Bhutan advances with its Forest Emission Reference Level
19/03/2018
As a country with more than 70% of its territory covered in forests, Bhutan is eager to protect its heritage from deforestation. Under FAO REDD+ support, Mr Arun Rai and Dr Jigme from the Ministry of Agriculture & Forests of Bhutan visited FAO Headquarters to work on the country’s Forest Reference (Emission) Level or FR(E)L, a benchmark for assessing Bhutan’s performance in implementing REDD+ activities.