Bhutan for Life includes 10 Protected Areas (and the Royal Botanical Park) and 9 Biological Corridors that together constitute 52% of the total area of Bhutan. There are 35,000 people (7,000 households) living within the protected area network, most of whom depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. In addition, approximately 110,000 people living in rural areas less than 10 km from protected area borders, and almost half of Bhutan’s population living in rural areas downstream benefit from an array of ecosystem services that protected areas provide.
Bhutan for Life Landscape
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Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP)
There are 376 glaciers in JDNP which constitutes 42.44% of the glaciers of the country.
- Second largest national Park
- Total area: 4,316 km2
- Location: Covers 5 districts in the north west of the country
- Park is a water source for various mega hydropower projects
- Oly park in the country trekked by tourists through its paradisiacal alpine meadows and snow-capped mountains
- Provides crucial connectivity to the Kanchenjunga Conservation Complex in northeast India and eastern Nepal