National Strategy & Technical guidelines

Forest and Nature Conservation Management Code of Best Practices

1. Volume I (4713 downloads )
2. Volume II (4449 downloads )
3. Volume III (4777 downloads )
4. Volume IV (4326 downloads )
5. Volume V (4428 downloads )
6. Volume VI (4552 downloads )

Forest Monitoring and Evaluation Documents

1. Forest Monitoring & Evaluation Framework 2024 (215 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 (1352 downloads )
2. Timber Export Guideline - October 2024 (521 downloads )
3. Forest Canopy Cover Assessment Guidelines 2024 (1770 downloads )
4. Asiatic Black Bear Conservation Action Plan (2023-2033) (6882 downloads )
5. Conservation Action Plan for Hornbills of Bhutan (2023-2033) (3977 downloads )
6. National Human Wildlife Conflict Management Strategy of Bhutan (2018 to 2028) (3850 downloads )
7. NRPC guidelines (2283 downloads )
8. Guideline for Wildlife Habitat Management (856 downloads )
9. Guideline for Open Auction of sites for Surface Collection & RDM Dredging for Export, 2021 (9625 downloads )
10. Forest Resource Potential Assessment, 2013 (9524 downloads )
11. Forest Fire Management Strategy of Bhutan, 2013 (9715 downloads )
12. Framework For Management and Marketing of Non-Wood Forest Products (2022) (7275 downloads )
13. National REDD Strategy & Action plan, 2020 (1935 downloads )
14. National Strategy for the Development of Non-Wood Forest Products 2020 (7287 downloads )
15. National Strategy for Community Forestry, 2019 (0 downloads )
16. National Strategy for Plantation and Forest Nursery, 2019 (9632 downloads )
17. Action Plan for Bhutan's National Forest Monitoring System for REDD+ under the UNFCCC, 2015 (517 downloads )
18. Tiger Action Plan for Bhutan (2018-2023) (1948 downloads )
19. Community Forestry Field Manual, Third Edition, 2018 (9330 downloads )
20. National Strategy for Community Forestry - The Way Ahead, 2010 (9594 downloads )
21. Cordyceps harvesting guideline, 2018 (9524 downloads )
22. Dendrochronology Manual, 2017 (9632 downloads )
23. Elephant Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan, 2018-2028 (528 downloads )
24. Guidelines for Community Forests and NWFP group networks formation, 2018 (9667 downloads )
25. Guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluation of Plantation and Forest Nursery, 2019 (9561 downloads )
26. Guideline for Management of Agar-wood Nursery and Plantation in Bhutan, 2020 (9594 downloads )
27. Laboratory manual for Aboveground understory and Soil Organic Carbon Analysis (9618 downloads )
28. Manual for Logging and Timber Harvesting in Community Forests, 2016 (1764 downloads )
29. Guidelines for Monitoring & Evaluation of Community Forestry, 2016 (9627 downloads )
30. Field Manual National Forest Inventory of Bhutan 2020 (8483 downloads )
31. Red Panda Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan (2018-2023) (547 downloads )
32. Revised Norms and Standards for Plantation, 2020 (9854 downloads )
33. Forestry Field Manual for Bhutan - Silviculture and Other Forestry Operations, second edition, 2016 (9623 downloads )
34. Snow Leopard Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan, (2018-2023) (9477 downloads )
35. Marketing Guidelines for Wood-based Products from Community Forests, 2017 (1477 downloads )
36. HEC SAFE system Strategy (9650 downloads )
37. WBH Conservation Action Plan, 2022-2031 (9457 downloads )
38. National Forest Inventory Data Management Protocol (8496 downloads )
39. Implementation Modality for NFI of Bhutan, 2021 (8482 downloads )
40. Bhutan NFI Open Foris Collect User Manual (50 downloads )
41. Guideline for Open Auction of Sites for Surface Collection and RBM Dredging for Export, 2021 (8082 downloads )
42. Protected Area Zonation Guidelines of Bhutan, 2020 (6601 downloads )
43. Guidelines for Classifying and Managing Key Biodiversity Areas in Bhutan, 2020 (4312 downloads )

Fishing Technical Guidelines

1. Delineation of Mahseer Water and Trout Water in Bhutan (9448 downloads )
2. Delineation of High-end Recreational Fishing Sites on Mahseer water in Bhutan (9634 downloads )
3. Delineation of High-end Recreational Fishing Sites on Trout and Mahseer water in Bhutan (9544 downloads )
4. Guide to Availing Fishing Permits Online (9606 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 (8326 downloads )
2. Allometric-Biomass-Equations-2018 (8477 downloads )
3. Measurement-Reporting-and-Verification-MRV-System-to-support-REDD-Bhutan (8190 downloads )
4. Abies densa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (8363 downloads )
5. Conifers_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (8294 downloads )
6. Juniperus_recurva_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (8321 downloads )
7. Picea spinulosa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (8363 downloads )
8. Pinus roxburghii_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (8364 downloads )
9. Pinus wallichiana__VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (8315 downloads )
10. Quercus lanata__VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (8363 downloads )
11. Tsuga dumosa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (8345 downloads )