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Konyak Tribe Revives Forests Through Youth-Led Conservation
In Nagaland, the Konyak tribe is working to protect their forests.
A group of young people started a club called the Minleang Eco Club.
They want to stop hunting animals, especially when they are having babies.
The club also helps plant trees and create gardens.
They learned about conservation from other places and brought these ideas back to their village.
The goal is to make the forest healthy again and give the community new ways to make money.
A movie was even made to show their work!
The Konyak tribe in Nagaland is leading forest conservation efforts through the youth-led Minleang Eco Club.
The club, part of the Biodiversity Management Committee, aims to ban hunting during breeding seasons (April-October).
Initiatives include forest restoration, setting up a nursery, and creating a herbal garden for livelihood generation.
Inspired by conservation models in Arunachal Pradesh, the club was started by Wanmei Konyak in 2015.
A documentary by GreenHub Fellows Bomjar Boje and Chitankumar Thingbaijam highlights the community's conservation efforts.
- Who
- Konyak tribe, particularly the youth-led Minleang Eco Club
- What
- Conservation efforts to revive forests and ban hunting during breeding season
- Where
- Changlangshu village, Nagaland
- When
- Initiated in 2015, with a hunting ban starting in 2019
- Why
- To address rampant hunting and revive lost ecology due to jhum cultivation
Key facts
- Location
- Changlangshu village, Nagaland
- Initiative
- Minleang Eco Club
- Founder
- Wanmei Konyak
- Year Started
- 2015
- Key Activity
- Ban on hunting during breeding season (April-October)
- Additional Efforts
- Forest restoration, nursery setup, herbal garden
- Documentary Filmmakers
- Bomjar Boje and Chitankumar Thingbaijam
Quotes
Bhudiswar Boro
Former poacher and current conservationist
“We hunted wild deer, rhinos, wild boar, elephants and more. By 2003, the flora and fauna of the place had almost finished.”
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