The overexploitation of 25 species of host plants valued for their medicinal properties threatens the swallowtail butterflies in the forest habitats of a part of Assam often referred to as the “citrus belt of the world”, a new study has found. The butterflies Dr. Choudhury studied in the Region’s Manas Biosphere Reserve were found to count 25 plant species from …
The Assam government has denied allegations of anomalies in the census of rhinos carried out last year at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve as claimed by a right to information and wildlife activist. In the reply sent on Tuesday to additional director general of forests, Yadava also sought “suitable action” against Choudhury for bringing disrepute to the park, the …
On a winter morning this past December, a person sat on the roadside outside the court compound in Hailakandi town in Assam’s Barak Valley with several animal body parts, intending to sell them. Parthankar Choudhury, a professor at the Wildlife Conservation Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science at Assam University, has been working on the conservation and rescue of …
