KNPTR Director, Jatin Sharma said the park has a total of 144 man-made highlands, including 33 big ones for housing animals during floods. In addition to that, we have built an 8.5 km long road cum highland for providing shelter to animals during floods and for patrolling."
Read MoreI come from Assam, which is the gateway to one of the last remaining five primary forest regions on the planet. Indigenous peoples manage 80% of the world's biodiversity, and yet we were not included in the original Stockholm Declaration of 197
Read MoreThe rhino census operation in the sprawling KNP was carried out by the Forest Department in Assam with the help of various NGO workers during March 26-27. All together 64 enumerators, 12 independent observers, 49 media observers participated in the rhino census operation.
Read MoreThe CEO and Aaranyak, Dr Bibhab Talukdar, who is also the Senior Advisor to the International Rhino Foundation for Asian Rhinos, reiterated Aaranyak’s commitment to compliment the efforts of police and forest officials to check wildlife crime and illegal trade in wildlife which is the fourth largest illegal trade in the world.
Read MoreThe budget allocation to tea tourism wherein the tea estates will be provided with capital infrastructure support for building guest houses/tourist facilities and also undertake non-tea cultivation activities such as agro-forestry, solar power projects etc., to augment their income is appreciated.
Read MoreThe ‘Claim Form’ [Form No.VIII, Assam Wildlife (Protection) Rules, 1997] may be obtained free of cost from the Divisional Forest Officer, Biswanath Wildlife Division cum Deputy Director, Biswanath Chariali during office working hours. For a detailed boundary description, the public may contact the same office.
Read MoreTwenty-eight forest guards from five wildlife division of Nagaland had attended the training programme from 7th to 12th Feb,2022. A field study was conducted at Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam.
Read MoreNorth East India, because of its richness in biodiversity, remains in focus of the global clandestine cartel of wildlife traders as well as criminals that instigates poaching of wildlife as well as bio-piracy of floral resources.
Read MoreSuklabaidya asked the MLA from Likabali, Arunachal Pradesh, Nyigyor to ensure there is no encroachment and activities like felling of trees have to be stopped. He also asked Nyigyor to ensure that the gravel road running through the paddy fields is not obstructed in any manner.
Read MoreThe administration on Wednesday clamped prohibitory orders under section 144, CrPc with immediate effect in certain pockets of Hailakandi district, bordering Mizoram, apprehending encroachment attempts from the other side, an official release said.
Read More