A branch office was established at Guwahati to strengthen WWF-India s presence in the North East and to help consolidate and build on the conservation work in the area. Field Offices have been established in the Eastern Himalayan States of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. With the presence there, contact and liaison with the concerned State Governments and other institutions working for conservation of this region has been facilitated.
Several projects are now underway.
The field offices have also been able to generate awareness and to network and provide useful support on biodiversity related issues to the government agencies and other organisations and individuals, as and when their inputs have been required. Some of the recent initiatives include Baseline survey of Mouling National Park, Taley Valley and Dichu Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, Red Panda project in Eastern Himalaya, Micropropagation of Orchids and their cultivation in degraded jhumlands in Arunachal Pradesh, Cultivation of high-yielding varieties of bamboo and broomgrass in Arunachal Pradesh, Mass awareness campaigns for Nilgiri Biodiversity conservation, Campaign against poaching of Musk deer in Arunachal Pradesh, and Support to campaign against Rathongchu hydroelectric dam in Sikkim etc. A profile on Biodiversity of Arunachal Pradesh has also been published.