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Wildlife chief to people: Time to get real with flora and fauna

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By EMN Updated: Dec 17, 2017 11:52 pm

Dimapur, Dec. 17 (EMN): The establishment of the Chief Wildlife Warden of Nagaland has appealed to the people of Nagaland—government agencies to Civil Society—to start taking seriously the wordwide movemrnet to protect and conserve wildlife in the state.
Satya prakash Tripathi, principal chief conservator of Forests (Wildlife) and chief wildlife warden issued a press release on Sunday stating the appeal.

“The survival of human beings and animals, both directly as well as indirectly, depends on forests; as their basic needs in the form of food, water, and shelter are met from forests. In addition to these tangible benefits, forests play key role in carbon sequestration, amelioration of environment and Climate Change,” the press release stated.

With passage of time and increasing population, the official said, biotic pressure on forests has significantly increased. In the State of Nagaland, lion’s shares (88.3%) of forests are under the control of individuals and communities and remaining 11.7% of the forests are under the control of the government, he said.

“The government has very limited regulatory role in management of private forests. Since time immemorial, administration and people of the state had /have played an important role in protection and maintenance of forests in the form of community conservation areas. Communities had / have bigger role to play as compared to the government for protection of forests and wildlife in the state.”

The establishment reminded that the existence of wildlife was a good indicator of good forests and subsequently availability of timber, firewood, medicinal plants for human beings. The state of Nagaland had been traditionally a hunting state since time immemorial, the press release observed.

“Now, people are coming forward for protection of wildlife and they are rescuing wild animals and they are donating wild animals and birds which are kept in Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar and Tragopan Breeding Centre, Kohima.”

However, with the efforts of the administration, people and different agencies of the government the migratory Amur Flacons were well-protected in the state during their migration in 2013 and onward.

‘This brought laurels, both nationally and internationally, to the state and the world community recognized Nagaland as the capital of falcons. With getting protection in the state, both the number of Amur falcons coming / migrating to / from Nagaland as well as the number of their roosting sites in the state has significantly increased in subsequent years,’ the principal chief conservator of Forests stated.

On behalf of the Forest department, the official has appealed to the “public, government officials, village councils, army and paramilitary personnel, students, NGOs and other stakeholders” to protect wildlife in the state.

‘I also appeal to the village councils to make resolution for banning hunting of wild animals throughout years instead of seasonal banning of hunting. Taking the importance of forests and wildlife in our life our government (the government of Nagaland) adapted the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972,’ Satya prakash Tripathi stated.

‘In case of observing any danger for human beings with the sighting of wild animals in human habitations, the Wildlife Warden, Dimapur can be contacted for tranquilizing the animal. In case of damage of crops / killing of domestic animals by wild animals, the nearest forest / administrative office may consulted,’ the establishment informed.

The Wildlife wing of the Nagaland Forest department has assured that it will ‘try its best to make compensation against the damage on the recommendations of the assessment committee’ under the leadership of the deputy commissioner in concern.

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By EMN Updated: Dec 17, 2017 11:52:15 pm
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