Author: SangayWk

Let me start by putting Australian bush fires into perspective. The 2019 Amazon rainforest fires burned more than 900,000 hectares. California in the USA, which is known for its deadly wildfires burnt just over 100,000 hectares in 2019, and about 400,000 hectares in 2018. Australian bushfire has already burnt over 6 million hectares (almost twice [...]

Another year comes to an end and like all previous years, it is time for me to reflect upon the books I read this year. In all my previous years, except for 2018, the minimum number of books I would have read would be about 35, but from 2018 the number of books I read [...]

My preliminary assessment of Gungtong is revealing some interesting local political dynamics. When I say "local political", I'm referring to the Gungtong data that is maintained and reported by local leaders to the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs. The first problem is the lack of a clear definition of Gungtong. While Gungtong, in general, [...]

“Forest sector underutilized, says World Bank report” is the title of the story ran by Kuensel on July 25, 2019.  Dr. Tashi Wangchuk’s opinion in Kuensel, titled “cutting more forest is not the most expedient choice” (Wangchuk, 2019) sums up the need for looking at our forests as an asset at par with our built [...]