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Sangay Wangchuk

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ID211597
NAMESangay Wangchuk
GIVEN NAMESSangay
FAMILY NAMEWangchuk
SIGNATUREWANGCHUK S
AFFILIATIONSRoyal University of Bhutan
ORCID0000-0002-1377-1854
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2
  • Using the Predict–Observe–Explain (POE) Strategy in Enhancing Student’s Conceptual Understanding the Energy Conservation Law

    Open Access•Sangay Gyeltshen, Sangay Wangchuk•ARTICLE•Science & Education•2026

  • Sustainable Conservation Livelihood activity: A case from the Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan

    Open Access•Samten Wangchuk, Sangay Wangchuk et al.•ARTICLE•PARKS•2026

    In the multiple-use zone of the Royal Manas National Park, over 64 per cent of households rely on subsistence farming, with livestock rearing as the main source of household income through dairy products. The traditional practice of maintaining large cattle herds in the forests increases vulnerability of livestock to carnivore predation, intensifies competition with wild ungulates, and contributes to forest degradation, threatening livelihoods an…

  • Rural Depopulation and Empty Rural Houses in Bhutan: How Different Stakeholders Interpret the Local Term Gungtong

    Open Access•Sangay Wangchuk, Jennifer Bond et al.•ARTICLE•Mountain Research and Development•2023

    Internal migration has played a significant role in shifting the population from rural to urban areas worldwide. In Bhutan, rural depopulation is mostly concentrated in the country's eastern and some central parts, and is changing the rural landscape, economy, and society. In discussing rural population change, the term Gungtong is widely used in the Bhutanese media and public discourses. The literal translation of Gungtong is an empty registered…

  • Situating the Efficacy of Certificate Course in Social Work: A Case of First-Ever Course in Bhutan

    Open Access•Ramesh Kumar Chhetri, S Dorji et al.•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•2021•References: 4

    Purpose: With the transition of political, economic, and social scenario in Bhutan, the civil society organizations (CSOs) have been expanding over the years. However, a paucity of trained social workers in Bhutan has compelled the CSOs to recruit employees with varying degrees. Considering such situation, this study was designed to understand the efficacy of Bhutan’s first-ever certificate course in social work offered by Samtse College of Educa…

  • Fuelwood Use and Availability in Bhutan: Implications for National Policy and Local Forest Management

    Open Access•Sangay Wangchuk, Stephen Siebert et al.•ARTICLE•Human Ecology•2014•Cited by: 2•References: 25

  • Agricultural Change in Bumthang, Bhutan: Market Opportunities, Government Policies, and Climate Change

    Sangay Wangchuk, Stephen F Siebert•ARTICLE•Society & Natural Resources•2013•Cited by: 2•References: 6

    Interviews with elderly farmers and a review of government data, policies, and programs reveal that farmers in the Bumthang District of Bhutan have transitioned from cultivating a diversity of subsistence grains through swidden farming with no external inputs in the 1980s to intensive monocropping of potatoes utilizing fertilizers and tractors in 2011. During the same time, household diets changed from locally cultivated buckwheat and barley to m…

  • Fuelwood Use and Availability in Bhutan: Implications for National Policy and Local Forest Management

    Open Access•Sangay Wangchuk, Stephen Siebert et al.•ARTICLE•Human Ecology•2014•Cited by: 2•References: 25

  • Agricultural Change in Bumthang, Bhutan: Market Opportunities, Government Policies, and Climate Change

    Sangay Wangchuk, Stephen F Siebert•ARTICLE•Society & Natural Resources•2013•Cited by: 2•References: 6

    Interviews with elderly farmers and a review of government data, policies, and programs reveal that farmers in the Bumthang District of Bhutan have transitioned from cultivating a diversity of subsistence grains through swidden farming with no external inputs in the 1980s to intensive monocropping of potatoes utilizing fertilizers and tractors in 2011. During the same time, household diets changed from locally cultivated buckwheat and barley to m…

  • Agricultural Change in Bumthang, Bhutan: Market Opportunities, Government Policies, and Climate Change

    Sangay Wangchuk, Stephen F Siebert•ARTICLE•Society & Natural Resources•2013•Cited by: 2•References: 6

    Interviews with elderly farmers and a review of government data, policies, and programs reveal that farmers in the Bumthang District of Bhutan have transitioned from cultivating a diversity of subsistence grains through swidden farming with no external inputs in the 1980s to intensive monocropping of potatoes utilizing fertilizers and tractors in 2011. During the same time, household diets changed from locally cultivated buckwheat and barley to m…

  • Fuelwood Use and Availability in Bhutan: Implications for National Policy and Local Forest Management

    Open Access•Sangay Wangchuk, Stephen Siebert et al.•ARTICLE•Human Ecology•2014•Cited by: 2•References: 25

  • Situating the Efficacy of Certificate Course in Social Work: A Case of First-Ever Course in Bhutan

    Open Access•Ramesh Kumar Chhetri, S Dorji et al.•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•2021•References: 4

    Purpose: With the transition of political, economic, and social scenario in Bhutan, the civil society organizations (CSOs) have been expanding over the years. However, a paucity of trained social workers in Bhutan has compelled the CSOs to recruit employees with varying degrees. Considering such situation, this study was designed to understand the efficacy of Bhutan’s first-ever certificate course in social work offered by Samtse College of Educa…

  • Rural Depopulation and Empty Rural Houses in Bhutan: How Different Stakeholders Interpret the Local Term Gungtong

    Open Access•Sangay Wangchuk, Jennifer Bond et al.•ARTICLE•Mountain Research and Development•2023

    Internal migration has played a significant role in shifting the population from rural to urban areas worldwide. In Bhutan, rural depopulation is mostly concentrated in the country's eastern and some central parts, and is changing the rural landscape, economy, and society. In discussing rural population change, the term Gungtong is widely used in the Bhutanese media and public discourses. The literal translation of Gungtong is an empty registered…

  • Using the Predict–Observe–Explain (POE) Strategy in Enhancing Student’s Conceptual Understanding the Energy Conservation Law

    Open Access•Sangay Gyeltshen, Sangay Wangchuk•ARTICLE•Science & Education•2026

  • Sustainable Conservation Livelihood activity: A case from the Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan

    Open Access•Samten Wangchuk, Sangay Wangchuk et al.•ARTICLE•PARKS•2026

    In the multiple-use zone of the Royal Manas National Park, over 64 per cent of households rely on subsistence farming, with livestock rearing as the main source of household income through dairy products. The traditional practice of maintaining large cattle herds in the forests increases vulnerability of livestock to carnivore predation, intensifies competition with wild ungulates, and contributes to forest degradation, threatening livelihoods an…

Political science (4 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Agroforestry (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Natural resource economics (2 works)

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