Aaranyak, a leading wildlife NGO based in Guwahati has completed 35 Years . It was founded by Bibhab Kumar Talukdar. It is a Scientific, Industrial Research and frontline environmental organization.
Aaranyak’s mission is to foster conservation of biodiversity in Northeast India through research, environmental education, capacity building and advocacy for legal and policy reform to usher a new era of ecological security.
The story dates back to 1989 when a group of young environment enthusiasts, started a nature club and named it Aaranyak. The first project that they embarked on was to protect the white winged wood-duck (locally called Deo Hah) from extinction
One of the main reasons was the leasing out of Fisheries inside the Sanctuary by the State Government which resulted in the area being open to all sorts of human transgressions. Sensing the gross violation of India’s Wildlife and Forest Protection Acts, Aaranyak filed a petition requesting the State government to uphold its constitutional duty of protecting the wildlife of the region. The verdict was in favour of Aaranyak
Currently, it is also a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) which is the world’s largest conservation organization.
The most significant feather on the cap of Aaranyak is the conferment of the 2012 Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Purashkar by the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change for its outstanding work towards protection and overall improvement of the environment.
Source: Aaranyak
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