Eco talk

To mark the World Elephant Day, on 12 August Aaranyak organised a panel discussion titled “Elephants in the Room”. The panel comprised of Dr. Christy Williams, Regional Director, Asia-Pacific, WWF International, Dr. Sanjay Gubbi, Scientist, Nature Conservation Foundation, Dr. Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar, Scientist & Head, Elephant Research & Conservation Division, Aaranyak and Mr. Kaushik Barua, Founder, Assam Elephant Foundation. It was an interactive session, where the participants asked various questions related to elephant conservation. The session was moderated by Udayan Borthakur, Head, Media Production and Communication Division, Aaranyak. For further details please tune into our youtube channel.

To mark the International Tiger Day, on 29 July Aaranyak organised a panel discussion titled " Tiger and Communities- connecting the dots in NE India". The panel comprised of Dr. Firoz Ahmed, a senior scientist and Head, Tiger Research and Conservation Division, Aaranyak, Dr. Jayanta Kumar Sarma, a freelance environmentalist, Dr. Bibhuti P. Lahkar, a senior scientist, Aaranyak and Dr. Smarajit Ojah, an Assistant Professor Nowgong Girls College. It was an interactive session, where the participants asked various questions related to tiger conservation and role of communties. The session was moderated by Udayan Borthakur, Head, Media Production and Communication Division, Aaranyak. For further details please tune into our youtube channel.

As part of Eco Talk webinar series of Aaranyak, Alolika Sinha, a wildlife biologist with Aaranyak talks about grasslands and its obligate fauna based on her doctoral research work in Manas National Park.