༄༅། ། རྒྱལ་འཛིན་རང་བཞིན་སྲུང་སྐྱོབ་ཚོགས་སྡེ།

Royal Society For Protection of Nature

Inspiring personal responsibility for environmental conservation since 1987

RSPN is the only NGO in the country accredited with the Adaptation Fund (AF) as a National Implementing Entity (NIE) and with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a Delivery Partner (DP) RSPN is the only NGO in the country accredited with the Adaptation Fund (AF) as a National Implementing Entity (NIE) and with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a Delivery Partner (DP)

Fact 6

Bhutan is home to 45% of global WBH population.

There is less than five known actively breeding WBH pairs in the world.

WBH is found in Bhutan, India and Mynmar – endemic to Himalayan foothills.

First WBH nest in Bhutan was discovered in 2003 – it was also rediscovery for the world after more than seven decades of previous record.

Fewer than 60 WBH are left in the world.

WBH is World’s Rarest Heron – Guinness Book of World Records, 2013.