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The '''Kezol-tsa Forest''' is a thick [[old-growth forest]] along the southern and northern edges of the [[India]]n states of [[Nagaland]] and [[Manipur]]. The forest is located on the southern part of [[Dzüko Valley]].<br />
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This forest has dry, warm summers and cool winter. The accumulation of several inches of [[snow]] during the winter is not uncommon and can stay on the ground for several days.<br />
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Some threats to the Kezol-tsa forest include [[logging]], changing [[fire regime]]s and [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nenow.in/environment/dzukou-valley-wildfire-nagaland-cm-neiphiu-rio-calls-for-proper-plans-to-handle-wild-forest-fires.html|title=Dzukou Valley wildfire: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio calls for proper plans to handle wild forest fires|date=9 January 2021|website=Northeast Now|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Flora and Fauna ==<br />
The Kezol-tsa forests has diverse species of trees.<br />
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Animals that may be found in this forest include the [[deer]], etc.<br />
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== Dispute ==<br />
{{Main|Mao–Southern Angami territorial dispute}}<br />
Kezol-tsa has been the center stage of dispute between the Mao Council of Manipur and the [[Southern Angami Public Organisation]] (SAPO) of Nagaland. Both parties have been stalking claim for Kezol-tsa forest for the last many years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/tenyimi-organisation-lauds-sapo-mc-mk/|title=Tenyimi organisation lauds SAPO, MC, MK|date=27 April 2018|website=Eastern Mirror Nagaland|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref><br />
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On 23 November 2000, a rest house constructed by volunteers from [[Viswema]] at Kezol-tsa was destroyed by suspected Songsong villagers and this led to tension between the [[Mao people (India)|Mao]]s and the [[Southern Angami]]s. On enquiry made by Memai Council of Mao, it was found that some youths from Songsong village had destroyed the rest house and the written report was intimated by Memai Council of Mao to the then ''Japfüphiki Public Organization'' which is renamed now as [[Southern Angami Public Organisation]]. During this relevant time of tension, the then Tenyimi Central Union (TCU) intervened and directed the defaulters (Songsong village) to reconstruct the rest house of Viswema which read as ''‘the destroyed rest house should be re-constructed to its original shape by Songsong village within 20 (twenty) days with effect from 15th February 2001’''.<br />
The destroyed rest house was re-constructed to its original shape by the Songsong village within the stipulated time and Southern Angami ownership of Kezol-tsa is undisturbed until tensions rose again in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/rejoinder-to-land-dispute-over-kezoltsa-and-dzukou/|title=Dispute over Kezol–tsa and Dzüko|date=28 May 2015|website=Eastern Mirror Nagaland|access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Dzüko Valley]]<br />
* [[Viswema]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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