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Capacity Development Initiative
(CDI)
last updated: 17 Aug 2026
Awareness Program on the Bhutan Conservation, Legislations, and Citizen Science Portal (BBP) for the Tourism Sector
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Person:Mr. Mani Prasad NirolaPrincipal Biodiversity Officer, Bioprospecting and Access and Access and Benefit Sharing ProgramPhone: +975 17931130,Fax:Email: mpnirola@moal.gov.bt,Website: https://nbc.gov.bt,Related OrganizationNational Biodiversity Centre (NBC)Government agency (National/Federal)11001Serbithang, Thimphu
875, BhutanPhone: +975-2 351417/351218/350268 (o),Fax:Email: nbc@moal.gov.bt,Website: https://nbc.gov.bt,
National/Federal
- Bhutan
Completed
17 Mar 2026
18 Mar 2026
Programme
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- Government agency (National/Federal)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Serbithang, Thimphu,
Post Box: 875, Bhutan
Phone: +975 2 351417, +975 2 350268,
Fax: +975 2 351219,
The National Biodiversity Centre conducted the first day of a two-day awareness program for the tourism sector on 17 March 2026 at Serbithang. The program covered biodiversity conservation, global and national biodiversity frameworks, biopiracy, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Nagoya Protocol, and Bhutan's Access and Benefit Sharing mechanisms. Participants also visited NBC's biodiversity facilities and the Biodiversity Interpretation Centre and Orchidarium at the Royal Botanical Garden, Serbithang. The program aims to enhance awareness and encourage the tourism sector to actively contribute to biodiversity conservation and documentation through the Bhutan Biodiversity Portal (BBP).
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- Provision of capacity development tools, resources and knowledge products
- Trainings
- Workshops
- GBF-T01. All areas are planned or managed to bring loss of areas of high biodiversity importance close to zero
- GBF-T03. 30% of areas are effectively conserved
- GBF-T04. Threatened species are recovering, genetic diversity is being maintained and human-wildlife conflict is being managed
- GBF-T05. Use, harvesting and trade of wild species is sustainable, safe and legal
- GBF-T06. Reduce rates of introduction and establishment of invasive alien species by 50%
- GBF-T09. Management of wild species is sustainable and benefits people
- GBF-T13. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources, digital sequence information and associated traditional knowledge
- GBF-T20. Capacity-building and development, technology transfer, and technical and scientific cooperation for implementation is strengthened
- 1.2 Raising awareness of the importance of GR and TK, and related ABS issues
- 1.3 Mapping of relevant actors, including other relevant international instruments on ABS, and existing expertise for the implementation of the Protocol
- 1.6 Employing the best available communication tools and Internet-based systems for ABS activities including providing information to the ABS Clearing-House
- 1.7 Developing mechanisms to monitor the utilization of genetic resources, including the designation of checkpoints
- 2.5 Establishing institutional arrangements and administrative systems for ABS
- 2.7 Promoting compliance with domestic legislation or regulatory requirements on ABS
- 3.4 Promoting better understanding of business models in relation to the utilization of genetic resources
- 4.7 Increasing understanding of the obligations of Parties
- Government budget
USD$3,000.00
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Results
Increased understanding on biodiversity conservation, global and national biodiversity frameworks, biopiracy, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Nagoya Protocol, and Bhutan's Access and Benefit Sharing mechanisms.
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