The park has garnered international attention for the critically endangered primates thriving there, particularly the hoolock gibbons. Once widespread in the country's natural forests, the hoolock ...

His visit spotlighted the village's unique bond with the gibbons and its recognition by the Assam govt for exemplary conservation work. The Hoolock gibbon, categorised as "endangered" by the ...

India Today NE Assam: Barekuri's Hoolock Gibbon conservation gets state recognition Posted: 9 March 2025 | Last updated: 10 March 2025 The village of Barekuri, situated in Assam's Tinsukia ...

The Union environment ministry has granted in-principle approval to divert around 4.50 hectares of forest land in Assam, home to the endangered hoolock gibbon, for oil and gas exploration by a ...