Nagaland

The Barak Basin of northeastern India covers the states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. The rich and diversified vegetation of the region is facing perturbation in recent years and large tracts of forest are being converted to non-forest.

Publication Date:

10/05/2009

Author(s): Kasturi Chakraborty

Source: Current Science

Vol:

96

Issue:

9

pp:

1236

Tags:

Forests, Land Use, Barak Valley, Eastern Himalaya, Shifting Cultivation, Deforestation, Flora, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura

Climate Change

Has climate change arrived in Nagaland?

KOHIMA, May 5: Warmer summers and increase in the number of pests like locusts in the fields and mosquitos in urban areas may be a pointer that climate change has already arrived in Nagaland.
During July-September many places in the state witnessed locusts invading localities in the evenings when lights were switched on, while farmers said swarms were destroying their standing crops.

Publication Date:

06/05/2009

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Agriculture, Crop Pests, Drinking Water Scarcity, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Nagaland

Climate Change

Climate change effecting indigenous vegetables

KOHIMA, April 20: Nikheli has been selling vegetables (indigenous to Nagaland) since 1989. After 20 years of good business, she

Publication Date:

21/04/2009

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Agriculture, Vegetables, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Extreme Weather Events, Nagaland

Agriculture

A case study on shifting cultivation practices in Mon district of Nagaland

The shifting cultivation in Nagaland state is described as an agricultural system where a farming community slashes secondary forests on a predetermined location, burns the slash and cultivates the land for a limited number of years. The land is then left fallow and the farming community moves to the next location to repeat the process till they return back to the starting point.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): Suraj Bhan

Source: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Vol:

8

Issue:

2

pp:

8

Tags:

Land Use, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Trees, Tribals, Konyak, Traditional Knowledge, Nagaland

Wildlife

Mrs. Hume's pheasant in northeastern India

Mrs. Hume's Pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) is a poorly known, but globally threatened bird. It is thinly distributed in the hill tracts of northeastern India, northern and western Myanmar, southwestern China and northern Thailand.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): Anwaruddin Choudhury

Source: Tiger Paper

Vol:

36

Issue:

2

pp:

4-10

Tags:

Birds, Endangered Species, North East, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Wildlife, Deforestation, Shifting Cultivation, Hunting

Climate Change

Earth Hour observed in Nagaland

KOHIMA, March 29

Publication Date:

30/03/2009

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Nagaland, Kohima (D)

Economy

NABARD plans Rs 210 crore as credit placement for Nagaland

KOHIMA, March 23: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has in place credit planning exercises for Nagaland for the year 2009 -2010 with Rs. 210.31 Crore as the projected credit placement.

Publication Date:

24/03/2009

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Agriculture, Rural Development, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Nagaland

Climate Change