GUWAHATI: A three-day nature camp for a selected group of 27 high school going boys and girls and a few of their teachers got underway in Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve in Darrang district on Friday under the aegis of Aaranyak and Orang National Park authority with support from Wild Wings. Biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak have picked up the selected group of student participants for the camp from four villages located in the fringe areas of Orang National Park known for its rich biodiversity that include a treasure trove of Royal Bengal Tigers (the umbrella species) and one-horned Indian rhinoceros and varied other animals, aquatic fauna and flora, according to a Press Communique issued by Aaranyak.
Inaugurating the camp, Dr Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, the CEO of Aaranyak underlined the importance of such nature camps held in the natural ambience to sensitize the younger generation about the importance of bio resources in sustaining all sorts of life on this planet.
In a powerpoint presentation made by Dr Talukdar, the young participants in the camp were apprised of varieties of precious faunal resources available in the North East landscape designated a global biodiversity hotspot. He especially explained the status of population of five species of rhino on this planet – Greater Indian one-horned rhinos, black and white species of two-horned African rhinos, Javan rhinos and Sumatran rhinos – and explained their importance in sustaining biodiversity and various threats posed to their existence, stated a press release.
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