IRTA 2022 Grassroots Gold Winner - Limalenden Longkumer
- 9 months ago
And the Gold Award for Grassroot Heroes goes to Limalenden Longkumer!
For two long decades, Limalenden Longkumer has been leading afforestation, river restoration, waste management and responsible tourism initiatives — often without any financial support — in the Mokokchung region of northwest Nagaland, home to the Ao Naga people. A journalist by training, Longkumer has recently launched Mokokchung Times, ‘Nagaland’s first hyperlocal English daily’, even as he continues to lead the Mopungchuket Community Tourism Society (MCTS).
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For two long decades, Limalenden Longkumer has been leading afforestation, river restoration, waste management and responsible tourism initiatives — often without any financial support — in the Mokokchung region of northwest Nagaland, home to the Ao Naga people. A journalist by training, Longkumer has recently launched Mokokchung Times, ‘Nagaland’s first hyperlocal English daily’, even as he continues to lead the Mopungchuket Community Tourism Society (MCTS).
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