Bhutan

The Rangjung Small Hydro Plant located in the District of Trashigang (East Bhutan) is a project of the early rural electrification strategy of the RGOB.

This evaluation takes stock of Bhutan's efforts to develop and implement a holistic approach to sustainable development through the integration of environmental management in development planning and poverty reduction and through the adoption of policies and capacity development enabling equitabl

The Seventh 5-Year Plan (1992-1997) gave high priority to conserving natural resources and reducing the existing rate of forest depletion. It envisaged that this goal could be achieved through a gradual substitution of electricity for other types of fuel particularly in rural areas.