Asia’s First Green Land

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The residents of Nagaland's Khonoma - the first green village in India - had made a Herculean effort to ban logging and hunting in 1998.

The doughty Angami tribe led a unique conservation effort in Khonoma, a village of 3,000 residents with cobbled pathways and scenic terraced paddy fields. A community-led initiative turned 20sqkm of forest land into a sanctuary.

The ban on hunting and logging was imposed by elders, as people realised it was high time to preserve the environment for the next generation.

Gun use is allowed only when animals like wild dogs attack cattle. Special permits for guns are issued in fruiting season of jhum cultivation. Guns can be used against deer, bears, porcupines and wild boar if they destroy crops.

Implementation of the new rules also hinges on community vigilance and pressure. One third of the fine amount is to be given to a person who reports the crime and another third to his or her "khel" (a cluster of households mostly belonging to people of the same clan).

"If the violator doesn't pay up the fine, there is a provision for withholding the village development board funds of the person's khel,"

Community effort has kept the village sparkling clean too. Children between 4 and 16 years, under the aegis of Khonoma Students Union, clean the village two Saturdays every month. Waste bins are present at regular intervals and not a piece of paper is found on its streets. The village, which has been a tobacco free since 2002, also banned single-use plastic bags and bottles in June.

Houses here are made of bamboo walls and mud flooring still! Even the fences of these houses are made of stones and the furniture is also made out of bamboo. Fuel is still obtained by using firewood here, blocks of which are stored in each house.

Khonoma is also known for its stone carvings.

Source: Internet