Swiss glaciers have lost a tenth of their ice volume in just two years, due to climate breakdown caused by the burning of fossil fuels. The volume lost during the hot summers of 2022 and 2023 is the same as that lost between 1960 and 1990. https://youtu.be/OV32zIg3h-Y?si=vxQi-SD4BWtIPdEy Switzerland's glaciers suffered their second worst melt rate…
The village of Rukubji, in Bhutan’s central Wangdue Phodrang district, lies in a valley at the intersection of three rivers, its surrounding hillsides scattered with yak herder tents or swathed in forest. In October 2022, a camera trap set just outside the village recorded a female tiger and her two cubs prowling among the pine […]
As we mark the Year of the Tiger, UNEP explores how restoring ecosystems in Bhutan is helping reduce human-wildlife conflict and conserve the Royal Bengal tiger population.