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February 9, 2010

Regional Climate Change Workshop Participants

Regional Workshop on Climate Change

Participants of the Workshop

The Royal Society for Protection of Nature in collaboration with Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) organized two days civil society workshop in Punakha.

January 25, 2010

Common Leopard: An Elusive Black-necked Crane Predator

The Royal Society for Protection of Nature has identified one of the elusive predators of the Black-necked Cranes (Grus nigricollos) as the common leopard (Panthera pardus) in Phobjikha valley. With support from the Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, nine camera traps were set up around the crane roosting areas. One of the cameras captured a leopard sometime between 4th and 10th January 2010.

January 8, 2010

Conference of Parties (COP15) in Copenhangen

Over 192 countries and 125 heads of the state participated in the Fifteenth Conference of Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7-18, 2009.

December 30, 2009

Happy New Year 2010

The Board of Trustees, Members and Staff of RSPN would like to wish you Happiness and Wellbeing. Happy New Year 2010!

December 22, 2009

Mass Cleaning Campaign in Phobjikha

On 17th December 2009, the communities, schools, government sectors and the hotels of Phobjikha valley celebrated the national day with a mass cleanup campaign of the valley.

December 9, 2009

COP15: Updated News and Events

ANNOUNCEMENT: RSPN is pleased to share daily updated news and events on 15th UN Climate Change Conference which is underway in Copenhagen in Denmark. You can […]

December 7, 2009

The crane Gangtep returns to Phobjikha valley

Crane named "Gangtep"
Picture: Jigme Tshering, RSPN

December 8 2009 - The crane named Gangtep returns to Phobjikha from its summer habitat on 13th November 2009. This crane along with its juvenile named Phobjib was captured and attached with coloured leg bands and a Platform Telemetry Transmitter (PTT) on 1^st January 2006. The PTT and coloured bands were attached mainly to study the trans-boundary movement of the Black-necked cranes that winters in Bhutan.

December 3, 2009

5th South Asia Research Workshop

ANNOUNCEMENT December 3 2009 – The 5th South Asia Research Workshop with the theme, "Globalization of governance: implications for water management in South Asia" will be […]

November 26, 2009

Memorandum of Understanding between saciWATERs and RSPN

November 26 2009 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Executive Director, Royal Society for Protection of Nature and the Executive Director, The South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (saciWATERs) on 25^th November 2009 in the RSPN conference hall.

November 25, 2009

Ecotourism travel guide, “Explore Phobjikha” launched

During the 11th annual Black-necked Crane festival this year in Phobjikha, RSPN launched the book "Explore Phobjikha". The ecotourism travel book for Phobjikha developed with support […]