-netting team (Sherub, Ugyen Tenzin and Karma Wangdi) have confirmed Burmese Shrike (Lanius collurioides) as another addition to the ...
Posted on 03/04/2015