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Biodiversity Research
Personnel
Biodiversity research in the area - for both ecotourism and globally
competitive academic research - is being carried out by trained local
youth for premier research institutions including IISER Pune, Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, National Centre for Biological
Sciences (NCBS), Wildlife Institute of India (WII), etc.
They collect field data using rigorous methodologies and hand-hold PhD
students as they gain field experience.
In the images below ... left: ultraviolet moth screen, middle: sampling
moths on the screen, and right: bird sampling using mist-nets
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| Tourism Hospitality
The original trio from 2003 (from left): Indi Glow,
Nima Tsering, Dorjee Raptan
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Bird Guides
Two well-known local guides, with international clientele:
Khandu Tamang and Phurpa Atjaipu
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Nature Guide Training
Organised by the Forest Department and local NGOs
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| Nature Educators
Nature trail guides for school children
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Nature Educators
Trained snake handlers who rescue snakes from human settlements (where,
formerly, the snakes typically ended up dead) and help children understand
that most snakes are harmless
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Adventure Activities Guides
The forest department organised a training programme on safety and guiding
adventure activities for tourists at a professional institution
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Singchung Bugun Village
Community Reserve Protection Squad
A team of ten Bugun youth have been constituted into a forest protection
squad to ensure the integrity of the community reserve.
They patrol the reserve and man the entry gate to stop illegal resource
extraction including poaching.
This activity is being carried out in partnership with the Forest
Department - the right image shows the team working with the Eaglenest
Range Forest Officer.
In fact, this team has more than doubled the personnel available to the
Forest Department for the protection of Eaglenest. The community reserve
forms the northern buffer for Eaglenest and hence protecting the reserve
also protects Eaglenest.
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