Bhutan

Others say they were imprisoned, tortured and only released on condition that they sign documents promising to leave Bhutan.

"Bhutan did not contribute to global warming, and yet we have to suffer the consequences today" , he says.

Whereas in Bhutan , thousands and thousands of Bhutanese people have no doubt that you are a living god.

The Kingdom of Bhutan is the last remaining kingdom in Asia and is the only place in the world to measure Gross National Happiness.

These ideas have penetrated the policy arena, starting in Bhutan, where the concept of Gross National Happiness shapes the planning process.

After India gained independence from Britain in August 1947, Bhutan were given the option to remain independent or to join the Indian Union.

"There might be a new king in Bhutan but I guess they will not take us back, " she says.

Bhutan News, a non-partisan blog, informed just days before the coronation that the "refugees are in a state of flux" .

under Bhutan's draft constitution, whichParliament will soon approve, at least 60% of the country must be forested.

The only other country in the world with a dragon on its flag is Bhutan, the tiny country between China and India.

In Sikkim in the Himalayas in district, near Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan, has been a foreign popular place for hiking.

Academics interested in measures of GDH (gross domestic happiness) were once forced to turn to the esoteric example of Bhutan.

Transboundary conservation projects are helping Bhutan come out of its isolation.

So over the next several years, Mr. Muller traveled to Bhutan, New Zealand and Hawaii, and kayaked in the Grand Canyon.

For the next three dozen years as king, this king actually started measuring and managing around happiness in Bhutan.

And, like the rugged Himalayas, the scientists of Bhutan and Nepal will not buckle.

On China's Environmental Protection and Economic Development in Terms of Bhutan's "Gross National Happiness"

Even before we convened, Bhutan was creating a measure of GNH, or gross national happiness, and Thailand was working on its own index.

The inaccessibility to scientists of glaciers concentrated in northern Bhutan, where roads need to be built, adds to these problems.

While some may think of Tibet as an unpolluted paradise, its small Himalayan mountain cousin Bhutan is actually much cleaner.

The record of this species in FRPS from Bhutan and Sikkim has not been confirmed.

Meanwhile, Bhutan is facing up to the impact of global warming.

Bhutan is one of the few countries in the world with the capacity to absorb greenhouse gases.

Damp places in shade. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; Australia].

Sparse forests in mountains; low elevations. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Vietnam].

In the mountains from Pakistan to Bhutan, thousands of glacial lakes have formed, many potentially unstable.

During the 1870s, power struggles between the rival valleys of Paro and Trongsa led to civil war in Bhutan.

Open situations on moist ground, fields. Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines; Africa].

Bhutan - Pray for the safety of persecuted Christians in this nation and for more workers in this harvest field.

Open fields, riversides, around villages. Guangdong, Guangxi, SE Xizang [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal].

The King based its principles on good governance, inclusive development, conservation and preservation of Bhutan's unique Himalayan culture.

King Wangchuk transformed Bhutan from one of the world's mostreclusive poor countries to one of its more enlightened.

In 2008 a small mountainous kingdom between India and China called Bhutan was the first to ban smoking and tobacco sales outright.

The decline of the phallus is especially evident in "urban Bhutan, " a term locals insist is not an oxymoron.

India: States Assam, Manipur, Nagaland & Tripura, Bhutan border, and immediate border areas with Burma(Myanmar) and Bangladesh.

But without the urge for material improvement, people would still be wearing woollen underwear and holidaying in Bognor rather than Bhutan.

Bhutan is at a crossroads today, charting a course for its future.

The raging rivers rushing down from the mountains of Bhutan had engulfed lower Assam in a devastating wave of floods.

Bhutan admits that some of those who left are its citizens but says the number is small.

Bhutan "s hydropower potential and its attraction for tourists are key resources. "

BHUTAN: Chinese milk products were banned on Tuesday as the authorities investigate any such products sold in the country.

Under concerted efforts of the two sides, the region across China-Bhutan border remains peace and stable now.

To build roads and harvest fields, Bhutan imports up to 100, 000 migrant workers from India's poorest northern states.

Rinchen says Bhutan urgently needs to map its hazard zones as it is also prone to destructive landslides, mudslides and floods.

Bhutan, Botswana and Jordan are low-income countries perceived to be relatively uncorrupt.

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan emphasizes a concept it calls ' gross national happiness , ' rather than GDP .

Ngalopkha, a derivative of Tibetan, is spoken in parts of western Bhutan.

A number of places, from San Francisco to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, have banned or severely restricted the use of plastic bags.

In Bhutan, special animated videos have been made with Bhutanese characters.

Countries as diverse as Bhutan and Brazil, Madagascar and Morocco, have feeding programs for vulnerable groups.

Upon being named king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck declares his aim is not to increase GDP, but GNH -- "gross national happiness. "

Bhutan's flag illustrates the country's magical past with a fierce-looking dragon.

In a transition to democracy ordained by its king, Bhutan held its first-ever elections.

Bhutan's biodiversity is one of the richest in the world.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal , Sikkim and bhutan in the west to southwest and Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam in the south.

Mountain slopes; ca. 2500 m. S Xizang, Yunnan (Menghai) [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan; SW Asia (Caucasus, Iraq), Europe].

They recommend the Hib vaccine for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

This Dao is a harvest in Tibet, and it is said that the body was forged in Bhutan.

The Drukpa Kagyu School of Mahayana Buddhism is the state religion of Bhutan and claims 70% of the population.

Bangladesh and Macao of China were thrilled about their first ever Asian Games gold while Bhutan was happy for just being there.

Perhaps the most striking picture in the collection shows Aung San Suu Kyi walking down a snowy track in the mountains of Bhutan.

Bhutan is grappling with the dilemma of conservation versus development.

Much has been made of Bhutan's happiness index and Denmark is supposedly home to the happiest people in the world.

The core of Bhutan's conservation strategy is a system of national parks and protected areas that form 26 per cent of its land.

Yet much of Bhutan's biological wealth remains unexplored by scientists.

In Bhutan, OPHI's approach is used to generate the country's Gross National Happiness Index, which helps to steer government policy.

T. V. Padma reports on Bhutan's dilemma: how to reconcile conservation, economic development and happiness in a modern world.

The 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was Bhutan's first participation of the Summer Olympics.

Other countries have gone further. Bhutan has completely outlawed smoking and Finland hopes to follow suit by 2040.

A guide, and likely a separate driver, come as standard in Bhutan. Independent travel is forbidden.

Duty-free allowances not available to passengers entering from Bhutan, China and Nepal.

Forests, woodlands, scrub; 1500-3400 m. ? Guizhou, ? Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand].

Bhutan's modernisation programme is incremental and royally-guided.

The Delegation of Bhutan associated itself with the statement made on behalf of LDCs and requested the PCDA to note LDCs'concerns.

Grassland on high mountains. 3200--5600 m. Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim].

TRAVELLING through Bhutan and Tibet in 1783, Captain Samuel Turner, a British army officer, took tea with the rajah of Bhutan.

It then moved east across India, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Japan and the Pacific.

But there's a significant body of Western academic research that agrees with Bhutan's approach.

Forests, beside rice fields, rocks; below 2500 m. C to S Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].

Bhutan has gotten increasingly serious about its system of GNH over the years.

By giving well-being a central role in policymaking, the tiny Kingdom of Bhutan has staged a trial that has gripped the world.

It is bordered by Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan.

Mountain grasslands; 2700--5100 m. Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, ? Kashmir, Nepal, ? Pakistan, Sikkim].

Follow Bhutan's lead: instead of simply calculating your net worth, start calculating your net happiness.

Is it worth spending all that money on a trip to Bhutan?

Broad-leaved forests, scrub forests; 2000--3100 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].

Mixed forests; 500 m. Yunnan (Mengla Xian) [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Vietnam].

Slopes, stream sides, thickets; 2000--3000 m. SW Sichuan, NE Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].

Forests, scrub meadows, alpine meadows, stony valleys; 2300--4500 m. S Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, ? Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim].

Mixed forests on dry slopes, grasslands, fields, roadsides; 2800--3600 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Beijing claims 90, 000 sq km of land in the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which borders Bhutan and Tibet.

Thickets on mountain slopes, mountainous rocky crevices; 3000-4200 m. Xizang [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim].

One will help Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and India step up enforcement.

The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, and China.

Coniferous or mixed forests, thickets in valleys; 2700--4000 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Grassy slopes, alpine meadows; 3500-4800 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, ? Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

One species: Bhutan, China, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim.

Things like plastics, aluminum foil, etc. are somewhat new in Bhutan .

Mountain forests, forest margins, stream sides, riversides; 1500-2500 m. SE Xizang, Yunnan [? Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal].

Bhutan's actually created the ultimate export, a new global currency of well-being.

It moved east across Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh and Bhutan and then along China's Yangtze river valley, home to 300 million.

Forests, forest margins, meadows on mountain slopes; 2000--4000 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Forest margins, open places in thickets, alpine meadows, rocks on mountain slopes; 3600--4800 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Beside streams, hillsides, scrub, forests, alpine meadows; 2500-4800 m. Gansu, Qinghai, W Sichuan, E Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Yes, prayers. Bhutan takes its Buddhism seriously.

Margins of Abies forests, grasslands, along canals; ca. 3800 m. W Xizang [Bhutan, India (Sikkim)].

Mixed forests in gullies, also cultivated near villages; 500-1500 m. SW Yunnan [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand].

Usually in limestone regions, also cultivated around temples; 500-2000 m. W Guangxi, SW Guizhou, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Grassy slopes, thickets in valleys, alpine meadows; 3500-5000 m. Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Sikkim].

Forest margins, alpine meadows, rock crevices near snow line; 3600--4700 m. Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Sikkim].

Hillside meadows, roadsides, thickets, coniferous forests; 2600-3700 m. S Gansu, W Guizhou, W Sichuan, SE and SW Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan].

Abies and Rhododendron forests, shaded moist places, mossy rocks, wet mossy trees; 2500-3500 m. S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Tony Leung, Carina Lau will be 21 this month marriage, the wedding venue is scheduled to Bhutan, cited media attention.

Coniferous forests, high mountain thickets; 2700--5400 m. NW Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, NE Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Slopes, mixed forests, thickets of river valleys; 1100--3900 m. SW Sichuan, S Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim].

In Damphu, Bhutan, the day will be marked by raising awareness on health issues.

Bhutan's actually bordered on its north and south by 38 percent of the world's population .

Valley forests, slopes, bare soil or earthy banks near rivers; 2500--4000 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Likewise, climate data for Bhutan are not well documented.

Thickets on hills, valleys; 1800-2700 m. Xizang [Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan].

Forests and forest margins in mountain regions, foothill thickets; 2600-4200 m. W Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal].

SE Xizang, NW and SE Yunnan [Bhutan, India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Now it wants to push lines down them into Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

One species: high-altitudes in Bhutan, China, E Nepal, and Sikkim.

Dense forests on slopes or in valleys, rocky slopes, stream banks, shrubby thickets; 2400--3800 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N Myanmar].

Cliffs, sandy river banks. Xizang [Bhutan, NE India].

Beijing claims 90, 000 sq km in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, bordering Bhutan and Tibet.

Remote Bhutan replaced GNP with Gross National Happiness years ago.

Bhutan's development of hydropower plants could also impact the environment.

The Bhutan Duars is divided into two parts: the northern and the southern Duars.

Moist grasslands, lakesides. Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan, India; E and S Africa].

Dry gravelly or stony places, especially on riverbeds and flood plains; 3600-4700 m. Gansu, Qinghai, Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].

Forests on slopes, shrubby thickets in valleys; 1500--2800 m. Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, E Nepal, N Myanmar, Sikkim].

Grasslands on mountain slopes; 2300-2900 m. S Xizang (Gyirong) [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan].

The small Himalayan nation of Bhutan was probably the first nation to issue this type of stamp in 1973.

Montane valleys, stream sides, waste slopes, forest clearings; 2000--3700 m. Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal].

Forests; 2300-2600 m. NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].

Qinghai, W Sichuan, E and S Xizang, C and W Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine meadows, scrub, mixed sparse forests; 1000-4900 m. S Gansu, S Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal].

Thickets, grassy places, rock crevices on slopes; 2400-5700 m. W Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Dry meadows, gravelly mountain slopes; 3500--5000 m. S Gansu, Qinghai, W Sichuan, S Xinjiang, Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine meadows, mountain slopes; 2600-4300 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim].

Evergreen, broad-leaved forests, thickets, valleys; 1600-2800 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal].

Forests, shrublands, grassy areas; 500-1000 m. Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand].

Bhutan is located in southern Asia, between China and India.

Mixed forests, broad-leaved deciduous forests; 2100--2800 m. S Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Open forests on slopes, mixed forests in valleys; 2500--3000 m. W Sichuan, S and SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].

800-3000 m. W Guizhou, SW Shaanxi, SW Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand].

Forests; 1000-3500 m. Chongqing, W Hubei, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, E Xizang, Yunnan [Afghanistan, Bhutan, NE India, Nepal].

Among rocks on grassy slopes; 3000-4800 m. Xizang [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan; tropical Africa, SW Asia].

Rocky ravines, cliff ledges, beneath boulders, stony hillsides; 4200-5800 m. Xizang [Bhutan, Sikkim].

Relict in evergreen valley forests; below 900 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, NW Myanmar].

Shaded moist places in evergreen and broad-leaved mixed forests, near streams; 1600-2700 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].

Since joining WIPO in 1994, Bhutan had conducted eight national seminars on IP rights.

Alpine meadows, Abies and Rhododendron forests, margins of Abies forests; 3500--4300 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal].

Have the people of Bhutan discovered the secret to fulfillment beyond purely economic means?

Gravel slopes, alpine meadows, gravel zone on high mountains; 3900-5700 m. SW Qinghai, E Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Subalpine thickets, cliff; 2100-4500 m. SW and W Sichuan, S and SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India (Sikkim), Kashmir, Nepal].

Forests and thickets on slopes; 1200-4000 m. E Gansu, W Hubei, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, S and SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal].

the current one, at Paro, is shunned by every national carrier except Bhutan's because of its terrifyinghilly approach.

High mountain areas, rocks; 3900--4200 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Grassy slopes by streams in mixed forests; 2500--3000 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Forest margins, rocky slopes, damp rocky ledges; 3600--5000 m. S Qinghai, W Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Sikkim].

Rocks on forested slopes; 1000-4300 m. Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 1000-3000 m. C Guizhou, Sichuan, E and S Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal].

Tropical or seasonal rain forests; 200-600 m. S Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Laos, N Myanmar, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].

Open areas; ca. 1700 m. Xizang [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal].

Rocky mountain slopes, riversides in high mountains; 2600-4600 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal].

Alpine meadows, shifting screes; 3600--5300 m. SE Qinghai, W Sichuan, S Xizang [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Bhutan initiated a Millennium Declaration in 2000 to eliminate gender parity in primary education by 2005.

But this time, he will lead the country as Bhutan's king ends a century of dynastic rule that has been largely peaceful.

Alpine scrub meadows, alpine rock clefts; 4400-4700 m. W Sichuan, E Xizang [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Scrub slopes, forests; 2800-3300 m. S and SW Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Mountain valleys or slopes, thickets; 1700-2500 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal].

Forests, mountain regions, ravines; 1000--1800 m. SW Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar].

Alpine meadows and rocky places; 3400--5200 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NW India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Forests, shaded moist environments; 1600-2600 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar].

Meadows on mountain slopes, marshes; 1200--4500 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Sikkim].

Coniferous forests, Rhododendron thickets; 3000--4300 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, India].

Alpine scrub meadows, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 4300-5500 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Rocky slopes; 3500-5400 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim].

Mixed or coniferous forests in mountain regions; 2000--4500 m. W Sichuan, S Xizang, C and NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Sikkim].

At margins of thickets and forests; 3000--4000 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine meadows, rock crevices; 3800--4300 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

2500-4800 m. S Gansu, S Qinghai, S Shaanxi, N and W Sichuan, SE Xizang, N Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Forests, forest margins, shrublands; 500-1100 m. S and W Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand].

Thickets, river banks, dry places; 3000--4000 m. W Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Shaded moist places in forests, near streams; 1500-2800 m. S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Kashmir, Nepal].

Good question. But back to Bhutan.

Dry slopes, meadows, sandy places; 2200--5400 m. SE Qinghai, W Sichuan, SE Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

At this year's event, a Bhutan-themed display is showing priceless books from the 12th century.

After centuries of self-imposed isolation, in 1961, Bhutan opened its doors to the world.

Mixed forests, stream sides; 2500--4200 m. SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine meadows, gravelly slopes; 3800--4500 m. Sichuan [Bhutan, NW India, Nepal, Sikkim].

300-2800 m. NW Guangxi, SW Guizhou, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, N Vietnam].

Rhododendron forests, thicket margins, grassy slopes; 2700--4000(--4300) m. NE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal].

Mixed forests, valleys, rocky slopes; 1800--3000 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N Myanmar, Sikkim].

Forest patches, thickets, herbaceous steppes; 400-1500 m. SE to SW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, N Myanmar].

Alpine forests, alpine meadows; 2500--5100 m. SE Qinghai, SW and W Sichuan, S and SE Xizang [Bhutan, Kashmir].

Rocky hillsides, on moss-covered boulders; 4200--5400 m. S and SE Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Open gravel along streams, forests and clearings; 2100-4000 m. Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan].

Scrub, alpine meadows, slopes; 3600-4200 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Grassy slopes, shaded places in valleys; 2400-2800 m. Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Broad-leaved forests, Tsuga forests; 2200--2800 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal].

Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 1000-1500 m. S Xizang [Bangladesh, Bhutan, NE India, N Myanmar].

Waste places; 1800-2300 m. Guizhou, Xizang [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Grassy and stony places in uplands; ca. 1900 m. Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India].

And in Bhutan , floods and other disasters are becoming more frequent.

Forest margins, alpine meadows; 2500--5500 m. E and S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N Myanmar, E Nepal, Sikkim].

Forest margins, along streams; 1500-2400 m. SW Sichuan, NW and S Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine meadows, shifting screes; 4500--5500 m. Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Forests, rocks on slopes; 2500-3800 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Moist gravel or stony areas, often beside rivers or streams; 2800-3500 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].

Open forests, valley scrub; 900-1300 m. Guangxi, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Thailand].

Scrub, alpine meadows, boulder screes, rock crevices; 4200-5000 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan].

On trees in forested valleys; 1300-1700 m. S Yunnan [Bhutan, N Myanmar, Sikkim, Thailand, N Vietnam].

Moist places in broad-leaved forests; 1800-2800 m. S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Scrub, alpine meadows, mountain grasslands; (2500--)3200--4500 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Rocky slopes, precipices; 3500-5000 m. SW Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal].

Open forests, forest margins; 1800-2900 m. S Xizang, W Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal].

He and his family also have title deeds for land they owned in Gelephu in southern Bhutan, where his father migrated in 1919.

Meadow and thickets on mountain slopes; 3800--4400 m. Xizang [Bhutan, India, Sikkim].

Mountain woodlands, grassy slopes; 2700--5000 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, Sikkim].

Rock crevices on mountain slopes; 4400--4700 m. Xizang [Bhutan, NW India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Swamps, scrub, forests, alpine meadows; 3800-5200 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan, Sikkim].

Pavan Varma, who is currently head of the foreign ministry's cultural activities and soon to be ambassador in Bhutan, is the doyen.

On peat, grassy hillsides, cliff; 4000--5000 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Streamsides in forests, alpine meadows; 2500--4500 m. SW Gansu, S Qinghai, S Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Steep grassy slopes, near water; 3800--5400 m. NW and W Sichuan, SE Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal].

Near snow lines; ca. 4800 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Shady grassy slopes, stony slopes; 4800-5500 m. Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Wet meadows, marshes; 3200--4800 m. Xizang [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine meadows, gravel zone on high mountains; 4300-5700 m. S and SE Xizang [Bhutan, Sikkim].

High mountains; 3000--4200 m. Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

About 46 species: Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Sikkim; North America; four species (one endemic) in China.

Two species: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim; North America; one species in China.

Alpine meadows; 3200--4600 m. S and SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Picea forests, scrub, slopes; 3100--3700 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

This will not end the worries of the 100, 000-oddNepali-speakers who remain in Bhutan.

Alpine pastures, open hillsides; 3900-4400 m. Xizang [Bhutan].

Mixed forests; 600-1300 m. SE Xizang, S Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India].

In shaded rock crevices; 4800--5000 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].

The researchers highlighted Bhutan's nearly 75 percent of forest cover as being worth some $14. 5 billion.

Alpine meadows, forests; 3800-4500 m. S and SE Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

A basic unit of currency in Bhutan.

Alpine meadows; 4300--4700 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].

On moss-covered boulders, cliff ledges; 4000--5300 m. S, SE Xizang [Bhutan].

Meadows, scrub; 3200-4400 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Two species: Bhutan, China, India, Mongolia, Sikkim; both species in China.

Wangchuk was here in China for the talks on China-Bhutan boundary issue at the invitation of Li Zhaoxing.