Dimapur, Nov. 3 -- Nagaland's Forest and Biodiversity Management in the Himalayas (Nagaland) Project (FBMP) has called for greater community participation, the use of traditional knowledge and stronger customary institutions to strengthen forest and biodiversity conservation across the state.

The project organised a two-day workshop titled "Community Conservation: Celebrating Success and Charting the Future" at the Cathedral compound in Kohima from Tuesday to discuss the progress, challenges and future of community-based conservation in Nagaland.

More than 250 government officials, conservation practitioners, community representatives and other stakeholders attended the first day of the workshop, held under the theme "Understanding Cons...