GUWAHATI- Analysis-based biodiversity conservation group Aaranyak facilitated a three-day publicity journey on indigenous community-managed eco-tourism and pure useful resource administration for a bunch of neighborhood leaders together with members of the Eco Growth Committee (EDC) from the perimeter of D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary close to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh.
The group from Arunachal Pradesh which additionally had the DFO of D’Ering WL Sanctuary T Taga, was hosted by Aaranyak amongst Karbi tribe villagers in Kohora River Primary within the proximity of Kaziranga Nationwide Park {KNP) to assist them expertise first-hand the community-driven eco-tourism in addition to pure sources administration as a part of bigger biodiversity conservation efforts.
The publicity journey was organized underneath the Journey for Studying (J4L) initiative of Aaranyak to allow the visiting delegates be taught from the experiences of the indigenous forest fringe communities in establishing community-based eco-tourism ventures on the fringe of the well-known rhino abode of KNP. The publicity go to throughout January 10 to 12 was organised underneath Aaranyak’s Pure Useful resource Administration Programme at Kohora River Basin (KRB) in Karbi Anglong, Assam.
The group from Arunachal Pradesh was sponsored by Aaranyak underneath the mixed aegis of its Pure Useful resource Administration Programme and Authorized and Advocacy Division (LAD).
The group was invited for attending an LAD-organised sensitization workshop on January 9 at Aaranyak Analysis Workplace right here on formation of Neighborhood Surveillance and Monitoring Groups (CSMTs) in fringe space of D’Ering WL Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh with the target to facilitate neighborhood function in mitigation of wildlife crime.
They have been then led by LAD officers Dr Jimmy Borah and Ivy Farheen Hussain to Aaranyak’s community-based Pure Sources Administration Programme in Kohora River Basin in order that they expertise the eco-tourism mannequin that’s thriving there and later make the most of their expertise to duplicate the identical to maintain the CSMTs which are being shaped close to D’Ering WL Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.
An orientation on ‘Geo-Ecology of Kohora River Basin, Individuals and Tradition’ adopted by discussions was performed for the visiting group by Aaranyak’s useful resource individuals Dr Jayanta Kr Roy, and Sarlongjon Teron to set the tone for the publicity journey.
The ‘Ingnam Kengkam’ (strolling within the forest) – in Karbi was additionally performed for the visitors to permit them to expertise the richness of the pure atmosphere. The trekking train by neighborhood forests was led by Dr M Firoz Ahmed, senior scientist from Aaranyak and Sanjit Bey, native knowledgeable from the neighborhood.
Bey sensitized the guests on wild edibles and medicinal vegetation spicing the discuss with people tales. Dr Ahmed complemented Bey’s efforts with scientific inputs and by anchoring of remoted discussions on find out how to construct eco-tourism utilizing native pure sources with none investments.
Scrumptious conventional Karbi lunch cooked in bamboo nodes was served to the guests after the trekking. A small exhibition of merchandise of Pirbi, a community-owned enterprise that sells farm & non-farm produce, was additionally showcased.
Maksam Tayeng, an EDC member-cum-journalist, who was a part of the visiting group, mentioned, “Being from indigenous Adi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, the visitors have been overwhelmed by progressive methods of working a nature path, meals cooked in indigenous fashion that are simply replicable in Arunachal Pradesh.”
Publish lunch, the visitors have been guided by Phumen Engti village by Aaranyak’s group member Bhargavee Rava. Laki Beypi, a backstrap loom weaver, demonstrated her weaving course of and enlightened the visitors on Karbi motifs and their significances .
For night tea, the visitors visited Engle Pathar village. Meena Tokbipi, a neighborhood, guided the visitors by her homestead tea backyard, explaining tea plucking and hand-rolled tea making course of and served a home made tea (Smoked tea) selection to the visitors.
An interactive session on ‘Working with forest fringe villages’ came about on the Neighborhood Useful resource Centre in Chondrosing Rongpi village within the night. This session was facilitated by Jayanta Kumar Sharma a senior useful resource particular person from Aaranyak. Sanjit Bey, Dhoniram Rongphar and Bapu Ingti from the neighborhood additionally joined for the session. The DFO of Kaziranga Nationwide Park, Ramesh Kumar Gogoi attended the session and shared his expertise and administration strategies with the D’Ering delegates’ group.
Aaranyak group members Bhaskor Barukial, Deepika Chhetri, Joshna Terangpi, Rowel Engti, Mujameel Haque and Ratul Das contributed loads in making the three-day ‘Journey for Studying’ programme a easy crusing.
