Pakke Tiger Reserve

14-04-2025

06:32 AM

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Camera traps installed at the Pakke Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh detected nine big cats at the park.

It is located in the East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh.
It is surrounded by the Tenga Reserve Forest to the north, Doimara Reserve Forest on the west, Nameri National Park and Tiger Reserve (Assam) on the south, and some agricultural land as well as Papum Reserve Forest on the east.
It lies within the Eastern Himalayas foothills and is surrounded by the Kameng River in the west and north, and the Pakke River across the east.
It covers an area of 862 sq.km.
Climate: It has a subtropical climate with cold winters.
The Nyishi tribe inhibits the area and plays a great role in its conservation.
This Tiger Reserve has also won the India Biodiversity Award 2016 in the category of 'Conservation of threatened species' for its Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme.
Vegetation: The habitat types in the park include lowland semi-evergreen, evergreen forest, and Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests.
Flora: It consists of a wide variety of floral species such as Hoolock (a huge tree), giant bamboos, orchids, pine, oaks, walnuts, spruce, and rhododendrons.
Fauna: Tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, jungle cat, wild dog, fishing cat, jackal, bison, elephant, sambar, hog deer, barking deer, wild boar, flying squirrel, and rhesus macaque.

Q1. Where is the Pakke Tiger Reserve located?

Ans. It is located in the East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh.

Q2. Which tribal community plays a major role in the conservation efforts in Pakke Tiger Reserve?

Ans. Nyishi Tribe

Q3. Pakke Tiger Reserve shares its southern boundary with which national park and tiger reserve in Assam?

Ans. Nameri National Park

Source: ETVB