Narain, UrvashiToman, MichaelJiang, Zhiyun2014-10-092014-10-092014-07-31https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20402Bhutan has recently made significant progress in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. Bhutan also has valuable deposits of primary materials including dolomite, lime stone, gypsum, quartzite, stone, and marble, which are useful for fabrication of other materials. Thus, a significant part of Bhutan's current and prospective economic gains come from use of natural resources called, green sectors. The basic message in this note is that Bhutan starts from a solid base in terms of green growth, with additional opportunities for meeting its development goals and overcoming the above mentioned challenges on the basis of its natural resource endowment. However, realizing those opportunities and meeting those challenges will require focusing on the economic contribution from sustainable use of those natural resources, in addition to conservation of the environment. It will also require complementary measures, using the economic surplus (or as economists refer to it, rent) from sustainable natural resource use to help diversify economic activity and address institutional and other constraints. A more comprehensive view of green growth emphasizes sustainable use of natural capital, along with managing environmental risks cost-effectively and in an institutionally sound manner to limit risks to human health and of irreversible degradation of the natural environment. In this context, green growth needs to balance conservation with sustainable economic use of all resources to meet the needs of the present, and maintain opportunities for the future. The note touches upon issues of inclusion where possible but not in a systematic and comprehensive manner. The purpose of the note is to provide food for thought in ongoing discussion of growth strategies for Bhutan, and how green growth ideas may contribute to that discussion.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO FORESTACTION PLANAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGROCHEMICALSAIRAIR POLLUTIONAIR QUALITYAIR QUALITY MANAGEMENTALUMINUMANIMALANIMAL PRODUCTSATMOSPHEREBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBAMBOOBASIC CONSERVATIONBENEFIT SHARINGBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIODIVERSITY PROTECTIONBIOGASBIRDBIRDSBUSCAPITAL INVESTMENTCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON NEUTRALCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON STORAGECATCHMENT AREACATTLECHEMICALSCHICKCHICKENCHICKENSCHICKSCLEAN AIRCLEAN ENERGYCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECO2COALCOMBUSTIONCOMMERCIAL FARMINGCOMMON PROPERTYCOMMUNITY FORESTRYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPOSTINGCOPPERCROP RESIDUESCULTURAL DIVERSITYDEBTDECISION MAKINGDEFORESTATIONDEPTH ASSESSMENTDESERTIFICATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDIESELDOMESTIC CONSUMPTIONDRINKING WATERDRINKING WATER QUALITYDRIVINGDROUGHTDRY SEASONDUSTECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GOODSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INSTRUMENTSECONOMIC RENTSECONOMIC VALUEECONOMICSECONOMISTSECOSYSTEMEGGSELECTRICITYELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELEPHANTEMISSIONEMISSIONSENERGY CONSUMPTIONENTITLEMENTSENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYEXPENDITURESEXPLOITATIONFARMSFATSFERTILIZERSFISHFISHERIESFLOODSFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFORESTFOREST AREAFOREST CARBONFOREST CARBON SEQUESTRATIONFOREST COVERFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST ECOSYSTEMSFOREST FIREFOREST FIRESFOREST INVENTORIESFOREST LANDSFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST POLICYFOREST PRODUCTIVITYFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST RESOURCESFOREST TYPEFOREST TYPESFORESTRYFORESTRY SECTORFORESTSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEGASESGHGGLASS BOTTLESGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGRASSLANDSGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROSS EARNINGSHAZARDOUS WASTEHOUSEHOLD FUELSHYDROLOGYILLEGAL LOGGINGINCINERATIONINDUSTRIAL EMISSIONSINDUSTRIAL POLLUTIONLABOR FORCELAKELAKESLAND DEGRADATIONLAND USELAND USESLANDFILLLANDFILLSLIVESTOCKLOGGINGMANGANESEMARKET PRICESMETALSMETHANEMIGRATIONMINERAL DEPOSITSMINERAL EXTRACTIONMINESMOTOR VEHICLESMOUNTAIN RANGENATIONAL ACCOUNTINGNATIONAL FOREST POLICYNATIONAL INCOMENATIONAL PARKNATURAL CAPITALNATURAL FORESTSNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNATURE CONSERVATIONNEGATIVE IMPACTSNITRATESNITROGENNUTRIENTSOILOILSOPEN BURNINGPARTICLESPARTICULATEPASTUREPASTURESPESTICIDESPETPLANTPLASTIC BAGSPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLLUTIONPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION DENSITIESPOPULATION DENSITYPOULTRYPPPRECIPITATIONPRESENT VALUEPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPUBLIC GOODQUALITY ASSESSMENTQUALITY STANDARDSRAINRAINFALLREBATESRECYCLABLE MATERIALSRECYCLINGRESERVE FORESTSRESERVESRESOURCE USERIVER BASINSROADROAD CONSTRUCTIONROAD SAFETYROADSRURAL COMMUNITIESSEASONAL VARIABILITYSILICONSINKSMALL HYDROPOWERSMOKESOIL DEGRADATIONSPECIESSTREAM FLOWSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE FORESTSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE FORESTRYSUSTAINABLE GROWTHSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTSSUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCESUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE USESUSTAINABLE USETEMPERATURETIMBERTIMBER FORESTTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTSTIMBER INDUSTRIESTOTAL EMISSIONSTOURISMTOURISM INDUSTRYTOURISM MANAGEMENTTRADEOFFSTRANSITTRANSPORTTRANSPORT AUTHORITYTRANSPORTATIONTREESUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN CENTERSVEGETATIONWASTE MANAGEMENTWATER POLLUTIONWATERSHEDWILD ANIMALWILDLIFEWILDLIFE MANAGEMENTWIND10.1596/20402