ZSI-led project to document Nagaland’s indigenous wildlife conservation practices; team visits Mopungchuket

Nagaland’s rich tradition of wildlife conservation is set to be documented under a national initiative led by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).

With consent from the Nagaland State Biodiversity Board, researchers have begun recording folklore, rituals and indigenous conservation practices across the state. The project focuses on documenting oral histories, cultural beliefs and community-led approaches that have long supported human-wildlife coexistence.

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As part of the fieldwork, the team visited Mopungchuket on April 1 and 2, engaging with local communities through interactions and documentation exercises conducted with prior consent and in line with local customs.

The initiative forms part of a broader effort to build a digital repository of traditional ecological knowledge that could help shape future conservation strategies.

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