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Wildlife return to Manipur village after 50 years
Assam Tribune | Sobhapati Samom | Phayeng (Manipur), Dec 29
N Toyai Chakpa, chief of Phayeng village in Manipur’s Imphal West district, on Saturday said that he along with some villagers have spotted deer at their village forest after a gap of more than 50 years following regeneration and conservation of the forest. “This is a good sign for us,” says the 70-year-old village chief. “I saw deer last in our village forest before the forest was cleared. I was a child at that time.”
With a population of about 5,000 people, Phayeng, known for preserving indigenous culture and knowledge uses around nine per cent of village land area for settlement while 57 per cent is used for agriculture purpose and the balance 34 per cent is covered under forest.
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