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Indigenous Territories occupies up to 22 percent of the earth’s landmass, and coincide with areas that hold 80 percent of the planet’s biodiversity. Indigenous Peoples view biodiversity protection as an integral aspect of their existence rather than as a segmented entity and have maintained close contact with the land and know it well. Forest area under indigenous peoples or local communities, management and ownership is estimated at about 500 m. ha. globally. There is increasing recognition that the knowledge and practices of the indigenous people have contributed to conservation of ecosystem, species, and genetic diversity. In Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) where cultures and traditional resource management methods are still largely intact, there are systems in place for dealing with resource scarcity but they have few scientific tools for evaluating the negative effects of new technologies or novel forms of exploitation. The effective and active participation of indigenous communities is crucial in building a sustainable future for biodiversity conservation worldwide and major conservation programmes will be compromised without their full engagement. Nagaland is a state where nearly 90 per cent of the land is under community ownership and 85 per cent is still under forest cover. Nearly one-third of Nagaland’s villages have constituted CCAs. Over 700 documented forest and river protection sites lie in Nagaland. The ownership rights of individuals and clans who own patches of land within the CCAs are recognized however management and governance rights still lies with the village council. Despite CCAs’ extensive coverage in Nagaland, establishing, and maintaining CCAs is an ongoing challenge. Moreover, there are hundreds of smaller isolated conservation effort and the role Indigenous people play in conservation of natural resources, and towards environmental sustainability are often times ignored. This paper looks into the phenomenon of CCAs in Nagaland, of how they work, highlight their importance in meeting conservation and livelihood needs and identify continuing challenges and problems.
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communities, conservation, indigenous, management
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"Understanding the Community Conserved Areas: Rediscovering the Role of Indigenous Peoples. ", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.2233 - 2237, May-2023, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2305222.pdf
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