Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- Bhutan Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- BhutanAreas, Protected
Her current work focuses on social and ecological impacts of ecotourism initiatives in Bhutanese protected areas.HeidiDepartmentKarstDepartmentInformaworldJournal of Sustainable Tourism
Despite havingonly 22 protected areas—including nine biological corridors, five national parks, four wildlife sanctuaries, and one nature reserve—49.67% of Bhutan (or about 12,000 square miles) is protected. The country is known for its position in the Himalayan altitudinal region. Those steep m...
Realizing the importance of biological resources a good network of protected areas have been created and managed in Bhutan. The protected areas cover 26% of the country which are linked by biological corridors that covers 9% area. The combination of the protected areas and biological corridors ...
Bicycle Highways — Creating a pilot program to establish numbered highways for bicycles in two major metro areas, allowing for speeds up to 25 mph Shared Streets — Develop a new roadway classification where vulnerable road users would have the right of way at all locations ...
Partial altitudinal migration of the Near Threatened satyr tragopan Tragopan satyra in the Bhutan Himalayas: implications for conservation in mountainous e... more research on altitudinal migrants is needed to understand what must be done to ensure their future in an era of widespread land-use and ...
Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora of southwestern Arizona. Part 6. Poaceae – grass family A floristic account is provided for the grass family as part of the vascular plant flora of the contiguous protected areas of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge...
Small protected areas, while often considered less important than large protected areas, are also important for the conservation of wide-ranging and low-density large carnivore populations. But these protected areas must have a sufficient prey base, controlled wildlife crime, and interconnectivity with ...
We assessed protection of the surface area of lakes, length of river reaches, habitat area of fish and odonate species within the terrestrial-focused protected areas of Bhutan that meets NNH target. We categorised percentage protection into four progressive levels: (i) Below Aichi (≤16.9 %),...
The system of protected areas of Bhutan is described, and a brief account of its national parks, and biological corridors is given. Attention is focused on the rational and careful attitude of the royal government toward nature, implying the establishment of national parks, nature preserves and ...