Manas Biosphere Reserve

Budheswar Bodo knows Assam's Manas National Park like the back of his hand. A "wildlife protector" for the past 15 years, the 45-year-old begins each day with an evening drill and briefing to fellow volunteers deep inside the woods. He knows that if it's not for those like him, the wildlife reserve will lose all its inhabitants to poachers who snea...

If a bio-diversity project in the Northeast develops the way the United Nations has planned, Assam's Manas Biosphere Reserve will be linked to the Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve in Sikkim and Bengal, creating a lush green paradise that will cover more than 30,000 square kilometres

Budheswar Bodo knows Assam's Manas National Park like the back of his hand. A "wildlife protector" for the past 15 years, the 45-year-old begins each day with an evening drill and briefing to fellow volunteers deep inside the woods. He knows that if it's not for those like him, the wildlife reserve will lose all its inhabitants to poachers who snea...

If a bio-diversity project in the Northeast develops the way the United Nations has planned, Assam's Manas Biosphere Reserve will be linked to the Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve in Sikkim and Bengal, creating a lush green paradise that will cover more than 30,000 square kilometres