Pakke Tiger Reserve
- Pakke Tiger Reserve, also known as Pakhui Tiger Reserve, is a Project Tiger reserve in the East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
- It was declared as tiger reserve in 1999.
- It falls within the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot.
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It also is known for resident of hornbill species (state bird of Arunachal Pradesh and Kerala, ‘vulnerable’ under the IUCN Red list).
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This Tiger Reserve has won India Biodiversity Award 2016 in the category of ‘Conservation of threatened species’ for its Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme.