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N. Rangini ¹, Mahendra S. Lodhi ¹, L. M. S. Palni ¹, Shivaji Chaudhry ¹, P. K. Samal ¹

Affiliations
1 G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (North East Unit) Itanagar – 791113, Arunachal Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Avifauna in and around the Dehang Debang Biosphere Reserve exhibits a wide range of diversity. A total of 492 avifaunal species were recorded in and around DDBR belonging to 237 genera, 18 orders and 71 families. The study reveals that out of the 492 species, 287 species (58.2%) belongs to order Passeriformes, the largest and most diverse order of birds, which is found worldwide and least contributed by the order Psittaciformes, 37 (7.5%) species has been identified as threatened globally (IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria version 3.1) while the 454 species (92%) are at least concern status with population of some of the species decreasing due to various causes like habitat degradation and hunting, this continued decrease in the population may result in extinction of such species in near future.

Keywords

Dehang Debang Biosphere Reserve (DDBR), Avifauna, Arunachal Pradesh, Biodiversity.

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Prasanna K. Samal ¹, Mahendra S. Lodhi ², Satish C. Arya ², Rakesh C. Sundriyal ³, Pitambar P. Dhyani ³

Affiliations
1 Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak 484 887, IN
2 G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, North East Unit, Vivek Vihar, Itanagar 791 113, IN
3 G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263 643, IN

Abstract

About one-third of the total agricultural area in the Southeast Asia is under shifting cultivation. In North East India, where most of the populace comprises subsistence farmers largely depending on shifting agriculture, technologies in agricultural development that are based on high external inputs, become inappropriate and inaccessible. Technologies, therefore, need to adapt to local conditions based on the principles of low external input for sustainable agriculture and should also be pro-nature, pro-poor and pro-women-oriented. This article discusses about up-scaling of potential low-cost eco-technologies for improved crops yield in shifting agriculture, which continues to be a predominant livelihood for a majority of the upland communities in NE India and technological intervention as a possible entrepreneurship option for unemployed youths.

Keywords

Eco-Technologies, Entrepreneurship, Rural Livelihoods, Shifting Agriculture.

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