The SP, Golaghat termed the meeting an important event for raising awareness level among the community on how to go about with conflict with wildlife so that coexistence can be possible.
Read MoreThe Assam government had last year set up the fourth sub-committee to push for implementation of Clause 6 that promises to “protect, preserve and promote the culture, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people” and update of the National Register of Citizens (NRC)
Read MoreAaranyak aims to set up seed bank with local seeds of the landscape so as to facilitate their proliferation among the farming community as well as to promote organic farming that gives high-value yield for farmers. These indigenous varieties are resilient to vagaries of local climate.
Read MoreThe SP, Golaghat termed the meeting an important event for raising awareness level among the community on how to go about with conflict with wildlife so that coexistence can be possible.
Read MoreThe police and forest officials present in the workshop interacted with Dr. Talukdar and Dr. Borah on various legal means especially effective use of various sections of Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.
Read MoreAll these factors combined, it makes the task very tough for the frontline forest staff deployed in Pobitora WLS and they often have sleepless nights as their stress level remains on the higher side because of the toughness of their job.
Read MoreKNPTR 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.
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