A seminar-cum-workshop on nature conservation for the students and village elders organised by the Forest department was held on May 18 at at Luzapuhu Community Reserve, Phek.
Around 100 persons- officers from the Forest Department, chairman/members/GB/Head GBs of Luzapuhu Village Council; students of Luzapuhu Government High School attended the workshop, said a press release issued by PCCF & Chief Wildlife Warden, Satya Prakash Tripathi.
The programme was sponsored under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Community Reserve of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi.
VDB secretary, Luzupuhu gave a brief account of the community reserve, where the village had also been honoured by Nehru Uva Kendra, Kohima.
Chief Wildlife Warden, delivering key note address, highlighted the importance of Forest & Wildlife, scenario of forest and wildlife in Nagaland, concept of Community Reserves. He appealed to the people to come forward in protecting forest and wildlife, so that their forest could be declared community reserve.
Wildlife Warden, Kiphire Wildlife division, Suman W M Sivachar, spoke about the structure of the Wildlife and Territorial Divisions in the Forest Department. He also conducted a quiz on wild animals for the students at the event and highlighted important and interesting facts about the behaviour of various wild animals, which caught the interest of both children and elders. Bookmarks with different wild animals were distributed to the students to pique their interest in wild animals and conservation.
The programme was chaired by DFO Phek, Velatso Demo, who also spoke on Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 and handed over a copy of the act to the village council.
Earlier, the programme began with an invocation by Susatso Khamo of Luzapuhu village and concluded with a vote of thanks ACF Phek, Enyiwekha.
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