Grantee Profile
Royal Government of Bhutan Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment
Grants to Royal Government of Bhutan Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment
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$430,000Active Strategy
2010 (Inactive Grant)
Conservation & Sustainable Development
LAMEGONPA, BHUTAN — To convene a regional summit in 2011 to coordinate the response of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal to the challenges of climate change across the southern slope of the Himalayas (over two years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Royal Government of Bhutan Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment $430,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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