National Strategy & Technical guidelines

Forest and Nature Conservation Management Code of Best Practices

1. Volume I (5347 downloads )
2. Volume II (5243 downloads )
3. Volume III (5654 downloads )
4. Volume IV (4991 downloads )
5. Volume V (5066 downloads )
6. Volume VI (5193 downloads )

Forest Monitoring and Evaluation Documents

1. Forest Monitoring & Evaluation Framework 2024 (355 downloads )

Strategy, Guidelines, Action Plan & Manual

1. Modality for allotment of sites and extraction of timber from Phase II Scientific Thinning through private sector - Oct, 2024 (3177 downloads )
2. Timber Export Guideline - October 2024 (2135 downloads )
3. Forest Canopy Cover Assessment Guidelines 2024 (3586 downloads )
4. Asiatic Black Bear Conservation Action Plan (2023-2033) (8689 downloads )
5. Conservation Action Plan for Hornbills of Bhutan (2023-2033) (5742 downloads )
6. National Human Wildlife Conflict Management Strategy of Bhutan (2018 to 2028) (5652 downloads )
7. NRPC guidelines (3979 downloads )
8. Guideline for Wildlife Habitat Management (1008 downloads )
9. Guideline for Open Auction of sites for Surface Collection & RDM Dredging for Export, 2021 (11426 downloads )
10. Forest Resource Potential Assessment, 2013 (11323 downloads )
11. Forest Fire Management Strategy of Bhutan, 2013 (11545 downloads )
12. Framework For Management and Marketing of Non-Wood Forest Products (2022) (9074 downloads )
13. National REDD Strategy & Action plan, 2020 (3621 downloads )
14. National Strategy for the Development of Non-Wood Forest Products 2020 (9093 downloads )
15. National Strategy for Community Forestry, 2019 (0 downloads )
16. National Strategy for Plantation and Forest Nursery, 2019 (11454 downloads )
17. Action Plan for Bhutan's National Forest Monitoring System for REDD+ under the UNFCCC, 2015 (638 downloads )
18. Tiger Action Plan for Bhutan (2018-2023) (3645 downloads )
19. Community Forestry Field Manual, Third Edition, 2018 (11134 downloads )
20. National Strategy for Community Forestry - The Way Ahead, 2010 (11411 downloads )
21. Cordyceps harvesting guideline, 2018 (11346 downloads )
22. Dendrochronology Manual, 2017 (11463 downloads )
23. Elephant Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan, 2018-2028 (633 downloads )
24. Guidelines for Community Forests and NWFP group networks formation, 2018 (11488 downloads )
25. Guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluation of Plantation and Forest Nursery, 2019 (11381 downloads )
26. Guideline for Management of Agar-wood Nursery and Plantation in Bhutan, 2020 (11418 downloads )
27. Laboratory manual for Aboveground understory and Soil Organic Carbon Analysis (11422 downloads )
28. Manual for Logging and Timber Harvesting in Community Forests, 2016 (3297 downloads )
29. Guidelines for Monitoring & Evaluation of Community Forestry, 2016 (11449 downloads )
30. Field Manual National Forest Inventory of Bhutan 2020 (10297 downloads )
31. Red Panda Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan (2018-2023) (652 downloads )
32. Revised Norms and Standards for Plantation, 2020 (11685 downloads )
33. Forestry Field Manual for Bhutan - Silviculture and Other Forestry Operations, second edition, 2016 (11446 downloads )
34. Snow Leopard Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan, (2018-2023) (11291 downloads )
35. Marketing Guidelines for Wood-based Products from Community Forests, 2017 (2059 downloads )
36. HEC SAFE system Strategy (11458 downloads )
37. WBH Conservation Action Plan, 2022-2031 (11269 downloads )
38. National Forest Inventory Data Management Protocol (10301 downloads )
39. Implementation Modality for NFI of Bhutan, 2021 (10277 downloads )
40. Bhutan NFI Open Foris Collect User Manual (161 downloads )
41. Guideline for Open Auction of Sites for Surface Collection and RBM Dredging for Export, 2021 (9916 downloads )
42. Protected Area Zonation Guidelines of Bhutan, 2020 (8398 downloads )
43. Guidelines for Classifying and Managing Key Biodiversity Areas in Bhutan, 2020 (6073 downloads )

Fishing Technical Guidelines

1. Delineation of Mahseer Water and Trout Water in Bhutan (11265 downloads )
2. Delineation of High-end Recreational Fishing Sites on Mahseer water in Bhutan (11462 downloads )
3. Delineation of High-end Recreational Fishing Sites on Trout and Mahseer water in Bhutan (11384 downloads )
4. Guide to Availing Fishing Permits Online (11429 downloads )

NFI documents

1. Aboveground-Tree-Biomass-Density-Mapping-for-pilot-sites-of-Thimphu-and-Paro-Dzongkhag-Bhutan-using-NFI-and-ALOS-PALSAR-2-Mosaic-data (10134 downloads )
2. Allometric-Biomass-Equations-2018 (10320 downloads )
3. Measurement-Reporting-and-Verification-MRV-System-to-support-REDD-Bhutan (10000 downloads )
4. Abies densa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (10179 downloads )
5. Conifers_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (10090 downloads )
6. Juniperus_recurva_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (10124 downloads )
7. Picea spinulosa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (10177 downloads )
8. Pinus roxburghii_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (10166 downloads )
9. Pinus wallichiana__VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (10111 downloads )
10. Quercus lanata__VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (10172 downloads )
11. Tsuga dumosa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (10138 downloads )