2022-04-20 05:09:01
BARAK VALLEY
Located in southern Assam, the region lies in a strategic position, sharing inter-state borders with Meghalaya in the north, Mizoram, and Tripura in the south, Manipur in the east also international borders with Bangladesh in the south.
Barak Valley comprising three districts of Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj.
Lack of awareness on conservation, the encroachment of reserve forests, and a shortage of human resources, especially in the forest department, are also pressing challenges for the Valley.
The region is named after the Barak river.
Rampant hunting and selling of wildlife and its parts are common in Barak Valley, with animals like turtles, deer, and birds being the most common victims.
Despite the local extinction of multiple large mammals from the region, including three rhino species, the Valley has rich faunal diversity.
Asian elephants are the only large mammals in the Valley, and they are in immediate danger of being wiped out from the region.
Tigers are no longer reported in the Valley
Known as a primate’s paradise, Barak Valley is home to eight primate species namely Bengal slow loris, Rhesus macaque, Assamese macaque, northern pig-tailed macaque, stump-tailed macaque, Phayre’s leaf monkey or spectacled monkey, capped langur, and Western hoolock gibbon.
Gangetic dolphins, Indian muntjac, sloth bear, civet, Chinese pangolin, Bengal monitor lizard, pythons, etc. also call the valley their home.
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