National Biodiversity Centre

Description

National Biodiversity Centre (NBC), Ministry of Agriculture and Forests was established in 1998 to coordinate and implement biodiversity conservation and sustainable use programmes in Bhutan. Vision: Effective Conservation, Sustainable utilization and Equitable sharing of benefits arising from access and use of biological resources. Mission: Biological resources effectively conserved, sustainably used and benefits equitably shared for enhancement of livelihood, food security and environmental well-being of the country. NBC is secretariat to the consortium-based online platform, Bhutan Biodiversity Portal (www.biodiversity.bt) and manages biodiversity information. NBC currently houses the century old herbarium collections under its National Herbarium (THIM) program. It also houses national crop and animal gene banks and national invertebrate specimen collections. Mandates: - To coordinate and implement biodiversity conservation and sustainable use programs in the country. - To coordinate and implement obligations under regional and international conventions, treaties and protocols related to biodiversity. - To develop policies and legal frameworks for conservation and sustainable use of biological resources. - To serve as the national repository for germplasm and botanical collections. - To serve as the national focal agency to regulate access to biological resources of the country, ensuring equitable sharing of the benefits arising from access. - To serve as the national focal agency for bio-prospecting and documentation of traditional knowledge associated with biological resources. - To serve as the national clearing house for biodiversity information. - To promote regional and international institutional linkages and collaboration for technology transfer, technical capacity enhancement and collaborative research in the field of biodiversity.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Tandin Zangmo
Telephone: +975-2-351417
email: tandinz95@gmail.com

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Choki Gyeltshen
Telephone: +975-77451022
email: chokig@gmail.com

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Choki Gyeltshen
Telephone: +975-2-351417
email: nbc.moaf@gmail.com

National Biodiversity Centre
Serbithang, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, PO Box.: 875, Thimphu, Bhutan.
Thimphu
11001
BT
email: nbc.moaf@gmail.com