Human-animal conflict mitigation awareness and interaction with public programme was conducted by Kiphire Wildlife Division of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on June 22 at the community hall and recreation centre of Fakim village.
Speaking as the chief guest, SDO (Civil) Pungro sub-division, Samuel Thyug, highlighted the participants on the importance of conservation. He urged the participants to continue conserving the flora and fauna considering that Fakim has been one of the forefront villages in Nagaland in conservation efforts.
The guest of honour, DFO Kiphire, Rajesh Kumar, appreciated the conservation and support of locals that had led to the discovery of new species by scientists in Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary area.
Wildlife warden Kiphire, Suman W M Sivachar highlighted the policies of the state government and the MoEFCC in addressing the problem and also spoke about the benefits of conservation.
Tsuseki, member of the Bhutan Glory eco-club of Fakim administered the green pledge as part of Swachch Bharat Abhiyan and Harit Bharat program.