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Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Tripura, India
Study site:
Joychandpur (Rajnagar range, Abhoya range)
Field site coordinates:
5 km around 23°16' N, 91°22' E
Contact person:
Sabyasachi Dasgupta
Phone: +91-135-264 01 11 to 14 (O)
E-mail address:
end_trishna@yahoo.com
en_trishna@rediffmail.com
Mailing address for research project:
Sabyasachi Dasgupta
Wildlife Institute of India
Chandrabani
Dehradun
Uttaranchal-248001, India
Research objectives:
Conservational ecology of endangered diurnal primates Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary,
Tripura, Northeast India
Species studied:
Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)
Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina)
Other primate species found at field site:
Phayre's langur (Trachypithecus phayrei)
Slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)
Comments:
With a very few individuals, which is othewise the last surviving population in Trishna
Wildlife Sanctuary, gibbons are facing serious threat in terms of survival due to
rapid habitat fragmentation and change in vegetationstructure.
Project begin and end dates:
November 2001 - December 2004
Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts of Assam, India
Intensive study sites:
Jeypore Reserve Forest (RF)
Tokuani RF
Borajan Wildlife Sanctuary
Buridehing RF
Kakojan RF
Survey sites (Reserve forests - in addition to the above):
Dirok RF
Doomdooma RF
Kumsang RF
Nalani RF
Philobari RF
Tarani RF
Tinkopani RF
Upper Dehing East Block RF
Upper Dehing West Block RF
Field site coordinates:
All sites between
27°05' - 27°50' N, 95°20' - 96°10' E
Contact person:
Ms. Kashmira Kakati
E-mail address:
kashmirak@hotmail.com
kk239@cam.ac.uk
Mailing address for research project:
Wildlife Research Group
Department of Anatomy
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB2 3DY
UK
Phone: 44-1223-333753 (Dept.)
Fax: 44-1223-333786
Research objectives:
To study the impact of forest fragmentation on hoolock gibbons.
Species studied:
Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Other primate species found at field site:
Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)
Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis)
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina)
Slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)
Comments:
Sites range in size from 3 to 280 sq.km, lowland Assam Valley Dipterocarp-Mesua forest,
mostly flat terrain. A few of the sites are undulating to hilly. The smaller fragment
forests are in matrices of tea-plantation and paddy cultivation.
Collaboration:
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India
Project begin and end dates:
October 1999 - September 2003
Northeast India: Indo-US Primate Project
Field Study:
Indo-US Primate Project
Location of field site:
Northeast India
Project director:
Arun Srivastava (Scientist-in-charge)
Contact person:
Arun Srivastava
E-mail: conservation@satyam.net.in
Phone: +91-361-57 15 03 or +91-291-64 73 73
Fax: +91-361-57 15 03
Mailing address:
P.O.Box 152
Guwahati
Assam
India 781001 India, Northeast
Research objectives:
Status and distribution survey of primates of northeast India and study ecology and
behaviour to help in conservation of primates
Field positions and volunteers:
Research Scientist; Research Associate; Junior Research Fellow; Project Assistant;
Field Assistant; two training programs every year for Master degree students, NGO
workers and for forest department personnel
Species studied:
Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Golden langur (Trachypithesus geei)
Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithesus phayrei)
Capped langur (Trachypithesus pileatus)
Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis)
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina)
Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)
Affiliations:
US Fish & Wildlife Service & Min. of Environment, Govt. of India
Project begin and end dates:
July 1994 - July 2001
Borajan WLS and Namdapha National Park
Location of field sites:
Borajan Wildlife Sanctuary: 27°24'51" N; 95°18'39" E
Namdapha National Park: 27°23'30"-27°39'40" N; 96°15'02"-96°58'33"
E
Contact person:
Jayanta Das
Phone: +91-361-57 15 03
Fax: +91-361-57 15 03
E-mail: jayantad37@sify.com
Mailing address:
Animal Ecology and Willife Biology Lab.
Department of Zoology
Gauhati University
Guwahati-781014
Assam, India
PIN-781014
Research objectives:
Socioecology of hoolock gibbons in response to habitat change
Species studied:
Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Other primate species found at site:
| Borajan Wildlife Sanctuary |
Namdapha National Park |
| Capped langur (Trachypithesus pileatus) |
Capped langur (Trachypithesus pileatus) |
| |
Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) |
| Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) |
Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) |
| Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) |
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) |
| Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) |
Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) |
| Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) |
Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) |
Comments:
Borajan Wildlife Sanctuary covers an area of about 5.02 square km and is a representative
of an isolated, small forest pocket.
Namdapha National Park covers an area of about 1,985 square km. The altitude ranges
from 200-4,500 msl. Four species of wild cats also occur in the area. A tiger project
is also located there.
Barekuri Gibbon Conservation Park
Field study:
Barekuri Gibbon Conservation Park
near Tinsulia, Assam, India
Contact person:
Jayanta Das
E-mail: gibbonconservation@yahoo.com
Contact address:
Animal Ecology and Wildlife Biology Lab.
Department of Zoology
Gauhati University
Guwahati-781014
Assam, India
Species studied:
Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Other primate species found at site:
n.a.
Comments:
Community managed gibbon park. Thirty gibbons have been recorded from this area.
They are surviving in village forests.
This project is supported by the "Primate Action Fund" of CI.
Project begin/end dates:
n.a.
Gibbon Wild-Life Sanctuary
Location of field sites:
Jorhat district
Contact person:
Saurov Mahanta
E-mail: saurov_pa@india.com
Contact address:
Holongapar Nature's Society
Mariani, Assam
Assam, India
Species studied:
Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
Other primate species found at field site:
Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)
Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis)
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina)
Slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)
Project begin/end dates:
n.a.
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