Nagaland Community Conserved Areas Meet on June 19-20

June 12, 2024 7 Views No Comment

Mokokchung, June 12 (MExN): The Nagaland CCA forum (NCCAF) with Kenono Foundation, LEMSACHENLOK, Kalpavriksh, North East Network and the Nature Conservancy will be organising a two-day Nagaland CCA Meet on the theme “camaraderie towards safeguarding our biodiversity” on June 19 and 20.

The meet will bring together diverse stakeholders including CCAs from different parts of Nagaland, government officials and NGOs.

The two day event aims to highlight the vision, scope of engagement, experiences and learnings of the various collaborative project of NCCAF informed Ruchinilo Kemp, Co-convenor of the meet. He also informed that the meet will facilitate networking of and foster solidarity of the Nagaland CCAs and create awareness and capacity building of CCAs on relevant topics related to biodiversity conservation.

The meet will also feature walk-in exhibition from various CCAs which will showcase and create awareness on the bio-cultural diversity of the CCA landscapes and biodiversity and build visibility of the diverse initiatives of NCCAF, CCAs in Nagaland and CCA- supporting organisations and for cross-learning and to inspire actions.

Another co-convenor of the meet, Y Nuklu Phom also added that the meet will have technical and experience sharing sessions and a cultural programme. The event will be a plastic-free event where all NCCAF registered CCAs and CCAs in Nagaland will participate. Some of the topics for the technical and experience sharing sessions will include Research, community-led biodiversity surveys and monitoring, The synergy between conservation management plans & enterprises/financial, Social equity, Carbon mechanism, Community Reserves and Legal and Policy Issues in Nagaland.

The meet is will be held at Clark Theological College, Aolijen, Mokokchung.