Dikhu Green Zone
Sanctuary Asia (Vol XXXIII No. 3, June 2013) carries a report 'People for Parks' by Bittu Sahgal, Lakshmy Raman, Kritika Kapadia and Mallika Narvekar (Pages 61 - 65). Placed within the report, in form of a box item, is a brief note on the Nagaland experience. The Dikhu Green Zone In Nagaland, Community Conserved Areas (CCA) are helping to reduce hunting, forest degradation and provide valuable ecological services. CCA are natural or modified ecosystems that harbour significant biodiversity and have immense ecological and cultural value and are voluntarily protected by indigenous and local communities through customary laws or other effective means. The Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978, empowers village councils, autonomous local bodies for village administration to function according to customary practices and usages. Conservationists, Nimesh Ved and Swati Chaliha write: ‘The Dikhu river forms the boundary between Ungma and Longsa and a commu...