Assessing GLOF vulnerability in the Punatshangchhu Basin

The Punatshangchhu Basin in Bhutan has a concentration of potentially dangerous glacial lakes. The Watershed Management Division under the Department of Forests and Parks is carrying out a socio-economic survey and a vulnerability assessment of the basin to understand how communities perceive glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and climate change, and adapt to future disasters. The goal is to provide information for proper land use planning in the basin.