Faculty and Staff

Nawang Norbu, PhD

Nawang Norbu, PhD

Title
Center Director
Location
Bhutan
Education
PhD in Natural Sciences (Magna cum Laude)
University of Konstanz and International Max Planck Research School (Germany)
MSc in Natural Resources Management (Distinction)
University of Twente (Netherlands)
BSc (Hon) in Forestry
University of North Wales, Bangor (United Kingdom)
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Faculty Profile

Nawang is Center Director at the SFS Center for Climate and Sustainable Futures, a collaborative research and education initiative between the School for Field Studies, the Royal University of Bhutan and the Bhutan Ecological Society. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Bhutan Ecological Society. Recently, he helped craft Bhutan’s RNR Strategy 2030, and also drafted, in collaboration with the Royal Government and the FAO, the national pathways to transform Bhutan’s food systems. Nawang is committed to building a just and verdant world and continues to explore the drivers and consequences of development and change.

Academics & Research

Research Interests

  • Development
  • Climate change

Professional Activities

Director, Bhutan Ecological Society

Head, Max Planck Research Partner Group in Bhutan

outputs

Publications

Food Systems for Gross National Happiness: Transformative Pathways for Bhutan

https://summitdialogues.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1.-BhutanFoodSystemsPathways_UN_FoodSystemsSummit_2021.pdf

Partial Altitudinal Migration of the Near Threatened satyr tragopan (Tragopan Satyra) in the Bhutan Himalayas: Implications for
Conservation.

Norbu N, et al. 2017. Partial Altitudinal Migration of the Near Threatened satyr tragopan (Tragopan Satyra) in the Bhutan Himalayas: Implications for
Conservation. Oryx 51(1): 166-173.

Partial Altitudinal Migration of a Himalayan Forest Pheasant.

Norbu N, Wikelski MC, Wilcove DS, Partecke J, Ugyen, et al. 2013. Partial Altitudinal Migration of a Himalayan Forest Pheasant. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60979

Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment: White Paper.

Norbu N and Tshering T. 2009. Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment: White Paper. Submitted to the Royal Government of Bhutan

Strategic Human Resources Management in the Forestry Sector.

Norbu N and Wangdi K. 2009. Strategic Human Resources Management in the Forestry Sector. Strategy Paper Submitted to the Royal Government of Bhutan.

A Management Information System for the Department of Forests.

Norbu N. 2000. A Management Information System for the Department of Forests. Paper submitted to the South Asian Regional Workshop on Forest Information Management. Thimphu. Bhutan

Presentations

National Level Landuse Planning in Bhutan: Implications for Environmental Conservation.

National Level Landuse Planning in Bhutan: Implications for Environmental Conservation. Invited lecture delivered at the Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan on 30th August 2016

‘Bhutan: The Last Himalayan Biodiversity Refugia’.

‘Bhutan: The Last Himalayan Biodiversity Refugia’. Public talk delivered at the North Carolina State University (22nd September 2014) and Yale University (25th September 2014)