Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) in Nagaland hold significant potential as Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), fostering biodiversity protection through indigenous stewardship, traditional knowledge, and sustainable practices while supporting local livelihoods and strengthening decentralized conservation governance in ecologically sensitive landscapes.
The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will resume in Rome, Italy, next week. Delegates will work to reach consensus on issues left unresolved during last year’s sessions in Cali, Colombia. With hopes high and critical issues on the table, decisions made in Rome could redefine global biodiversity conservation in the face of accelerating environmental threats. ICIMOD’s dedicated team will be there to keep mountains high on the agenda.
As lead authors of the IPBES Nexus Report - ‘Assessment Report on the Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health,’ ICIMOD’s Sunita Chaudhary, Biodiversity lead and Abid Hussain, Economies Lead, share eight critical points for addressing interconnected challenges on biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate in the Hindu Kush Himalaya.