Dear e-foresters, “Tigers in Red Weather” is a book by the Ruth Padel. It was released recently and has received good reviews. The fact that the author is...
Ugen Norbu
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Sep 4, 2005 6:54 am
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Dear E-foresters I have had discussions with some of the people involved in setting criteria for zoning in FMU's and told them that their zoning appeared to...
Dear Mr.Piet, Thank you for the concern. Well, i am not sure if you are aware of the new concept of Forest Function mapping introduced in FMUs in Bhutan. ...
Nawang Gyeltshen
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Sep 5, 2005 7:25 am
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Unlike many Parks around the world, our National Parks have people living inside the core zone. In JDNP, high altitudes are used by yak herders through the...
Dear all, The new approach for mangement of forest areas presently outside the FMU system has been initiated and papers already developed by the DoF. But, it...
NPM GTZ
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Sep 14, 2005 9:58 am
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The management of Forest outside FMU is very important and this has been talking around for quite sometime. I think everyone is aware about the term Forest...
Dear Senior colleagues, with due respects, i would like to supplement NPM and temphel Sir's brief intro to the concept. The concept has been developed to meet...
Nawang Gyeltshen
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Sep 15, 2005 4:48 am
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During the last 12 years of my stay in the chirpine (Pinus roxburghii)zone of Punakha-Wangdue valley, I am witnessing the damages done by the caterpillar for...
A colleaque reported chirpine die back at Omtekha in Punakha and when we went to assess today, it was the caterpillar. We got some specimen back to study. DB...
Dear D.B Sir, It seems the case of chirpine caterpillar is alarming one. It is high time that we should do something, perhaps another DB can come up with some...
Dear all, I fully agree with Mr. D.B. Gurung that the attack in chirpine forests in the valley is quite serious this year. In the past also some sporadic ...
NPM GTZ
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Sep 16, 2005 3:39 am
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Dear e-forester, I am not sure which catterpillar is involved in chir pine defoliation this time. We have experienced defoliation of Lebeda nobilis (big and...
D.B. Chhetri
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Sep 16, 2005 2:27 pm
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The resurgence of chirpine defoliator may be triggered by changes in environmental and biotic factors that are conducive to particular stage(s)in the lifecycle...
mani moktan
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Sep 16, 2005 4:08 pm
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Hi, Somewhere in mid 1980's Dr Padgam, Entomologist NPPC and myself went to Kamichu chirpine areas to investigate the then outbreak of caterpiller in chirpine...
Thinlay Baap
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Sep 20, 2005 6:37 am
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Dear colleagues, It was very interesting to get good imformation on the chirpine looper and good to know all forestry colleagues are concerned about such...
Dear Sirs, Well as all of us are aware of the problem of the Chir defoliator in Wangdue-Punakha valley, I beleive some one of our seniors must have some...
rinzin Dorji
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Sep 30, 2005 10:25 am
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Sirs, Does any one have idea of Yangka (a reed bamboo)? Please share your experiences Thanks Rinzin __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC...
rinzin Dorji
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Sep 30, 2005 10:28 am
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Dear eforester, Yesterday only I had a chance to look the defoliator larva on BBS television. I was doubting that thedefoliator culd be Lebeda nobilis but it ...
D.B. Chhetri
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Sep 30, 2005 4:25 pm
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Sirs It seems that the word Yangka confused every readers. Yangka is a bamboo species that is considered as the most prefered bamboo for making arrow, as it is...
rinzin Dorji
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Oct 6, 2005 4:08 am
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Hi Rinzin, Probably Ms. Rebecca Pradhan, RSPN, could help you as I remember her mention 'Yanka' few years ago from the same area. D.B. Gurung Lecturer, NRTI...
To members, The article on Bhutan Snowberry in the October 5th 2005 issue of Kuensel was really interesting. There was also an expression of it possibly being...
Rebecca
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Oct 8, 2005 8:18 am
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hello everyone, i just read the kuensel piece on the new percentage of forest coverage in bhutan. im presently away from home on my studies and dont have...
Dear colleagues, My limited knowledge on the snow strawberry leads to the conclusion to agree with Ms. Rebecca as I had similar observation on these variation ...
I would like to convey my appreciation to Rebecca and Tandin for identifying the "snow berry" and throwing additional light on its distribution. I write this...
Kinzang Wangdi
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Oct 10, 2005 11:41 am
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Dear all, First of all I would like to thank Rebeca for her efforts-clarifying in details on the "So Called-Snowberry:a new species".It is always better that a...
NPM GTZ
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Oct 13, 2005 3:19 am
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Dear colleague, By the end of the rainy season there appear spikes of Cymbidiums popularly known as 'olachoe' or 'olachoetoe' in the local market. It's...
Dear Gurung Sir, It is good idea to start cultivating such species as horticultural crop. For me availability of "orchid species" and "bees" are good indicator...
To Members of Bhutan e-forests It been quite sometime that talk on oldest tree is going on. As of now we heard only about hemlock being oldest tree recorded so...
purna chhetri
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Oct 20, 2005 4:26 am
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Dear colleagues, In response to Purna's posting: Perhaps Juniper! Most Tsenden around Chuselumpa (Wangdue) and Ne (Lhuntse) are about 350 years old. I remember...
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