National Strategy & Technical guidelines

Forest and Nature Conservation Management Code of Best Practices

1. Volume I (6241 downloads )
2. Volume II (6248 downloads )
3. Volume III (6753 downloads )
4. Volume IV (6072 downloads )
5. Volume V (6164 downloads )
6. Volume VI (6213 downloads )

Forest Monitoring and Evaluation Documents

1. Forest Monitoring & Evaluation Framework 2024 (525 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 (5296 downloads )
2. Timber Export Guideline - October 2024 (3930 downloads )
3. Forest Canopy Cover Assessment Guidelines 2024 (5707 downloads )
4. Action Plan for Forest Resources Management for Three Years Through Thinning August 2023 to August 2026 (507 downloads )
5. Asiatic Black Bear Conservation Action Plan (2023-2033) (10805 downloads )
6. Conservation Action Plan for Hornbills of Bhutan (2023-2033) (7781 downloads )
7. National Human Wildlife Conflict Management Strategy of Bhutan (2018 to 2028) (7770 downloads )
8. NRPC guidelines (5903 downloads )
9. Guideline for Wildlife Habitat Management (1181 downloads )
10. Guideline for Open Auction of sites for Surface Collection & RDM Dredging for Export, 2021 (13506 downloads )
11. Forest Resource Potential Assessment, 2013 (13435 downloads )
12. Forest Fire Management Strategy of Bhutan, 2013 (13666 downloads )
13. Framework For Management and Marketing of Non-Wood Forest Products (2022) (11184 downloads )
14. National REDD Strategy & Action plan, 2020 (5552 downloads )
15. National Strategy for the Development of Non-Wood Forest Products 2020 (11190 downloads )
16. National Strategy for Community Forestry, 2019 (293 downloads )
17. National Strategy for Plantation and Forest Nursery, 2019 (13568 downloads )
18. Action Plan for Bhutan's National Forest Monitoring System for REDD+ under the UNFCCC, 2015 (796 downloads )
19. Tiger Action Plan for Bhutan (2018-2023) (5576 downloads )
20. Community Forestry Field Manual, Third Edition, 2018 (13224 downloads )
21. National Strategy for Community Forestry - The Way Ahead, 2010 (13544 downloads )
22. Cordyceps harvesting guideline, 2018 (13440 downloads )
23. Dendrochronology Manual, 2017 (13575 downloads )
24. Elephant Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan, 2018-2028 (778 downloads )
25. Guidelines for Community Forests and NWFP group networks formation, 2018 (13605 downloads )
26. Guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluation of Plantation and Forest Nursery, 2019 (13502 downloads )
27. Guideline for Management of Agar-wood Nursery and Plantation in Bhutan, 2020 (13553 downloads )
28. Laboratory manual for Aboveground understory and Soil Organic Carbon Analysis (13537 downloads )
29. Manual for Logging and Timber Harvesting in Community Forests, 2016 (4970 downloads )
30. Guidelines for Monitoring & Evaluation of Community Forestry, 2016 (13577 downloads )
31. Field Manual National Forest Inventory of Bhutan 2020 (12401 downloads )
32. Red Panda Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan (2018-2023) (785 downloads )
33. Revised Norms and Standards for Plantation, 2020 (13783 downloads )
34. Forestry Field Manual for Bhutan - Silviculture and Other Forestry Operations, second edition, 2016 (13572 downloads )
35. Snow Leopard Conservation Action Plan for Bhutan, (2018-2023) (13404 downloads )
36. Marketing Guidelines for Wood-based Products from Community Forests, 2017 (2723 downloads )
37. HEC SAFE system Strategy (13559 downloads )
38. WBH Conservation Action Plan, 2022-2031 (13364 downloads )
39. National Forest Inventory Data Management Protocol (12432 downloads )
40. Implementation Modality for NFI of Bhutan, 2021 (12384 downloads )
41. Bhutan NFI Open Foris Collect User Manual (302 downloads )
42. Guideline for Open Auction of Sites for Surface Collection and RBM Dredging for Export, 2021 (12066 downloads )
43. Protected Area Zonation Guidelines of Bhutan, 2020 (10488 downloads )
44. Guidelines for Classifying and Managing Key Biodiversity Areas in Bhutan, 2020 (8090 downloads )

Fishing Technical Guidelines

1. Delineation of Mahseer Water and Trout Water in Bhutan (13404 downloads )
2. Delineation of High-end Recreational Fishing Sites on Mahseer water in Bhutan (13615 downloads )
3. Delineation of High-end Recreational Fishing Sites on Trout and Mahseer water in Bhutan (13525 downloads )
4. Guide to Availing Fishing Permits Online (13558 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 (12234 downloads )
2. Allometric-Biomass-Equations-2018 (12479 downloads )
3. Measurement-Reporting-and-Verification-MRV-System-to-support-REDD-Bhutan (12108 downloads )
4. Abies densa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (12291 downloads )
5. Conifers_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (12174 downloads )
6. Juniperus_recurva_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (12228 downloads )
7. Picea spinulosa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (12275 downloads )
8. Pinus roxburghii_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (12269 downloads )
9. Pinus wallichiana__VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (12200 downloads )
10. Quercus lanata__VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (12283 downloads )
11. Tsuga dumosa_VOLUME EQUATION TO ESTIMATE MERCHANTABLE VOLUME (12226 downloads )