Amur Falcons Nagaland Expedition by Bruce Evans

Remote. No infrastructure. Amazing! Nagaland is India’s most remote state. Lying east of Assam, Nagaland rests on the border with Myanmar and has a similar culture. The tribal region was only ‘opened’ by the Indian government in very recent years, to allow outsiders to explore the region.
When this happened, it was found that the hundreds of thousands of Amur Falcons who had been migrating through the region were stopping for days at a time. The recent hydro-electric dam that had been built seemed to have changed the ecosystem with the huge reservoir created. This prompted the local people, each season, to capture 10-12,000 falcons per day with nets, to sell them as food in the surrounding communities.
When this was witnessed by a local conservationist, she quickly jumped into action, gathered help and shared the story of the Amur Falcon migration, from Siberia to South Africa and back. Together they convinced the tribal elders that the falcons needed to be protected, and the elders agreed. The following season less than 1000 falcons were killed in total! This is one of the most amazing conservation stories in history!

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The falcon birb is so cute, i am glad the Pangti villagers edit: i originally put "help", but on reading the intro, will change this to deciding to eat less of them. The gathering of the falcons is amazing. I would like to learn more about Nagaland.

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Are you arrange tour bro if yes then how can i get information about this