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One of the skulls preserved in the Paang/Morung in Tirap district. They said the skulls are from the time when head hunt...
01/07/2024

One of the skulls preserved in the Paang/Morung in Tirap district. They said the skulls are from the time when head hunting was still practiced.

Was going through the footage from 2021 and came across this picture.An old lady from Lazu Village grinding maize in the...
27/10/2023

Was going through the footage from 2021 and came across this picture.

An old lady from Lazu Village grinding maize in the traditional way. This process can rarely be seen these days. Glad to have witnessed this in person. 💚

A simple life is a happy life.Working in the jhum field, eating the most healthy and organic meal, go back home and have...
08/10/2023

A simple life is a happy life.
Working in the jhum field, eating the most healthy and organic meal, go back home and have a good night sleep. Their joy and happiness is their jhum fields. They may not have much but their ability to find happiness in the simplest of things makes them rich. Chajo Lowang

Our culture and tradition is our identity. Flaunt it in any way possible.HAPPY INDIGENOUS DAY
01/12/2022

Our culture and tradition is our identity. Flaunt it in any way possible.
HAPPY INDIGENOUS DAY

26/10/2022

On 22 October 2022, HEAL members detected a photograph on Facebook, in which a man was flaunting a dead adult Fishing Cat. It was apparent that the cat was beaten to death.

Through our investigations, we learnt that the hunter/poacher killed the cat near Aiho village in Malda district. We conveyed this to the Forest Department. Swift action on the department's part led to the arrest of one of the poachers on 23 October 2022.

This is the first record of the Fishing Cat from Malda district. This population had not been detected in the recently completed state-wide Fishing Cat survey by the West Bengal Biodiversity Board. Aiho area, where this Fishing Cat was killed, is rich in wetlands and is bordered by Bangladesh. Both West Bengal and Bangladesh share the Lower Gangetic Floodplains which is the most promising region for the Fishing Cat.

Unfortunately, the threats faced by Fishing Cats in this region are many - urbanisation, habitat fragmentation and retaliatory killings. Hunting or poaching for skin and meat is an additional threat that can be stopped through effective citizen surveillance and enforcement of the law.

The Fishing Cat is not only a Schedule I species under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 (WPA) but also the State Animal of West Bengal. There should be adequate awareness regarding its identity to prevent such atrocious acts in the future. To prevent repetition of hunting and poaching, culprits should be punished in accordance with the provisions of WPA.

We thank our team members Samar Chakraborty, Jayanta Chakraborty and Tanmoy Bakshi for making this work. We also thank Malda Forest Division for taking prompt action by arresting the perpetrator.

We are most grateful to Krishnendu Mukherjee from Times of India, Nandan Paul from TV9 News and Ei Samay Malda version for enthusiastically providing outreach platforms for the Fishing Cat.

Traditional ornaments are a form of an identity of every tribal communities.From the project of 'Stories From The Ground...
26/10/2022

Traditional ornaments are a form of an identity of every tribal communities.

From the project of 'Stories From The Ground_Northeast India' with The Habitat Trust X Dusty Foot Productions & Green Hub (NEN-Dusty Foot Project)

Jhum field is a source of livelihood for many of the tribal communities in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh. It is a ...
20/08/2022

Jhum field is a source of livelihood for many of the tribal communities in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh. It is a source for medical expenses, a source for children's education expenses, a source to keep food on the table, a source to keep the cultures and traditions alive.

Location: On the way to jhum field at Laho Village

20/08/2022

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. An elephant herd grazes at sunset.

The old woman's name is Tolem Rangyang. According to her children and daughter-in-law, the old woman is more than 100 ye...
28/06/2022

The old woman's name is Tolem Rangyang. According to her children and daughter-in-law, the old woman is more than 100 years old now. She is also a 'dam mong' and was known to be the most powerful.

Dam mong is a person who can heal illness, talk to the souls of the dead to find out the cause of their death or act as a medium of communication between the dead and their families.

Tutsa tribe from Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh during pongtu festival at Khonsa.
26/06/2022

Tutsa tribe from Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh during pongtu festival at Khonsa.

Heliophorus epicles, commonly known as the Purple Sapphire, is a species of Lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. Th...
22/06/2022

Heliophorus epicles, commonly known as the Purple Sapphire, is a species of Lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.

The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1823.

Location: Charju (a good spot to find different types of butterflies)🦋🦋

Traditional round of Film and Television Festival of Arunachal at Pasighat on 26th April.
05/05/2022

Traditional round of Film and Television Festival of Arunachal at Pasighat on 26th April.

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