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A fine ranging from Nu 5,000 to Nu 10,000 will be slapped on Bhutanese entrepreneurs caught importing or producing appliances containing hydro- chloroflurocarbon (HCFC) gas, a colourless non-toxic gas used in electronic devices.

The regulation is spelt out in the hydro-chloroflurocarbons management plan prepared by the national environment commission and approved by the Montreal protocol.

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Local biodiversity rapidly being affected by various developmental activities across the nation has spurred forestry official to come up with various measures to combat it.

A natural disaster rapid response mechanism treaty for the SAARC region will not be signed in the upcoming summit with SAARC member states yet to reach a consensus on it.

Online media reports state bilateral diatribe between some of the neighbouring nations for failure to reach a consensus.

Bhutan and India have agreed that the construction of four hydropower projects, with a total generation capacity of 3576 MW, will begin in 2012. That means that all the 10 agreed projects with a total installed capacity of 11636 MW would be in progress by then, according to Bhutan embassy officials in New Delhi.

Copenhagen Climate Summit 18 December, 2009 - Addressing the UN climate change conference at Copenhagen yesterday afternoon, agriculture minister, Lyonpo (Dr) Pema Gyamtsho, said the battles against climate change must be fought and won on individual turfs by every nation.

Nine Bhutanese and a foreigner working in Thimphu tested positive for influenza A H1N1, also known as swine flu, last month, taking the number of confirmed cases in the country to 16.

All 16, who were tested positive, have recovered, said health officials.

Disruption of traditional migratory routes due to rapid industrialisation and infrastructure development is one of the main reasons for the rising number of human-elephant conflicts, say nature conservation division (NCD) officials.

According to records with NCD, wild elephants destroyed about 132 acres of land in 2007 alone.

The worst recorded was in 2005, when about 265 acres of cropland i

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