Guwahati, April 26 -- Aaranyak, a leading research-driven biodiversity conservation organisation, has partnered with local schools and community groups to launch a seed collection drive throughout the Udalguri and Baksa districts of Assam as part of its larger goal of restoration of degraded elephant habitats in the region.

"Based on field surveys and literature review, we gained insights on elephant fodder plants in the wild. Accordingly, we have been conducting seed collection drives seasonally engaging local communities and students from the villages to raise them in our nursery, and consequently plant the saplings at the habitat revival site in the appropriate season," said Aaranyak's conservation biologist Dr Alolika Sinha explainin...