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Following Britain’s victory in the 1865 Duar War, Britain and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Sinchulu, under which Bhutan would receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding land to British India. Ugyen WANGCHUCK - who had served as the de facto ruler of an increasingly unified Bhutan and had…
Kathmandu Nepal
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalaya – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – and…
Genyen Lam Thimphu Bhutan
We are the world’s first environmental trust fund, established in 1992 as a collaborative venture between the Royal Government of Bhutan, United Nations Development Program, and World Wildlife Fund. An endowment of US$20 million was set up as an innovative mechanism to finance conservation programs…
The Journal of Bhutan Studies (ISSN 1608-411X) is a twice-yearly publication of the Centre for Bhutan Studies, an autonomous research institute dedicated towards promoting research and scholarship on Bhutan. The institute is governed by the Council for the Centre of Bhutan Studies. The journal…
President (HAoB)
Thimphu
Taba, Thimphu Taba Thimphu Thimphu Bhutan
The Horticulture Association of Bhutan (HAoB) is a non-profit organization under the Bhutan Chambers of Commerce and Industry with more than 10,000 members around the country. The members consist of community-based organizations, cooperatives, and farmers’ groups. The association aims to promote…
Thimphu, Bhutan Kawang Jangs Thimphu Bhutan
Land administration offices in Bhutan have been around since the country began taking inventory of privately held landholdings for tax purposes. The first formal office, the Land Revenue Survey Office, was established in Samtse in 1956 to carry out chain surveys. Other offices followed, including…