ITANAGAR,  Jun 11: The district level consultations for preparing the Arunachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan were organized at Longding (Longding district), Khonsa (Tirap district), Changlang (Changlang district), Namsai (Namsai district) and Tezu (Lohit district) between June 5 to 9. These are part of the series of district level consultations which kick started at Ziro, Lower Subansiri district on March 10 earlier this year. These consultations were organized by WWF-India and the State Biodiversity Board of Arunachal Pradesh. Dr. Priya Gupta, Aparna Koodathingal, and Ranju Dodum from WWF-India and Ngilyang Tangu from State Biodiversity Board were part of the team that organised the consultations.
Diverse stakeholders like Zilla Parishad Members, Gram Panchayat Members, Gaon Burah, officers of the Line departments, Forest Department staff, Women’s group members, Youth group members and NGOs participated in these consultations and provided their valuable inputs.
The consultations highlighted the need for conserving nature by engaging local communities and villages, protecting river stretches and catchment areas for water conservation, providing irrigation support for farming in water scarce areas, introducing alternatives for jhum cultivation and making it nature friendly, providing nature based livelihood generation and diversification options, and establishing effective waste management mechanisms.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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