In the hills of Manipur’s Chandel district, forests are not protected by fences, armed guards, or exclusionary laws. They survive because a community decided they should. Among the Anal Naga tribe, two traditional systems — Uju and Rangkang — continue to shape how forests are governed, protected, and lived with. Long before global conservation debates began speaking of coexistence, environmental justice, or community stewardship, these practices…
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