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Bhutan

In world’s last paradise, Buddhist monks decry forestry as anti-happiness

There’s an environmental controversy growing in Bhutan, the last standing Himalayan Buddhist kingdom that prefers its Gross National Happiness index over the more conventional Gross Domestic Product. When someone dies, the survivors erect prayer flags for good luck and well wishes into the next life. The problem is, the wooden flagpoles must be new — [...]