ITANAGAR, Jun 25: The district level consultations for preparing the Arunachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan were organized at Lemmi (Pakke Kessang district) and Bomdila (West Kameng district) on June 20–21 last. These are part of a series of district level consultations which kick started at Ziro, Lower Subansiri district on March 10 last. The consultations were organized by WWF-India led by Dr Priya Gupta, Ranju Dodum, and Kamal Medhi.
Diverse stakeholders like Zilla Parishad Members, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Gram Panchayat Members, Gaon Burah, officers of the Line departments, Forest Department staff, Youth group members and NGOs participated in the consultations and provided their valuable inputs.
The workshops highlighted the need for conserving nature through establishing Community Conserved Areas, protecting river stretches and catchment areas, finding solutions to mitigate wildlife conflict to protect mithun (Bos frontalis), providing nature based livelihood generation and diversification options, and providing waste management solutions.

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