Invitation of Bids for the Supply of Equipment for CWCEP
The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research (UWICER), Bumthang is pleased to invite sealed bids from eligible Bhutanese suppliers and firms for the supply of Equipment at UWICER, Lamaigoenpa, Bumthang:.. [Read more]
Selection Result for the Post of Night Guard
The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research is pleased to announce the selected candidate for the post of Night Guard based on selection interview held on 10th July 2020... [Read more]
Dragons Back for a Semester Program
A group of 12 students and 3 faculties from the ‘Where There Be Dragons’, the United States are at the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research (UWICER) campus, for Bhutan: Environmental sustainability and community happiness program. The group arrived on 21 st February 2020. During the program, they will explore and learn Bhutanese way of life in rural Bhutan and experience living with Bhutanese household to deepen their knowledge of livelihood. They will also learn some of the ethnobotanical use of our natural resources. Besides, they will attend various research talks delivered by the researchers of the institute on the environment and various conservation efforts undertaken by our country... [Read more]
Basic GPS and GIS Training
A week long training on basic GPS and GIS training started tody with 21 participants from the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS). The training is aimed at imparting basic skills to DoFPS front-line staff on how to use smartphone GPS, acquire/collect spatial data, import and overlay data to Google Earth, digitize and process data in QGIS, perform basic geoprocessing operations, and create map (map cartography)... [Read more]
Madanjeet Singh Scholarships for the Academic Year 2020 in Bhutan
The UNESCO Madanjeet Center for South Asia Forestry Studies (UMCSAFS) at Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research (UWICER), Bumthang, Bhutan is pleased to announce the Madanjeet Singh scholarship for four years Bachelor degree program in Forestry and two years Masters Program in Natural Resources Management to be undertaken at College of Natural Resources (CNR), Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) in Lobesa, Punakha, Bhutan from July 2020 to July 2024 and 2022 respectively. .. [Read more]