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Keoladeo National Park - An Enduring Paradise for Birds

“Keoladeo National Park_ An Enduring Paradise for birds” is a short film made by Sherap Palden Sherpa and Dechin Pema Saingmo from the batch of 2017-18 of the Green Hub Fellowship program. The film was made as part of their internship with UNESCO C2C for World Natural Heritage. Keoladeo National Park supports 375 species of birds out of which 120 species are migratory wetland birds; 34 species of mammals, 57 species of fish, 14 species of snakes, 8 species of amphibians and apart from a rich biodiversity. The reason behind making this film was to highlight the natural history of the migratory birds and how important the place is for them.

  • Sherap Palden Sherpa
    Director
  • Dechin Pema Saingmo
    Director
  • Green Hub
    Producer
  • Wildlife Institute of India
    Producer
  • UNESCO C2C for World Natural Heritage
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Wildlife, Nature, Environment, Birds, Conservation
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 7, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Sherap Palden Sherpa, Dechin Pema Saingmo

Sherap Palden Sherpa is a freelance photographer and wildlife and conservation filmmaker from Sikkim. From 2008 to 2017, Sherap was working as a freelance filmmaker and then he joined the Green Hub Fellowship program. During his fellowship, Sherap had worked in 6-87 films, some of which were screened at the Green Hub Festival, 2018.

Dechin Pema Saingmo was a fellow at the Green Hub Fellowship Programme, 2017-18. Dechin hails from Zemithang, Arunachal Pradesh. Since 2016 Dechin has been involved with conservation activities. At present, she is working with WWF where she is assisting in research and analysis of different mammals in higher altitude areas of Arunachal Pradesh, camera trapping for mammals, study on Community Conserved Area, National parks, etc. Her area of works at Arunachal Pradesh have been PLUMCCA (Pangchen Lumpo Muchat Community Conserved Area), Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Aalo and Yorde Rabe Subse.

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Director Statement

“Being an avid birder I felt Keoladeo National Park is heaven for birds. In my personal experience I had never seen migratory birds in such large numbers, as the ones that have been migrating to this National Park since a long time. Every winter thousands of birds migrates to Bharatpur, Rajasthan to spend the winter and to breed. In this film we have tried to show the behaviour and the habitat of the migratory birds, conservation status, importance of its habitat and the flow of national and international visitors to this park.”- Sherap Palden