{"id":8127,"date":"2025-10-13T05:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/?page_id=8127"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:05:30","slug":"department-of-forest-science-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/?page_id=8127","title":{"rendered":"Department of Forest Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8127\" class=\"elementor elementor-8127\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dde06a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dde06a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f103798\" data-id=\"f103798\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393c982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"393c982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2871-840x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2871-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2871-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2871-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2871-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a35cd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a35cd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Dr. Bhagat Suberi<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Lecturer &amp; Head of Department<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4aaaac3\" data-id=\"4aaaac3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22acf60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22acf60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Dr. Bhagat Suberi<\/strong> is a seasoned academic and forestry expert with a PhD in Forest Management and Carbon. With over 28 years of experience in Forestry, he has dedicated a significant portion of his career to advancing knowledge and practices in forestry. He served for four years in the Department of Forest, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Royal Government of Bhutan, where he contributed to sustainable forest management initiatives.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Currently, he is a lecturer at the College of Natural Resources, where he teaches a variety of forestry modules. In his role as Head of the Department of Forest Science. He leads efforts to enhance educational programs and research in forestry, fostering the next generation of environmental stewards. His expertise and commitment to forest management and carbon dynamics continue to inspire students and colleagues.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f3683 elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"77f3683\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aaf669d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aaf669d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbd3e24\" data-id=\"bbd3e24\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44c5d2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44c5d2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3180-840x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3180-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3180-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3180-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3180-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9aa444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9aa444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Mr.\u00a0Nythri Tshering\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Associate\u00a0Lecturer &amp; Programme Leader<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54f2539\" data-id=\"54f2539\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89ebc20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89ebc20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Mr. Nythri Tshering<\/strong> is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Forest Science at the College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan. He holds an M.Sc. in Forestry from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Botany and Life Sciences from Sherubtse College.<\/span>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">His research focuses on lichen diversity, phytochemistry, freshwater macroinvertebrates and plankton ecology, and ethnobotanical knowledge systems. Trained in key laboratory and molecular techniques, he integrates traditional ecological knowledge with modern scientific approaches to support evidence-based biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Recognized for academic excellence through multiple King\u2019s Certificates and the Honorary President\u2019s Medal, he remains dedicated to contributing to evidence-based conservation and sustainable natural resource management.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d2d2d elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b1d2d2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/rub.edu.bt\/mrnythritshering\/personal-profile\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dcba84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dcba84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbf47a3\" data-id=\"fbf47a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9371cea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9371cea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_2955-840x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_2955-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_2955-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_2955-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_2955-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d290b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35d290b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Mr. Laxmi Sagar<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Associate\u00a0Lecturer &amp; Programme Leader<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">M.Sc. in Natural Resource Management<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b8b23d\" data-id=\"4b8b23d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dadb014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dadb014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Mr. Laxmi Sagar<\/strong> is an Associate Lecturer at the Department of Forest Science, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry and a Master of Science in Conservation Biology by Research from the College of Natural Resources, as well as a Master of Science in Organic Agriculture and Agroecology from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), His research interests span freshwater ecology, forest ecology, and biodiversity conservation, with a particular focus on understanding ecological interactions and their implications for sustainable resource management in Bhutan. He is committed to linking scientific inquiry with applied conservation practices that enhance ecosystem resilience and support sustainable livelihoods.<\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Mr. Sagar is actively involved in both teaching and research, contributing to capacity building and interdisciplinary learning in the environmental and forest sciences. His work promotes student engagement in field-based research and the development of innovative ecological solutions to address emerging environmental challenges in the Himalayan region.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f95cead elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f95cead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/?page_id=9001\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1595b5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1595b5f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58a21bb\" data-id=\"58a21bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115f56b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"115f56b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yonten-Dorji_Photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd096d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd096d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Dr. Yonten Dorji<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Lecturer &amp; <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Programme Leader<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">MSc in Conservation Biology<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7e208d\" data-id=\"b7e208d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb0e1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abb0e1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Dr. Yonten Dorji<\/strong> is a Scientist at the College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan specializing in forest dynamics, climate science, and conservation. He earned his PhD in Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology from the G\u00f6ttingen University, Germany. He also holds an MSc in Climatology &amp; Mountain Forestry from BOKU University, Vienna, Austria, and a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Botany from the University of Queensland, Australia.<\/span>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Dr. Dorji is currently a Programme Leader for the MSc Conservation Biology programme. He has served as Head of the Department of Forest Science [2016\u20132019]. He also worked as an Expatriate Scientist at the Georg-August-Universit\u00e4t, Goettingen, Germany [2019\u20132022], where he contributed to global forest ecology studies.<\/span>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">An active scholar, Dr. Dorji has numerous publications in high-impact journals. He supervises PhD and MSc research candidates, serves on the College Research Committee (CRC), College Academic Committee (CAC), and engages in peer-review as a Reviewer &amp; Section Editor for the Journal of<em> Trees<\/em> (Springer NATURE), <em>BJNRD<\/em> &amp; Journal of <em>Plant Genetic Resources<\/em> (Cambridge University Press).<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587d828 elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"587d828\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/?page_id=8843\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1b5906 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1b5906\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd54aae\" data-id=\"fd54aae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87dc277 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87dc277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3093-840x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3093-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3093-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3093-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_3093.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df8f574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df8f574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Dr. Yeshey Khandu<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Lecturer<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e8b9a4\" data-id=\"7e8b9a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6afce99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6afce99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Dr. Yeshey Khandu<\/strong> is a Lecturer and Programme Coordinator for MSc Natural Resource Management at Department of Forest Science, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan. Prior to joining RUB in 2004, he was Forest Conservator and Manager at Department of Forestry and Park Services, Bhutan. He has vast field experience in scientific and sustainable management of forests. Dr. Yeshey has published articles as the authors and co-authors on both the national and international high impact factor journals. He also earned several first and second-class honours\u2019 certificates in various courses from the University of Aberdeen, UK.<\/span>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">He portrays profound academic professional capacity, knowledge, field experience and skills in forestry and dendrochronology. He is a founder and builder of Dendrochronology Laboratory at CNR, University of Bhutan (2008 &#8211; 2025). He is a specialist in dendrochronology that delve into paleoclimatology and paleoecology. As an academician and researcher, he focuses into application\/association of these fields in ecological dynamics of forests, sustainable forest management, cryosphere\/permafrost environments, and rangelands of Himalayan mountains. His recent research field publication covers application of dendrochronology in investigating interaction between climate change and ecological dynamics of treeline ecotones and paleoclimate reconstruction over the high-elevation Bhutan Himalaya.<\/span>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">He teaches, reviews and develops degree programmes (BSc Forest Science, BSc Environment and Climate Studies, MSc Natural Resource Management, PhD Climate Studies). Currently, he is carrying out research on paleoclimate reconstruction unfolding chronicles of climate chang over Northern Bhutan Himalaya. He also works on dendrohydrology (river flood dynamics) in investigating impacts of historical trends and events of river floods on hydropower energy generation; alpine ecotones in relation to climatic variability in high-elevation mountains. For this research, he is using dendrochronology to analyse and establish a dendro-hydroclimate relationship and reconstruct past palaeohydrological and paleoclimatic chronicles, historical trends and events. He also uses GIS and Remote Sensing as tools in dendro-hydroclimate spatial and temporal analysis research.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e8e87 elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"29e8e87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/?page_id=8812\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-195fab8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"195fab8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1c6f32\" data-id=\"c1c6f32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7062a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7062a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chetendorji.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-878c410 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"878c410\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Mr. Cheten Dorji<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Lecturer<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02c4508\" data-id=\"02c4508\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07f1910 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07f1910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Mr. Cheten Dorji<\/strong> is a lecturer and researcher at the College of Natural Resources (CNR) in Bhutan, specializing in invertebrate taxonomy, phylogeography, and evolutionary biology, particularly focusing on camel crickets, and is pursuing a PhD at Massey University in New Zealand, building on his previous work at CNR and experience in Germany and Austria. He&#8217;s passionate about discovering new species and understanding evolutionary patterns through fieldwork and molecular techniques.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b596e7 elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3b596e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9520404 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9520404\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f122d97\" data-id=\"f122d97\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb74811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb74811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2947-840x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2947-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2947-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2947-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2947-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d039d7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d039d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Mr. Ugyen Dorji<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Assistant Professor<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cfc32e\" data-id=\"5cfc32e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-702395f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"702395f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Asst. Professor Ugyen Dorji<\/strong> is a leading freshwater ecologist in Bhutan with over a decade of experience in teaching, research, and professional services. His academic and research interests lie in freshwater and wetland ecosystems,\u00a0 river morphology, spatial distribution and statistical modeling of species, hydrology, and ecohydrology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">He has facilitated more than 70 professional and capacity-building trainings and has authored over 70 publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, policy briefs, and technical reports. He has also served as a consultant and expert advisor on numerous national projects related to aquatic biodiversity, hydropower impact assessments, environmental flows, and climate change impacts on river systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">In his teaching role, he engages students in diverse subjects such as freshwater and woodland ecosystems, river morphology, spatial modeling, and ecohydrological processes. He is also seasoned in guiding postgraduate research and supervising large-scale projects. He is also the Co-founder of Water Research Bhutan and has contributed as a National Technical Working Group member for water resources management in Bhutan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">As Head of the Centre for Environment and Climate Research at the Royal University of Bhutan, he continues to build research culture, mentor young scholars, and lead collaborations that bridge science, policy, and conservation practice.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eafe5d8 elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"eafe5d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/freshwaterecologyhub\/home\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b6870e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b6870e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac05906\" data-id=\"ac05906\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb38b81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb38b81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2981-840x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2981-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2981-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2981-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2981-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f9f0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32f9f0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Mr. Karma Sherub<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Lecturer<\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0370cdf\" data-id=\"0370cdf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-191e085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"191e085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Mr. Karma Sherub<\/strong> is a dedicated faculty member and researcher at the College of Natural Resources (CNR) in Bhutan, specializing in Forestry and Wildlife Conservation, with expertise in areas like eDNA for conservation, hornbill ecology, and sustainable mountain agriculture, actively engaging with communities and pursuing advanced studies, including a PhD at ETH Zurich, to bridge science and conservation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f078a elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"48f078a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbf5f5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbf5f5e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f70f22\" data-id=\"3f70f22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261007a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"261007a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2741-840x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2741-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2741-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2741-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2741.jpg 1926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2efaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d2efaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Mr.\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman' ;\"><b>Rupesh Subedi<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><b>Associate\u00a0<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Lecturer<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69380e0\" data-id=\"69380e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5f70d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5f70d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; 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Head of Department Department of Forest Science Dr. Bhagat Suberi is a seasoned academic and forestry expert with a PhD in Forest Management and Carbon. With over 28 years of experience in Forestry, he has dedicated a significant portion of his career to advancing knowledge and practices in forestry. He served for four years in the Department of Forest, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Royal Government of Bhutan, where he contributed to sustainable forest management initiatives. 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