The National Biodiversity Centre (NBC) Serbithang, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests would like to invite sealed bids from the eligible suppliers having valid licenses for the supply of the herbarium accessories.
The tender documents can be downloaded from the link below:
The tender has to be submitted to the Adm Section, NBC, Serbithang.
Tender submission date: 1st June, 2018, not later than 11am
Opening date: at 11:30am on 1st June 2018
For detail, contact: 02-351417/350268
14th May 2018: A Capacity building workshop ‘Webinar’ on ABS checkpoints was held on 14th May 2018 at the Norkhil Boutique, Thimphu Bhutan to build the capacity of the officials of the designated ABS checkpoints. The webinar was attended by ten officials representing the National Biodiversity Centre (NBC), Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) and the Directorate Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, and Department of Intellectual Property (DoIP), Ministry of Economic Affairs.
The webinar focused on the brief background on the Access and Benefit Sharing-Clearing House (ABS-CH), core functions of the designated checkpoints and the national mechanism that needs to be developed in Bhutan to track and monitor Bhutanese genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.
The webinar was organized by NBC in collaboration with ABS-CH, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat. The webinar is part of the series of capacity building workshops that NBC has organized to enhance the capacity of the officials of the designated checkpoints.
The National Biodiversity Centre in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund, UNDP Bhutan, National Environment Commission and Royal Society for Protection of Nature is organizing a celebration for International Biodiversity Day on May 22, 2018.
The theme for this year is “Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity” to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Convention on Biological Diversity and to highlight progress made in the achievement of its objectives at the national and global levels.
Biodiversity Day is a United Nations–sanctioned international day to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
The day will be celebrated with 180 students from high schools in Thimphu and Royal Thimphu College at the Centenary Youth Village Auditorium, Youth Center Division, Department of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Education, Thimphu. The day will be divided into three segments:
Students will be divided into groups to conduct biological surveys in the Thimphu Ecological Park led by science experts. This is a scientific project and can be categorized under citizen science. During the event, students will also be asked to take photographs of plants and animals and upload them to the Bhutan Biodiversity Portal (www.biodiversity.bt )
A central hub consisting of activity stations and displays which the students can visit to learn about Bhutan’s biodiversity. Students will receive a card which will get stamped every time they complete an activity as follows:
When the card has been completed they will receive an International Biodiversity Day gift.
The official program will be 1.5 hours long. The special advisor to the National Environment Commission, Dasho Paljor J. Dorji will be the Guest of honor. The official program is divided into three segments to represent past, current and future actions on Biodiversity. To represent the past actions on biodiversity, Dasho Paljor J. Dorji will give his personal reflections on the last 25 years of biodiversity action and Deputy Resident Representative UNDP, Thimphu, Mrs. Mrs. Niamh C. Smith will present UNDP’s perspective on “50 years of Partnership in Development and Conservation” while NEC will distribute its publication, “25 Years of Environmental Achievement”. The current actions on biodiversity will be presented by a number of engaging experts who will speak about their research in various field of biodiversity. Student speakers from the Royal Thimphu College will present youth perspectives on environmental and biodiversity conservation. The National Biodiversity Centre will also launch some new publications namely,
Further enquiries
The National Biodiversity Centre, Serbithang, is pleased to invite applications from the interested Bhutanese nationals for the following post:
| Sl No | Post | Category | No. of Post | Age Limit |
| 1 | Gardener at Royal Botanical Garden, Serbithang | ESP | 1 | 18-45 |
The applicants fulfilling the following criteria should submit an application to Adm. Section, NBC, along with the following documents, not later than 11am on 31/05/2018. The shortlisted candidate shall be contacted for an interview.
For further information, please contract @ 02-351417/351218 during office hours
NBC, Serbithang