Community forest nurseries come up in Tseminyu, Chiephobozou

[caption id="attachment_179869" align="aligncenter" width="565"] Forest officers of Kohima district and members of a local community in front of a community nursery at Nachama village on April 27.[/caption] Dimapur, April 29 (EMN): Community forest nurseries have been established in six villages of Tseminyu and Chiephobozou ranges namely Tsonsa, new Tesephenyu, Nachama, Touphema, Chiechama, and Phezha on April 27. A press release on Sunday informed about the programme. During the event, the divisional forest officer of Kohima Rongsenlemla Imchen spoke about the importance of raising local species in the nurseries for sustainable maintenance. She said that the nurseries were established by the community as part of a Forest Development Agency scheme. Further, Imchen said that it was to act as a ‘seedling base’ for plantation at the project sites for the current planting season as well as for community conservation activities in the village. The nurseries have been established in most of the villages of Kohima district, and specifically in the Chiephobozou and Tseminyu ranges, during the current season. The nurseries were established with the objective to minimize pressure on seedling requirement from range nurseries. This would also ‘dodge sapling casualty during transportation and bank time for the public,’ the updates informed. The communities assured that they will put all efforts to raise and maintain the plantation, and to abide by the rules of conservation in action and spirit. The department appreciated the efforts of the community for their cooperation with regard to forests and environmental conservation.