Field gear distributed among Manas Tiger Reserve forest staff, volunteers

Manas, January 11:   Keeping the commitment of “Bringing Back Manas”, 300 frontline forest staff and NGO volunteers were supported with essential field gear at a ceremonial schedule organised jointly by Assam Forest Department (AFD), Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with the support of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) on Saturday. Frontline forest staff of Raimona Range (Western), Central Range (Kachugaon), Sanfan Range and Athiabari Range (Eastern) including the 105 service providers of Green Forest Conservation under the Kachugaon Division were given winter jackets, sleeping bags and assorted field equipment. The gears included 300 winter jackets, 100 sleeping bags, 20 rechargeable torch lights, 500 copies of Handbook on the 6th Edition of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, in the Assamese language along with inverter sets. BTC Forest department has already submitted the proposal to the Assam government for notification of ‘Raimona National Park’ covering 422 sq km area, a major chunk of Ripu Reserve Forest. The area has a century-old history of management of forest having scope for conservation both at a landscape and transboundary level with neighbouring Bhutan.

By: R News India 24