State Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain today informed that the State has entered into a tripartite agreement involving the National Park Authority and the Central Government for the implementation of the Project Tiger Foundation in the State. Assam is among the five States of the country to have entered into such an agreement.
Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain at a press meet here on August 11 denied the allegation raised by former Chief Minister PK Mahanta that the State Government failed to utilise funds released by the Central Government for Kaziranga Tiger Project.
The world famous Kaziranga National Park is just a step away from becoming one of the seven new natural wonders of the world. The park, a World Heritage Site, housing the highly endangered one-horned rhinos, has made it to the second round of the contest, Forest department sources said here.
Guwahati: With Kaziranga National Park, home to the largest number of one-horned rhinos in the world, getting maximum attention for conservation and protection, poachers have shifted focus to Orang National Park in northern Assam. As this 78.82 sq km park faces a shortage of manpower and equipment, poachers have managed to kill at least three rhinos this year.
The population of one-horned rhinoceros in the famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has registered a considerable increase as per the latest census carried out by the Assam Forest and Wildlife Department with the help of experts from different wildlife NGOs.
