Itanagar: The Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve (NNP & TR) is hosting the 7th Butterfly Meet and Nature Camp at Deban in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district.
NNP & TR field director VK Jawal said the three-day event, which commenced on Saturday, will witness students from nearby schools and community people of the fringe areas participating in the event.
He said there will be activities that will connect young minds with nature.
The main event will start on Sunday.
The activities will include bird watching, butterfly watching, nature games, forest meditation and other activities, Jawal added.
This initiative seeks to raise awareness about local biodiversity and inspire the community to value and protect their natural environment.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently declared Arunachal Pradesh’s Namdapha National Park & Tiger Reserve and Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary & Tiger Reserve as Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ).
With more than 1,000 floral and about 1,400 faunal species, The Namdapha National Park & Tiger Reserve is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalayas. It is the fourth-largest national park in India.
The area covered by the Namdapha Tiger Reserve was originally a reserve forest. It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary under the Assam Forest Regulation 1891 on October 2 in 1972.
It was later declared a National Park on May 12 in 1983 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. In the same year, it was declared as a tiger reserve under the Project Tiger Scheme of the central government on March 15.
