Likabali, Apr 22: The district level consultations for preparing the Arunachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan were organized at Likabali (Lower Siang district), Basar (Leparada district), Aalo (West Siang district), and Pasighat (East Siang district) between April 18-22. These are a part of a series of district level consultations which kick started at Ziro, Lower Subansiri district on March 10 last. 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 Dusu Rila from State Biodiversity Board were part of the team that organised the consultations.
Diverse stakeholders like Zilla Parishad Members, Gram Panchayat Members, Biodiversity Management Committee chairpersons, Gaon Bura, Gaon Buri, officers of the Line departments, Forest Department staff, Women’s group members, 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 conflict with Mithun (Bos frontalis), providing nature based livelihood generation and diversification options, putting effective regulations on earth cutting for infrastructure development, inter-generational transfer of traditional knowledge for biodiversity conservation, and providing waste management solutions.

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