འབྲུག་རང་བཞིན་གནས་སྟངས་ཉམས་སྲུང་བློ་གཏད་མ་དངུལ།།
BHUTAN TRUST FUND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Thematic Areas
MANDATE
“BTF shall promote social welfare in Bhutan through environmental conservation, amongst others, by supporting activities for:
1. Preserving biological diversity;
2. Mitigating and adapting to climate change;
3. Enabling human-wildlife co-existence; and
4. Addressing adverse impacts of development on the environment.”
The
BTF shall achieve the objects through an efficient combination of grant making
and program related investments (PRI) by strategically supporting the following
programs:
1. State-of-art
research on Bhutan’s natural heritage; and multi-faceted approach to ecological
integrity including climate change, environmental education and advocacy, and
building human and institutional capacity throughout society for adaptive
natural resource management;
2. Effective
interventions for in-situ conservation through multi-faceted management of
protected natural areas, forests, flora, wildlife, land, and water resources;
protection of endangered and threatened species; ecological restoration of
degraded ecosystems and habitats; and waste management models;
3. Promoting
sustainable human-wildlife co-existence through public stewardship, sustainable
utilization of natural resources, and establishment and maintenance of robust
and ecologically sustainable human livelihoods, especially in vulnerable
communities; and
4. Support
for climate change mitigation and adaptation through strategic, and
environmentally friendly interventions for building resilience, especially
among vulnerable communities.