Pakke Paga - Protecting the hornbills of Arunachal Pradesh 

Pakke Tiger Reserve in western Arunachal Pradesh is a haven for four species of hornbills, in a region where hunting for various body parts, and habitat loss seriously threaten these birds. The Tiger reserve is well protected due to the efforts of the Forest Department, but the hornbills face continuous threats outside the protected areas.
So it was important to involve the Nyishi communities, who reside outside the tiger reserve, in conserving the hornbill habitat.
Since 2012, NCF(Nature Conservation Foundation), along with the help of Ghora-Aabhe Society (a local NGO formed by Nyishi village headmen for promoting conservation around Pakke) and the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department , have been successfully running the Hornbill Nest Adoption Program. The program engages and brings together two sets of distant people united by the common desire to conserve; local and urban.
The local community contributes by searching for, monitoring and protecting nests in the forests around their villages, while the urban community contributes by supporting the program financially and assisting as volunteers and coming as visitors.
To know more about the program, please visit
ncf-india.org/p...