Conservation efforts to protect Falcons take flight in Northeast

From Mizoram to Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, conservation efforts are flowering in the Northeast, as tribes with long traditions of hunting awake to the need to protect their prey. (Photo: Ramki Sreenivasan/Conservation India)

H Lalhmunsiama at an awareness campaign in a Mizoram school.

Amur Falcons would arrive from Mongolia, Siberia Northern China and Japan, would stay in Wokha district and adjoining areas for about two months, and then take off for South Africa. (Photo: Ramki Sreenivasan/Conservation India)

Call of the wild: Amur falcons in thousands near the Doyang reservoir in Wokha district, Nagaland. (Photo: Ramki Sreenivasan/Conservation India)

A male Amur falcon. (Photo: Ramki Sreenivasan/Conservation India)

A watchtower in Noksen village, Nagaland. (Photo: Adam Halliday)

Ohey Tayem, saviour of the hornbill. (Photo: Adam Halliday)

A fake hornbill headgear being crafted of wood. (Photo: Adam Halliday)