Itanagar, April 12 -- Community leaders and conservationists from across Arunachal Pradesh have come together to set off the formation of the first State-wide platform to 'intensify' community-led biodiversity protection efforts, marking a significant step in the State's grassroots conservation movement.
The decision was taken at a two-day workshop at Pasighat, where participants agreed on the formation of the Arunachal Pradesh State Community Led Conservation Forum and appointed an interim working group to work out the modalities of the Forum over the next few months.
The proposed body seeks to bring together Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) and other community-led conservation initiatives under a common platform for advocacy, policy eng...