Title: Study on Faunal Components of Tembao Lake complex, North Sikkim.
KeyWords: Tembao Lake, High Altitude lakes, habitat, fauna, wetlands, tembao wetland, habitat specialization.
Published by: Department of Zoology Sikkim University and Forest and Environment Department, Government of Sikkim.
Author Name: Dr. Bhoj Kumar Acharya, Dr. Sailendra Dewan, Mr. Bishal Thakuri, Mr. Roshan Tamang, Mr. Thangsaunlian Naulak and Mr. Iswar Kumar Chettri.
Printed Year: 2022
Editor: Department of Zoology Sikkim University and Forest and Environment Department, Government of Sikkim.
Language: English
Pages: 33
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Acknowledgements
The study was funded by the Forest and Environment Department, Government of Sikkim (Ref.No. 56/E & SC (N) F&ED/GOS dated 26th August 2021). We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Shri. M.L. Srivastava, IFS, ACS-cum-PCCF, Forest and Environment Department, Government f Sikkim for providing us with the opportunity to carry out this work.We thank Vice Chancellor and Dean (school of Life Sciences), Sikkim University for all the institutional support to carry out this study. We also thank Shri. N.W. Tamang, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forest (HQ), FED, Govt. of Sikkim for his various support. We are thankful to Shri. B.B. Gurung, IFS Director (Environment) FED, Govt. of Sikkim for his guidance and suggestion inpreparing the final document.
We would also like to thank Smt. Urmila Thapa, Joint Director, Environment & Soil Conservation, FED and Shri. Zigdal Lachenpa, DFO (North), Environment & Soil Conservation for their support. We record our sincere thanks to Mr. Tseten W. Lachungpa, DFO, Social Forestry and Ecotourism, Mangan District, FED, Govt. of Sikkim, for his support and aid during several phase of this study. He was a key forest personal without whom this work would not have been possible. We thank Mr. Dorjee Dadul Bhutia (B.O.,Lachung) and staffs forproviding us with logistics that became vital for us in the harsh climatic condition.
We are grateful to Mr. Mitra Lall Gurung (vehicle support), Mr. Tashi Norbu Bhutia, Mr. Sonam Tashi Bhutia, Mr. Sonam Palzor Bhutia and Dawa Sherpa (logistical support) for their wholehearted support in conducting field surveys, setting up the camps, carrying equipment and accessories, and food preparation in such a challenging environment of Tembao Wetland Complex. All of them worked beyond their assigned duty to make this expedition not only academically fruitful and rewarding, but also memorable and pleasant. We sincerely thank local communities, especially yak herders, who spared their yak sheds for camping, and supported us in many ways.