INDIA, BHUTAN FOR ENVIRONMENT

INDIA, BHUTAN MoU FOR ENVIRONMENT

Union Cabinet approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bhutan for cooperation in the field of environment protection and management of natural resources

Cover air, waste, chemical management, climate change and other areas

Remain in force for 10 years from the date of signing

Bhutan: It is on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas

 

Bordered:  North - Tibet Autonomous Region of China, West -  Sikkim, South -  West Bengal, Assam, East - Arunachal Pradesh

Bhutan's climate varies with elevation, from subtropical in the south to temperate in the highlands and polar-type climate with year-round snow in the north.

Bhutan experiences five distinct seasons: summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and spring.

Highest point is Gangkhar Puensum and lowest point is in the valley of Drangme Chhu

Bhutan is geopolitically in South Asia and is the region's second-least-populous nation after the Maldives.

Thimphu is its capital and largest city, while Phuntsholing is its financial center.

Nearly 56.3% of all Bhutanese are involved with agriculture, forestry or conservation

Bhutan is also notable for pioneering the concept of gross national happiness.

It currently has net zero greenhouse gas emissions

 It has a number of progressive environmental policies that have caused the head of the UNFCCC to call it an "inspiration and role model for the world on how economies and different countries can address climate change while at the same time improving the life of the citizen."

It has implemented an insurance scheme, begun constructing solar powered alarm fences, watch towers, and search lights, and has provided fodder and salt licks outside human settlement areas to encourage animals to stay away