GUWAHATI: More than 500 native saplings were planted at Amtola village in Assam's Bongaigaon district on Wednesday, August 5, as part of an initiative to improve habitat connectivity and forest cover in the Bamungaon Hills, an important landscape for the endangered Golden Langur.
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The plantation programme was organised by the Wildlife Trust of India in collaboration with the Assam Forest Department, with support from the Royal Enfield Social Mission. The drive was held in Amtola, a fringe village adjoining the Bamungaon Hills under the Aie Valley Division.
The initiative aimed to restore degraded areas and enhance the availability of suitable forest habitat for Golden Langurs and other wildlife dependent on the ecosystem.
Local community members also participated in the plantation drive, with organisers emphasising the role of residents in protecting and restoring forest areas around the Golden Langur landscape.
The programme is part of ongoing conservation efforts in the Bamungaon Hills focused on native plantation and community participation to safeguard the habitat of the endangered species.