: In Arunachal Pradesh, local communities have joined hands with forest officials to conserve orchids #IndiaNEWS Located in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, the 100-sq km Sessa Orchid Sanctuary

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In Arunachal Pradesh, local communities have joined hands with forest officials to conserve orchids #IndiaNEWS
Located in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, the 100-sq km Sessa Orchid Sanctuary is home to more than 200 species of orchids including several endemic and rare species. An important component of the Kameng protected-area complex, the undulating orchid habitats of Sessa were notified as an orchid sanctuary, the first-ever in India, in 1989. The Arunachal Himalayas (formerly called Assam Himalayas) have been described by botanists as a treasure trove of orchids. Indeed, Arunachal Pradesh, with around 622 recorded orchid species which is 40% of the total orchid species found in the country, is known as the “Orchid Paradise of India�.Currently, home to 236 naturally growing orchid species, at least five of them endemic including Epipogium sessanum, the one named after the sanctuary, Sessa is a Conservation International Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot area.Earlier this year the local community members of Sessa, belonging to indigenous communities, collaborated with the forest officials of the Khellong forest division to give the sanctuary a long-awaited facelift – a newly constructed boardwalk leading up to the refurbished entrance and a one kilometre-long trail for orchid enthusiasts. With the sanctuary spreading across indigenous community lands and the local tribal communities such as the Bugun, the Miji and the Hrusso possessing rich ethnobotanical traditions, the...Read more

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