Respected senior colleagues and my friends, I am attaching few photos I have taken duirng my field survey 2003, 2004. Interestingly I saw a bird watching...
pema wangda
pwangda@...
Jul 3, 2004 4:51 am
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Respected SENIOR OFFICIALS, PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION THROUGH RRA AND PRA MY EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL VIEWS Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural...
Prabhat Kumar
nonwood@...
Jul 5, 2004 5:36 am
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Dear all, Today the Honorable Director of DOF approved four community forest management plans: a.. Lobneykha CF, Chhukha b.. Lamjithang CF, Wangdi c.....
Hi Bill, This is indeed a good news. Thanks for sharing with us. Sangay ... From: Bill Buffum To: bhutan-eForest@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004...
Sangay Duba
sduba@...
Jul 8, 2004 3:05 am
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Bill This is really good news and I hope it's a sign of more changes to come... Peter ************************** Peter Branney 5 Little Road Edinburgh EH16 6SH...
Dear Bill, This is indeed encouraging. I hope that we can keep the momentum going and that more CF sites becomes operational. I hope that seven sites which do ...
Pema Gyamtsho
pgyamtsho@...
Jul 8, 2004 5:21 am
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Dear Dr. Pema, Your comment about timber utilization in CFs is well-taken. I am sure that all of the CFs are providing some benefits to the members, even the...
Dear friends, According to TrendIQ inc. in their Social Networking Report. * Ecademy = nr 12 for internet-presence on the list of the 72 Social Networking...
Dear colleagues, It is an encouraging sign that new CF management plans have been approved. I personnaly feel that all areas that were traditionally used by...
According to Land Act 1979, the rural farmers have only the right over the leaf-litters in `sokshing'. The land and trees belong to the government. But, in...
Phuntsho, Good topic again! I fully concur wit Lam's finding and your analysis that "sokshing' meant more than the right to collect leaf litter for those who ...
Pema Gyamtsho
pgyamtsho@...
Aug 19, 2004 5:53 am
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The Land Act is under review at present by a Task Force. Something relevant to Sokshing management - the TF is discussing the removal of Sokshing from the ...
Kezang Jamtsho
kjamtsho@...
Aug 24, 2004 2:55 am
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Thank you Kezang for letting us know that there is a review of the Land Act 1979 going on currently. However, it is a bit disturbing to know that there are...
Dear all, Having come thus far with social forestry, and having even come out with rules and regulations for operating community forestry etc.,it is indeed ...
Pema Gyamtsho
pgyamtsho@...
Aug 26, 2004 12:05 pm
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Dear All, I have passed on the comments to the TF for their consideration. My main aim of posting the information was to get to the larger quorum on such...
Kezang Jamtsho
kjamtsho@...
Aug 30, 2004 3:33 am
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Dear eForester, Please find herewith few pictures that I have taken this morning at Memelakha, the solid waste disposal site. Is this haven or hell for the...
D.B Chhetri
dbchetri@...
Sep 30, 2004 6:14 am
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Dear eForesters, We are very happy to inform you that the RC Jakar webpage can now be viewed online at http://www.moa.gov.bt/rnrrc/rcjakar/f0.htm. In case you...
Landfill waste management is definitely not an ultimate waste disposal system, especially for small mountain terrain countries like Bhutan. Memilakha is now...
Yeshey Penjor
yesheypenjor@...
Oct 5, 2004 11:26 am
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Memelakha is bad enough. But if one looks at the uncontrolled dumping at many of the towns in Eastern Bhutan, the problem there appears more urgent: ...
I think, in the first place, there is an urgent need of transfer of strong political commitments into practice, specially in addressing the municipal (solid)...
Yeshey Penjor
yesheypenjor@...
Oct 7, 2004 2:24 pm
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Waste disposal will become a major issue, both environmentally and from health view point, as the country becomes urbanised and population flocks from rural to...
Thinlay Baap
baap10@...
Oct 8, 2004 6:10 am
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As a moderator for the group, it is very heartening to note the waste disposal and management are a matter of great concern to many of the members. Rightly so...
Phuntsho Namgyel
p.namgyel@...
Oct 8, 2004 11:05 am
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In Bhutan many things could be done but not done because Bhutanese are very submissive and subservant to authorities. If authorities do not take right and ...
Thinlay Baap
baap10@...
Oct 8, 2004 11:43 am
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I appreciate the views and comments made by you all on waste disposal business. The question is who listens it. It fully depends on the people's attitude and...
BB Chhetri
chhetribb@...
Oct 9, 2004 6:40 am
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Yes! Waste disposal indeed is a serious concern - ecologically, socially and economically as rightly pointed out by several participants. Ecologically, it...
Pema Gyamtsho
pgyamtsho@...
Oct 9, 2004 12:21 pm
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While still in the discussion on what we think and how we deal with our wastes, I have this strong compulsion to tell this story of a primary school teacher...
Phuntsho Namgyel
p.namgyel@...
Oct 10, 2004 12:41 pm
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Dear E-foresters It is great that many ordinary Bhutanese are prepared to clean up sacred and less sacred places. What is often lacking in the clean-up...
Dear fellow E-foresters: First of all, hats off to DB Chhetri for prompting this discussion on solid waste management, which has become one of the biggest...
Ugen Norbu
upnorbu65@...
Oct 11, 2004 1:07 pm
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Hi, It is splendid to hear about your research interests and how motivated you are to contribute to the knowledge of science for Bhutan. I am definitely happy...
Damber S. Rai
jswnp@...
Oct 26, 2004 12:40 pm
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Dear Andaras and kinley, long time no see. Hope both of your are fine. Congratulation for your initiative on websites development. once i tried but could not...