New York auction to aid biosphere reserve in Arunachal Pradesh
Come September 18 and 18 artists from across the globe will auction their works in New York in a bid to collect fund for development of the first community biosphere reserve in India, reports PTI. The Eko Dumbing community biosphere reserve in Siang valley in Arunachal Pradesh will be the first-of-its-kind in the country. It is also one of the last tropical pristine forests left on earth, says Nalong Mize, media associate, Future Generations, a US-based NGO which is organising the auction.