JOURNALISTS IN THE WILD

World’s Happiest Country also has no Carbon Emissions

The kingdom of Bhutan, located south of Himalayan and north of India is featured in an article called World’s Happiest Country Also Has No Carbon Emissions.  This remote country was completely isolated from visitors before 1974 and even now, the very few visitors that get in need to pay.

60 percent of the forests in Bhutan are protected and citizens are encouraged to drive electric cars and use public transportation.  Additionally to these efforts, we can say that Bhutan “not only remains carbon neutral, but also become a carbon “sink”.  That is through its abundant forests, Bhutan absorbs more carbon from the air than it releases.”

Ciril Jazbec, a Slovenian photographer, is one of the luckiest people who has visited this beautiful country and documented this green consciousness.  Regretfully, no matter the efforts, “Bhutan’s glaciers are melting, leading to flash floods, and rainy seasons are becoming more irregular, leading to water scarcity during dry seasons.”   (1 image, 3 links, 2 quotations, 171 words)