People from the Lisu tribe in eastern
Arunachal Pradesh have teamed up with the forest department to protect wildlife
in Namdapha Tiger Reserve (1985 sq km). Lisu volunteers who are informers and
guides are being paid IRS 2,500 per
month by the department as honorarium. Since last 14 months, no reports of
major poaching activities have been reported from the reserve. Not so long ago,
the traditional hunting practices of the Lisu tribe were considered a potential
threat to wildlife in the reserve.
7 May
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