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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Bhutan"”.
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NEWSPAPERS IN BHUTAN BEFORE AND AFTER DEMOCRACY
… was published in the tiny Himalayan country of Bhutan, located between two giants, China in the north and India in the west, south and east. Kuensel, commonly dubbed Bhutan's national newspaper, was first started as a government-owned paper in 1986, publishing both in English and Dzongha, the …
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NEWSPAPERS IN BHUTAN BEFORE AND AFTER DEMOCRACY
… was published in the tiny Himalayan country of Bhutan, located between two giants, China in the north and India in the west, south and east. Kuensel, commonly dubbed Bhutan's national newspaper, was first started as a government-owned paper in 1986, publishing both in English and Dzongha, the …
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Investigating the efficacy of teaching practicum supervision in Bhutan
… crucial for effective teacher preparation in Bhutan, evidence gathered from the literature show that not many studies had been conducted to establish its efficacy. To address this gap, this doctoral study has adopted a qualitative study design, within the constructivist framework, to …
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Geochemical Insights into Crustal Melting in the Bhutan Himalaya
… leucogranite source and petrogenesis in central Bhutan (eastern Himalaya). Whole-rock major and trace elemental abundances confirm that all studied leucogranites are the product of muscovite breakdown between 640 and 760°C. Sr-Nd signatures suggest that most samples were sourced from the GHS; …
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Tradition, quality, housing, development : a new paradigm for urban Bhutan
… is that "Quality" in the built environment in Bhutan is accomplished only by employing traditional building practices. "Quality", as defined here, is achieved when two factors are satisfied: 1) the construction is equal to or above established standards and, 2) the construction practice …
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Detrital muscovite thermochronology in two drainage basins in western Bhutan
… for a poorly characterized area in the western Bhutan Himalaya show distinction between the 40Ar/39Ar cooling age distributions of detrital minerals in the two river catchments of the Punatsang chu and the Wang chu. Muscovites from five samples of Wang chu river sands yield ages (corresponding …
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TEACHING WILDLIFE BIOLOGY IN BHUTAN: DEVELOPMENT OF WILDLIFE BIOLOGY CURRICULUM AND TEACHING MODULES
Bhutan has always been proactive while dealing with conservation issues and has sound policies and guidelines in place because of our visionary and farsighted leaders. However, with the recent political development and government focus shifting more towards economic development, conservation in …
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TEACHING WILDLIFE BIOLOGY IN BHUTAN: DEVELOPMENT OF WILDLIFE BIOLOGY CURRICULUM AND TEACHING MODULES
Bhutan has always been proactive while dealing with conservation issues and has sound policies and guidelines in place because of our visionary and farsighted leaders. However, with the recent political development and government focus shifting more towards economic development, conservation in …
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Understanding biodiversity conservation funding and the diffusion of transnational gender norms in Bhutan
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2022-08-01
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Syntactic Change in the Verbal System of Bumthang,a Tibeto-Burman Language of Bhutan
… in Bumthang, a Tibeto-Burman language of central Bhutan. I discuss the formal and functional properties of each to demonstrate that the suffix-na originates in the structural reanalysis of the copula na. Previous research has shown how copulas in Tibeto-Burman languages may come to differentially …
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Syntactic Change in the Verbal System of Bumthang,a Tibeto-Burman Language of Bhutan
… in Bumthang, a Tibeto-Burman language of central Bhutan. I discuss the formal and functional properties of each to demonstrate that the suffix-na originates in the structural reanalysis of the copula na. Previous research has shown how copulas in Tibeto-Burman languages may come to differentially …
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Governance of Community-Based Ecotourism in Bhutan: A Case Study of Nabji Trail in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park
A limitation of Bhutan’s controlled tourism policy of “high value, low impact” is that its benefits have not extended to rural communities in remote places. To provide such opportunities, a pilot project on community-based ecotourism known as the “Nabji Trail” was developed and opened in Jigme …
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Governance of Community-Based Ecotourism in Bhutan: A Case Study of Nabji Trail in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park
A limitation of Bhutan’s controlled tourism policy of “high value, low impact” is that its benefits have not extended to rural communities in remote places. To provide such opportunities, a pilot project on community-based ecotourism known as the “Nabji Trail” was developed and opened in Jigme …
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Balancing values : development strategies that sustain the cultural heritage of rice paddies and the natural landscape in Thimphu, Bhutan
… terraced rice paddies in the valley surrounding Bhutan's capital city, Thimphu. It makes the argument that this unique landscape is deeply rooted in Bhutanese culture and its preservation can provide Bhutan with environmental, cultural and economic benefits. Escalating development pressures are …
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Historic districts as an alternative approach to preserve the Bhutanese Architectural Heritage
Conservation practice in Bhutan is based on two sets of guidelines. One, the Traditional Architectural guidelines that illustrates the entitlement of different architectural features based on the type of building. The other guideline is the Bhutan Building Rules that makes it compulsory to …
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'The Dragon Run', a travel memoir of Bhutan with critical commentary examining representation of the self in modern travel writing
… experiences living in and running across Bhutan (2006-2008). Aligning itself with the accounts of contemplative travel writers from the West who have spent extended periods in the Himalayan Kingdom, the memoir is as revealing psychologically and temperamentally of the narrator as it is …
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