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Farmer Rinchen had endured, without complaints, the weeds competing for nutrition and sunshine in her chili garden for many seasons. But in recent years she has come across new weeds that spread faster.
“There are so many foreign weeds in the garde…
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- I am a reporter with Bhutan's National newspaper called Kuensel. I love reading about climate change, Global warming, melting glaciers. I love watching documentaries and movies with environment and climate change themes.
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Climate change: a local perspective
Farmer Rinchen had endured, without complaints, the weeds competing for nutrition and sunshine in her chili garden for many seasons. But in recent years she has come across new weeds that spread faster.
“There are so many foreign weeds in the garden and they spread very fast,” says the 65-year old farmer from Semtokha, Thimphu, who calls the weeds Jagar yulma meaning Indian weeds. She adds quickly: “The climate is becoming hotter every year making it favourable for weeds from hot places to flou… Continue
“There are so many foreign weeds in the garden and they spread very fast,” says the 65-year old farmer from Semtokha, Thimphu, who calls the weeds Jagar yulma meaning Indian weeds. She adds quickly: “The climate is becoming hotter every year making it favourable for weeds from hot places to flou… Continue
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How lucky you get to see an eclipse... I always seem to be on the wrong side of the planet therefore missing them. Well, I never photographed an eclipse before but I will get back to you pretty soon.