Why in news?

• The Nyishi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh celebrated a decade success of HNAP.
• HNAP, launched in 2011 as community-based hornbill conservation programme, operates in the forests outside Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke Tiger Reserve.
• Hornbills are indicators of the health of a forest; they are seed dispersers and called as ‘farmers of the forest’.
• India is home to nine species, of which four are found in Western Ghats—Indian Grey Hornbill, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Pied Hornbill and the Great Hornbill.