Dr. Dina donates bins
Dr.Dina Roberts, the resident lecturer of SFS, donated a set of binoculars to UWICER. While at UWICER, Dr.Roberts is active participant and supporter of daily mist netting activities conducted by trainees. According to her, it’s at that time, when she noticed the passion of trainees for birds and instantly promised to donate equipment... [Read more]
SFS-Bhutan Fall Program Students at UWICER, Bumthang
Twenty four undergraduate students from the USA who are in Paro attending the School for Field Studies (SFS) - Bhutan Fall Semester program are currently at UWICER, Bumthang for their main semester field excursion. The Director Mr. Shacha Dorji, during the reception dinner hosted by UWICER, welcomed the SFS group and expressed his appreciation for the successful SFS program in Bhutan. He also wished for a successful field excursion in Bumthang and for the remaining Fall Semester program in Bhutan... [Read more]
Tree-ring scientists visits the Institute
Dr. Edward R. Cook (Columbia University) and Mr. Paul J. Krusic (Cambridge University) visited the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research as a part of on ongoing collaborative research on Climate reconstruction to study the monsoon climate variability. The researchers along with team from Tree-ring laboratory, Conifer Research Sub-Center, UIWCER, Thimphu is in a hunt for oldest tree to develop longest chronology in Bhutan. While in UWICER, the team briefed and updated new Director on world dendro conference to be held next June 2018... [Read more]
Lecture on Laws of the Country
Police in command Capt. Jamyang Dorji and his colleague from Division XIII, Royal Bhutan Police, Jakar, presented elaborately on Laws of the Country to the 9th batch National Certificate trainees on 6th of October, 2017 at the Institute... [Read more]
The Resident Coordinator of United Nations in Bhutan visits the Institute
The honorable Gerald Daley, Resident Coordinator of United Nations in Bhutan visited the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research. Mr. Gerald Daley emphasized on great qualities of Bhutanese people and quoted His Majesty the King's 2017 Royal University of Bhutan convocation speech of possessing five qualities of Sincerity, Mindfulness, Astuteness, Resilience, and Timelessness. He also stressed on building longterm human resources especially in the field of Climate Change. .. [Read more]