The world's longest traveling migratory birds Amur Falcons, which are being roosted in Pangti area of Wokha district, now chosen another roosting place at Yaongyimchen Community Bio-Diversity Conservation Area in Longleng district as one of their roosting places in Nagaland.
According to a release from Hemant Kamdi, Wildlife Warden, Kiphire today said that the Yaongyimchen Community Bio-Diversity Conservation Area, which covers hundreds of hectares of forest area of Nyangchi, Awakung, Owa, Akchang, has been sheltering the Amur Falcons for the last few years.
However, 'there is a spectacular increase this year, perhaps 4 to 5 times more than the previous years,' it said.
The community, Kamdi said, believes that the sudden increase is because of the awareness created and also restriction imposed by the District Administration, Tuensang Forest Division and the Village Councils in their respective villages.
The Yaongyimchen and Alayong community deploy 6 volunteers every day to tour along the roosting site in the Area.
The note mentioned that through the community's initiatives, a watch tower has been built. The movement of the Amur Falcons can be viewed from two sites, the release said.
According to Kamdi, Yaongyimchen Community Bio-Diversity Conservation Area sheltered not less than couple of lakhs Amur Falcons this year. While there might be other food substance, he added, the Amur Falcons feed on flying termite which comes out from underneath the ground during the evening in the Area.
Further, it was mentioned that the initiatives towards conservation of forest and wildlife started in 2009 during the citizens' general meeting. And, in 2011 during its general session, the community reiterated the resolution adopted, and decided to make the conservation and preservation concept more relevant to the community.
After a Committee started sensitising the entire citizens to conceptualise community conservation and get the entire community practically involved, a consensus decision of the citizens resolved towards establishing Yaongyimchen Community Bio-Diversity Conservation Area, which was inaugurated on December 19, 2012, it added.
The Nagaland Forest Department has lauded the conservation initiatives by the community led by Reverend Nuklu, 'an example to replicate in greater part of Nagaland.'
Published at Webindia123 on Nov 17 2014
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