Dimapur: A research scholar and a faculty member of Nagaland University were recognized at the XIX annual conference of the East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy (EHSST) and the international seminar on “Taxonomy, Biodiversity Conservation, Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Utilisation of Plant Resources” at the University of Calcutta recently, a university release said on Wednesday.
Imnajungla, a research scholar in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, under the supervision of Viheno Iralu, was awarded the Best Paper Presentation in the theme “Ethnobotany and Evaluation of Traditional Knowledge” for her paper titled “Biocultural Conservation of Indigenous Wild Fruit Trees: Traditional Knowledge and Folk Narratives in Rangkang Community Forest, Nagaland.”
Imtilila Jing, a faculty member in the same department, also received the Best Paper Presentation award under the theme “Biodiversity Assessment, Conservation and Application” for her study on “Phenology of Three Selected Species of Genus Rhododendron L. (Ericaceae) of Nagaland.”
These achievements provide a boost to research on biodiversity conservation and traditional knowledge systems, fostering academic engagement and collaboration to promote ecological sustainability and community-based bioresource conservation in Nagaland.
The University of Calcutta organised the two seminars in collaboration with Mushroom Biotech and the Botanical Survey of India (BSI).