| Huro Program
The sanctuary
Rehabilitation
program
The releasing
Support to the
protection of Reserves and Parks.
Sensitization
and help to the local population
Garo
Hills: Traditions, population and
ecotourism.
Tura is the largest
town with a population of about
70,000 located at the foothills
of often cloud covered Tura peak.
The town is centrally located to
other popular game/wild life
sanctuaries in the district such
as Balpakram and Nokrek, natural
caves (the Siju cave being one of
the longest in Asia). These
places are rich reserves of
natural flora and fauna. |
Photot
taken by Dr J.P Sati
Photo d'un couple de
Hooloc prise dans les Garos Hills il
aans p.Pi.
| The forest cover in
the state is about 69.8% (15657
km2) and total area of recorded
forest is 42.3% (9496 km2) of the
total geographical area of the
state. The dense forest
coverage is 4,044 km2 (25.8%)
and open forest is 11,613 km2 (74.2%)
of the total recorded forest. Of the
total recorded forests, about 89.5%
(8503 km2) is under the control
of the Autonomous District
council and only 993 km2 (10.5%)
is with the forest department in
the form of Reserved forests,
Protected forests and Protected
Areas (448 km2 as National Parks
and WLS).
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Localisation
Northeast India
Nokrek National Park
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The northeast India is
composed of seven states: Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. A large
part of these states have specific
conditions of entry, also for Indian
people.
The reasons of this are
specific cultures, arts and languages.
Several tribes that inhabit these states
want their independence from India that
often provokes revendications and
troubles, sometimes extremely violent,
notably in Assam (ULFA, Liberation Front
of Assam) and in Nagaland (“The naga
question” is the subject of many
articles in the newspapers).
At last, this is the region
where we find the largest and the richest
forests.
Balpakram National
Park
Meghalaya, covering an area
of 22,429 km2 is located in the
North Eastern part of India. Meghalaya (literally
meaning the abode of clouds) attained
full statehood as the 21st state of
India on 21st January’1972 with
Shillong as the state capital. It
neighbors Assam in the north and east and
is surrounded by Bangladesh in the west
and south by a stretch of about 400 km of
the international boundary.
The whole of Meghalaya is a
plateau (150-1960m MSL) having western,
central and eastern parts, commonly known
as Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills.
Due to its varied
topographic, edaphic and climatic
conditions, the state is endowed with
great biodiversity values of flora and
fauna. The luxuriant and varied
growth of vegetation and other floral
elements consists of tropical, sub-tropical,
and temperate forests.
Meghalaya is the humidest spot of the world with 24 m of rain per year at Cherapunjee in the Khasis Hills.
The center of the Huro Program is situated in the West Garo Hills, inside the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve (National Park of Nokrek). This reserve is now submitted to UNESCO in order to join the program "Men and Biosphere" that would provide more means to the Department of Forests for the protection of the area.
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