Twenty-five young people from a forested stretch of north-eastern India have been trained as nature guides, a job that conservationists hope will give local communities a stake in protecting one of the country’s rarest ducks.
Pakke Tiger Reserve
Three orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs left the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation on 24 September for a pre-release site inside Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, a 26-kilometre journey on foot and elephant back.