The Idu Mishmi Cultural and Literary Society (IMCLS) launched an online and offline Mishmi (Idu) dictionary app at the Cheta Rehko here in Lower Dibang Valley district on Sunday. The app was launched by former IMCLS president Jatan Pulu.

A workshop on ‘the significance of intellectual property rights and geographical indication (IPR&GI)’ was organized here in Lower Dibang Valley district on Friday as a follow-up to the geographical indication (GI) tagging that the Idu Mishmi community obtained for its textiles recently.

The Idu Mishmi Cultural & Literary Society (IMCLS) has written to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the union ministry of environment, forests & climate change (MoEFCC), stating that the community wishes to be consulted during deliberations on the Dibang tigers as the organization has forwarded a cultural model of tiger conservation.

IMCLS has urged the Arunachal Pradesh Biodiversity Board to engage the indigenous people and local communities (IPLCs) as equal partners, to the State Biodiversity Board (SBB) and WWF, towards drafting the State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (SBSAP).

The Idu-Mishmi Cultural and Literary Society (IMCLS) has reiterated its appeal to halt the process of notifying the Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary (DWLS) as a tiger reserve until the longstanding grievances of the Idu-Mishmi community are resolved.