Ziro, Feb 18: The Arunachal Pradesh Birding Club (APBC) organised a four-day Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) at Ziro under Lower Subansiri  District and Belo village  under Pistana circle  of  Keyi  Panyor District.
The first two days of GBBC on February 14 & 15 was organised at Ziro overcoming the cold and inclement weather. The bird count exercise was carried out in the outskirt of Myolyang village and Kley Pakho forest areas.
The next two days of GBBC on February 16 & 17 was organised at Belo village where a large number of villagers also participated. An interactive session on bird conservation and its awareness was also organized involving school teachers, panchayat members, gaon buras and members of Belo Village Welfare Committee.
During the meet, birder Millo Tako made presentation on ‘How to Identitfy Birds’ and Koj Tubing, a wildlife student from Guwahati University on ‘Importance of Bird Watching’. The session was moderated by a local conservationist Likha Tai, a Botanist from RGU, Doimukh. Tai emphasized on encouraging long term conservation of birds.
The GBBC-2025 was carried out by Arunachal  Pradesh Birding Club(APBC), a pioneer in bird conservation in the state since 2012. Renowned conservationist Koj Mama took the initiative in organising the event in the twin Districts.

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