Aaranyak

The Goal of the Project Is to Ensure a Long-term Conservation of Hoolock Gibbon and Its Habitats in Nagaland by Producing a Group of Trained, Skilled and Motivated Forest Guards Who Can Take Up the Difficult Task of Protection and Conservation by Involving Community as Gibbon Ambassadors Laying a Foundation for Ape Conservation in Nagaland. Project Objectives Are to, (1) Educate, Expose and Inculcate Interest Through Various Methods in Forest Guards to Protect Hoolock Gibbon Habitats in Nagaland and to Educate Them About Global, National and Local Importance of the Species; (2) Train Forest Guards to Identify the Different Primate Species and Also to Classify Individuals Based on Age and Sex to Facilitate Individual Identification to Maintain Individual Histories; (3) Teach and Train the Forest Guards About General Primate Survey, Hoolock Gibbon Population Estimates and Their Present Status; and, (4) Provide Legal Provisions Concerning Wildlife Act and Wildlife Laws to Contain Wildlife Crimes.