Namdapha Tiger Reserve: Camera Trapping Exercise-2012: A Glimpse… A Joint Initiative of Namdapha Tiger Reserve Authority

Namdapha Tiger Reserve: Camera Trapping Exercise-2012: A Glimpse…

A Joint Initiative of

Namdapha Tiger Reserve Authority

Namdapha Tiger Reserve: Camera Trapping Exercise-2012: A Glimpse



BackgroundNamdapha TR, believed to be

unexplored; only a small part of the rugged park is explored by staff and

researcher. ……

Aaranyak was invited by the Namdapha Authority to conduct this camera

trapping exercise. ……

We started the camera trapping during 3rd February-29th March 2012.

……The entire management backed and

supported the exercise.




ProgrammeActivities involved

• Identification of Animal Trails and Paths

• Identification of suitable camera locations

• Fixing cameras• Monitoring cameras every

4-10 days.• Checking pictures, replacing

batteries. • Managing data




Technology

Camera with Motion Sensors

• The camera senses movement of animals and takes digital pictures using state-of-the art technology packed in a small box.




Map of Namdapha

The study area was divided into 2x2 km small grids and 1-3 cameras were placed in each grid.




Area Covered




Resources Used

• 4 Base Camps• At Deban, Happy Valley, Hornbill, Farmbase• Two mobile teams• 90 Cameras

• 11 persons from Aaranyak

• Over 40 persons from Forest Department

• Lots of hired porters • Three Elephants




Some Animals Captured and Activities as Documented in the Camera Traps

Sambar Stag




Sambar Stag




Sambar




Barking Deer




Red Goral




Red Goral




Serow




Elephant Heard




Elephant




Gaur




Wild Pig




Hog Badger




Binturong




Large Indian Civet




Large Indian Civet




Small Indian Civet




Common Palm Civet




Palm Civet




Yellow Throated Marten




Yellow Throated Marten




Crestless Porcupine




Crested Porcupine




Crested Porcupine




Brush Tailed Porcupine




Spotted Linsang




Crab Eating Mongoose




Rat




Capped Langur




Stumped Tail Macaque




Assamese Macaque




Bat




Fish Owl




Peacock pheasant




Kaleej Pheasant




Asiatic Wild Dog




Leopard Cat




Marbled Cat




Clouded Leopard




Clouded Leopard




Asiatic Golden Cat




Himalayan Black Bear




Malayan Sun Bear




Bengal Tiger




Common Leopard?




Buffalo (domestic)




Dog (domestic)




Monitoring team member
























































Visitor in the park




Unknown visitor to the park!




Unknown visitor to the park !




By the end of the two months long exercise-

We got over 15000 photographs

Lost 20 cameras to hunters and villagers

One camera was broken by elephants

One Camera was broken by miscreants

One camp was attacked by some Lishu Miscreants

Teams were shot at twice by poachers

22 Memory cards (with data) robbed by miscreants







Acknowledgements•PCCF (Wildlife and Biodiversity), Arunachal Pradesh•Directorate, Namdapha Tiger Reserve•Range Officers of Namdapha•All forest staff of Namdapha• All the porters from the Villages•Members of the Aaranyak Team




Contact Us

DirectorNamdapha Tiger

ReserveMiao 792122

Arunachal PradeshIndia

Aaranyak50, Samanwoy Path,

SurveyBeltola, Guwahati

781028Assam, India

[email protected]

www.aaranyak.org




Thank you

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Namdapha Tiger Reserve: Camera Trapping Exercise-2012: A Glimpse… A Joint Initiative of Namdapha Tiger Reserve Authority