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A self-funded, volunteer-driven organisation in Manipur is enabling residents to take charge of the ecology and environment of their region

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A wise man once said that society is defined not only by what it creates, but also by what it refuses to destroy. This is what makes the efforts of a tiny Imphal-based NGO, Forum for Indigenous Perspectives and Action, or FIPA, to safeguard the ecology and biodiversity of the Northeast, so significant. In a region that has been so ridden with strife, a concern for the environment would have taken a back seat had it not been for its advocacy and efforts to change people's consumption and waste disposal patterns. At present, FIPA is monitoring the development of the eco-sensitive zone ...

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