Synergising Biodiversity Research, Tribal Livelihoods and
Self-sustaining Conservation in Arunachal Pradesh
The Eaglenest Story: Past and Future
Ramana Athreya, IISER Pune
Arunachal Pradesh
global biodiversity hotspot
Eaglenest Biodiversity Project
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We propose to scale up a tribal-livelihood generation programme to motivate the
Bugun and Shergaon tribal communities of Arunachal Pradesh to conserve a
remarkable suite of globally treasured biodiversity in their backyard in
Eaglenest wildlife sanctuary and surrounding forests.
This programme will utilise high quality biodiversity research to add value to the tribal livelihoods through ecotourism and also provide inputs to conservation measures. We have already implemented a proof-of-concept venture which has run in a financially self-sustained manner starting 2006. We plan to implement a scaled up version which will
This unique feature in which Conservation-sustains-Livelihoods-sustains-Conservation may well prove to be a paradigmatic change for conservation models in the country. The Past and the Future
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31 August 2023, Ramana Athreya