Correspondent
KOHIMA, NOV 3 (NPN): The campaign for the fifth edition of the Tokhü Emong Bird Count (TEBC), scheduled to be held from November 4 to 7, 2026, was officially launched on November 3 by Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change and Village Guards, C.L. John.
The launch programme was attended by Vedpal Singh, PCCF & HoFF; Sidrammapa Chalkapure, Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) and Project Director, FBMP; Suman W.M. Sivachar, DFO Wokha; and Sangeeta Agarwal, Senior Sector Specialist (NRM), KfW, New Delhi.
Launched in 2022, TEBC is the first and only statewide bird monitoring initiative in Nagaland. The event coincides with the peak migration season of the Amur Falcon as well as the Tokhü Emong post-harvest festival of the Lotha community.
The annual bird count aims to promote bird conservation awareness, encourage citizen participation in biodiversity monitoring and strengthen community-led conservation efforts across the state.