Discoveries and new records of plants specifically provide a basis for empirical data to enable in-depth studies the ecology, distribution, conservation, applications, threats such plants. However, many unexplored regions Bhutan exist in which several have yet be described documented. Several species reported elsewhere Himalayan region with similar climatic conditions are likely occur as well, ...

With the changing climate, frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events are increasing. Climate change is projected to increase both mean precipitation. Socio-economic damages can be immense require a difficult recovery, especially for developing countries such as Bhutan. Furthermore, patterns affect land productivity water availability. The Experts Team on Change Detection Indices (...

Abstract While migration in Bhutan has often been characterized as predominantly rural-urban movement, the 2017 Population and Housing Census of (PHCB) recently recognized rural-rural movement second largest trend country. With census identifying family employment moves two motivators for within country, where are migrants most likely to migrate order find opportunities? Obvious hubs capital ci...

Introduction: End stage renal disease (ESRD) is a late of chronic kidney (CKD) requiring dialysis or transplant to survive. growing problem worldwide. In Bhutan too, there are anecdotal evidence showing increasing number ESRD patients every year, which has become cause serious concern for the country. Methods: This retrospective descriptive study was conducted at National Referral Hospital Bhut...

Gridded climatological data derived for Bhutan from internationally available sets either come at a very low spatial resolution, or do not provide daily data, contain few in situ measurements. We present newly developed high-resolution (1 km) gridded set covering the years 1996–2019 precipitation and maximum minimum temperature (BhutanClim). As input, we used quality-controlled homogenized up t...