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The tigers of Royal Manas

If you walk through the forests of Royal Manas National Park, it is like stepping into the fantasy world of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. If you walk through the forests of Royal Manas National Park, it is like stepping into the fantasy world of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.It is not difficult to spot a pug mark or come across the majestic, endangered cat. There are numerous tales of tiger sightings and if that is unbelievable, there are camera trap images to swear by.Royal Manas National Park is home to the largest number of tigers in the country, with 29 adults of 131 tigers in the country counted in park. The numbers were findings of the National Tiger Survey in 2021-2022

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Of festival, mountains, people, and fast changing lives inside two national parks

October 14, Soe gewog, Thimphu. The sun is right above the head as it gives way to the clear blue sky. A gently rising voices of cheering crowd welcomes you to hundreds of tourists and visitors watching local men and women dance to traditional songs and musics. The Jomolhari Mountain Festival, a celebration of highland cultures and livelihood is underway. A flat plain leading to Jomolhari peak is fenced by different tents exhibiting highland products and souvenirs. A well decorated gate, traditional tents pitched on festival ground at the heart of Soe village is filled with fun and exciting display of livelihood, traditions and cultures.

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Are we a drop in the ocean of nature conservation?

Nature is disappearing at an alarming rate and the earth is on the brink of several tipping points which, if current trends continue, will have catastrophic consequences on all life forms. The next five years as we get closer to the 2030 Agenda, will determine the future of life on earth.     This is the conclusion of the WWF’s Living Planet Report 2024, which provides in-depth insight into global trends based on decades of research and study of ecosystems and species. Environmental systems are undergoing profound upheavals because of climate change, pollution, and over-exploitation of natural resources. It paints an end-of-day picture but also emphasizes the power to change this otherwise imminent future, to restore the balance of nature. The latter is where our efforts should lie. But who is ‘us or ‘we’?. For Bhutan, a dot on the globe but nonetheless a conservation champion, a persevering marathon runner who has put in years and decades of commitment to environmental conservation, what does this foreboding message mean? Are we simply a drop in the ocean? Or are we drops that make the ocean?    

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CONSERVATION GAINS
52%

Bhutan Biological Conservation Complex

167

Species of fish and 3 species of freshwater otters

27

White-bellied herons

​27%

Increase in tiger population from 2015 to 2023

38.2%

Increase of black-necked crane population from 1987 to 2021

678

Asian elephants

39.5%

Increase in snow leopard population from 2016 to 2023