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WWF has identified the following priority ecoregions in North-East India:

Brahmaputra Valley Semi Evergreen Forests


The Eastern Himalayan Broadleaved Forests
The Eastern Himalayan Sub-alpine Coniferous Forests
India Myanmar Pine Forests
Forest reserves
Namdapha National Park
Main article: Namdapha National Park
Spread over an area of 1,985 square kilometres (766 sq mi) in Arunachal Pradesh,
Namdapha National Park is the largest national park of the northeast region. Si
tuated 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Miao (district headquarters on the Indo-Burma
border), Namdapha National Park is one of the largest wildlife protected areas
in India. The altitude rises from 200 to 4,500 metres (660 to 14,760 ft) in the
snow-capped mountains. The ecosystem abounds in more than 150 species of timber.
Important rare fauna species include Pinus merkusii, Abies delavayi, blue vanda
and Mishimi teeta. The Namdapha tiger reserve in Changlang district of Arunacha
l Pradesh, in an area of 1,850 square kilometres (710 sq mi) rugged terrain, is
home to feline species such as tiger, clouded leopard, snow leopard and lesser c
ats. Primates such as Assamese macaque, pig-tailed macaque, stump-tailed macaque
, hoolock gibbon, besides other mammals (elephant, Asian black bear, Indian biso
n, deer), birds (white-winged wood duck, great Indian hornbill, jungle fowl, phe
asant) and reptiles add to the rich fauna diversity.[29]
Manas National Park
Main article: Manas National Park
Manas National Park
Wildlife sanctuary and a World Heritage Site (declared by UNESCO), in the Barpet
a district of Assam and partly along Bhutan foothills, the Manas National Park i
s shelter to rare species of as many as 55 mammals, 50 reptiles, 380 birds and t
hree amphibians. Besides tiger, elephant, rhinoceros and wild water buffalo, leo
pard, pigmy hog, red panda, swamp deer, capped langur, sambar, hispid hare, gold
en langur, fowl, bulbul, brahminy duck, Indian grey hornbill and roofed turtle a
re protected in the Manas National Park. It is also an elephant reserve and bios
phere reserve.[30]

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