THIS BUDDHIST KINGDOM OF BHUTAN HAS BANNED PLASTIC BAGS AND THEY ARE GOING ORGANIC. THEY HAVE PROTECTED 1/2 OF THEIR FORESTS. THEY ARE TRANSFORMING THEIR PLANET. THIS COUNTRY IS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ASIA BY HIMALAYAS.
IT WAS ONCE A PATCHWORK OF MINOR WARRING KINGDOMS IN 17TH CENTURY WHEN THE LLAMA AND A MILITARY RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN TIBET UNIFIED THE AREA. LATER BUTAN WAS A STRONG COUNTRY IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY WHEN THEY CONTACTED BRITISH EMPIRE WITH INDIA. BY 2006 BRITAIN WAS 1 OF THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN ASIA. THEIR STATE RELIGION IS BUDDISM AND IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEARLY 3/4TH OF A MILLION FOLKS. BY 1990 THEY EXPELLED OR FORCED TO LEAVE 1/5 TH OF THE POPULATION TO PRESERVE TIBETAN CULTURE. THEIR IDENTITY CLAIMED THOSE WHO WERE EXPELLED OR FORCED TO LEAVE `1/5TH OF THE POPULATION TO PRESERVE TIBETAN CULTURE. THEIR IDENTITY CLAIMED THOSE WHO WERE EXPELLED AND WERE ILLEGAL RESIDENTS. AFTER MANY YEARS OF REFUGEE CAMPS MANY FOLKS LIVED IN SEVEN CAMPS.
THEY HAVE MANY DIVERSE ANIMALS AND EXOTIC PLANT LIFE. THEY ARE PRESERVING THESE ASPECTS AS CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY BECOMING INDEPENDENT. ONLY IN THE THE 20TH CENTURRY DID THEY ALLOW FOREIGNERS HERE. THEY BELIEVE IN A GURU AND BUDDHISM AFFECTS ALL OF THEIR SOCIETY. THEY HAVE A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO GUARD THEIR TRADITION.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND WIKIPEDIA.ORG
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