Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

  The release of the Permanent Pictorial Cancellation for the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khangchendzonga National Park, was held at Hotel Tibet, Gangtok. The event took place in the presence of Shri Supriyo Ghosh, Postmaster General (Mails & Business Development), West Bengal Circle; Shri Suraj Thatal, Conservator and Field Director of Khangchendzonga National Park; Shri Ivan Lepcha, Principal of Paljor Namgyal Girls’ SSS; and Shri Shital Pradhan, an eminent philatelist of the region. The cancellation design features a Red Panda in its habitat, set against a stunning mountain backdrop.

The study on the birds in this part of the Himalaya carried out by Trevor Price and his team is focused to identify the number of species and its density, perhaps through DNA sequence and how many species in this stretch will survive in the face of global warming GANGTOK, June 12: The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR), which is part of the Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP) located in West Sikkim, holds substantial population of bird species, which are globally threatened. This was discovered by a five- member team led by Trevor Price, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago. The census carried out by Mr. Price found rare bird species like Rufous Breasted Bush Robin and Blue Fretted Blue Robin, which were globally threatened species, in good numbers at the KNP. Other members of the team consisted of Nitin Jamdar of the Bombay National History Society, Dhananjay Mohan, Scientist, IFS, Wildlife Institute of India, Pratap Singh, Re...