Mrs Hume’s Pheasant/Nongin, residents of Jessami, Reserve area inaugurated by Dhritiman Mukherjee

The Nongin Reserve Community is the only Reserve in the world where Nongin can roost and breed in the care and protection of the village community.

Mrs Hume’s Pheasant Reserve area was inaugurated on Tuesday (January 23) by Dhritiman Mukherjee, an acclaimed Nature, Wildlife and Conservation Photographer Ambassador, Roundglass Sustain and Sony India in the presence of the Jessami Village Council who are behind the success of this momentous initiative.

Home to the Chakeshang tribe and state bird Nongin, the picturesque Jessami village is located in the extreme north of Ukhrul district in Manipur and situated approximately 116 km north of Ukhrul town and 121 km east of Kohima in Nagaland near the Myanmar border.

Known as Chara in Jessami Chakhesang local dialect, Hume’s Pheasant (Nongin) was captured on lens for the second time in Manipur at Jessami village and the third time in India on 2022.

The same year, the Nongin reserve was created under the care of the Jessami Village Council with a primary objective to safeguard the rapidly decline population of the indigenous and exquisite Mrs Hume’s pheasant, while simultaneously nurturing its natural habitat. #birds #wildlife #manipur #ecosystem