Recently,the National Board for Wildlife approved oil and gas exploration in the eco-sensitive zone of  the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary.

• Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Jorhat district, Assam, India.
• Established in 1997, it was initially designated as a reserve forest in 1881.
• The sanctuary spans approximately 20.98 square kilometers.
• It is home to India’s only ape species, the western hoolock gibbon, with about 125 individuals.
• The sanctuary also hosts the Bengal slow loris, northeastern India’s only nocturnal primate.