ABOUT US
Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation: Investing in a Legacy for Nature
The Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTF) is the world’s first environmental trust fund, established in 1991 as a collaborative …… More
Vision
Social well being secured through environmental conservation
Mission
Leverage, upscale and accelerate innovative financing to advance environmental conservation
Core Values
Sustainability | Innovation | Collaboration | Stewardship | Harmony with Nature | Inclusivity
Programs and Projects
Our History
How our journey began
1991
The first Environmental Trust Fund in the world
1992
MOU Signed amonged RGoB, UNDP and WWF
1996
Granted Royal Charter, 1996
1998
Achieved Endowment $ 21.3M
2004
HRH The Crown Prince Chaired, 2024-2028
2018/2020
Accredited AF and GCF, 2018-2020
2021
Granted Renewed Royal Charter
2024
BTF Office Inaugurated by HRH Gyaltshab
2024
Launched BTF Roadmap 2024
2025
Endowment Reached $ 86.34M
2025
2025 Jigme Singye Wangchuk Outstanding Environmental Stewardship Award
Our Services
Our Funding Windows
LARGE GRANTS
SMALL GRANTS
ADVOCACY GRANT
PROGRAM- RELATED INVESTMENT
PROJECT FORMULATION GRANT
SINKING FUND
Impact Snapshot
PROJECT SUPPORTED
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ENDOWNMENT
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ANNUAL DISBURSEMENT
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Events and Activities
Latest Updates
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Felicitation
𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐁𝐓𝐅) 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲.
𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬’ 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧.
𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲.
Our Founding Partners
Our Funding Partners
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