A community and school-based education programme on conservation of the endangered Eastern Hoolock Gibbon has been launched in Arunachal’s Lower Dibang Valley district and at Sadiya sub-division under Assam’s Tinsukia district.
The programme, launched yesterday, by Arunachal Pradesh Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Dr Shashi Kumar, would be implemented by ENVIRON, North-East based NGO, an official communiqué informed here on Tuesday.
Supported by US Fish and Wildlife Service, the project would be implemented in partnership with the State’s Environment and Forest department with Aitijya (The Heritage) as partner.
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Rajiv Gandhi University’s Zoology department and G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED), NE Unit, would provide all technical support, the communiqué informed.
The launch also celebrated the fifth day of the Wildlife Week.
Project principal investigator Dr Kuladip Sarma gave a comprehensive overview followed by technical sessions to review the present conservation status of the Eastern Hoolock Gibbon in Arunachal Pradesh-Assam landscape. - PTI
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