The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research (UWICER), Bumthang is pleased to re-invite sealed bids from eligible Bhutanese suppliers for the supply of office equipments, vehicle maintenance, spare parts and Hiring, Hardware items, and catering services...   [Read more]

UWICER is pleased to announce the selection result for the 2nd round of basic GPS and GIS training announced on 5th March 2019. The training will be conducted from June 10-15, 2019 at UWICER, Lamaigoempa, Bumthang...   [Read more]

Honorable Director, the Department of Forest and Park Services (DoFPS), Mr. Lobzang Dorji, visited UWICER as part of his familiarization tour on May 16, 2019. A brief update on Institute’s activities, followed by an interactive session, was held at UWICER to familiarize the Director on UWICER’s role as research and training Institute for the DoFPS. In his keynote address, the DoFPS’ Director underscored the need to strengthen the collaboration between the institute, field and functional divisions. While the Director commended on a significant role that UWICER has played for DoPFS, he informed the floor that there is a need to redefine and prioritize the research and training strategies to cater to an emerging needs of the country. As the custodian of natural resources, he also reiterated on a need and importance of scaling up our professionalism and conduct as a forester and environmentalist...   [Read more]

The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research (UWICER), Department of Forests and Park Services, Bumthang is pleased to invite sealed bids from eligible Bhutanese suppliers, workshops and IT firms for the supply of office stationery, equipments and materials, Computers and Maintenance, vehicle maintenance and spare parts, Vehicle Hiring, Hardware items, printing and publication and catering services...   [Read more]

The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research (UWICER) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has been implementing the project“Sloping lands in transition: Participatory research on landscape management for forest ecosystem service provision and adaptation-SLANT”supported by Government of Austria, since 2016.   As part of the final phase of the project, a write-shop is being conducted by UWICER and CIFOR at Paro to synthesize the results of the project and prepare materials for dissemination to policy makers, forestry professionals and the communities of the research sites. Another objective of the write-shop is to review the overall project experiences and to chalk out the activities for the second phase of the project. Dr. Himlal Baral, Senior Scientist at CIFOR, and Dr. Robin Sears, Consultant, are facilitating the three-day write-shop. After the workshop, the team of researchers will visit some of the field sites in Thimphu, Punakha and Trongsa to discuss research findings with the Local Forest Officers and other key stakeholders...   [Read more]