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NEW DELHI, 31 Aug:<\/strong> Damu’s Heritage Dine, a fine-dining venture set up in a centuries-old Monpa home in Chug Valley, has won the prestigious International Responsible Tourism Award-2024 for “employing and upskilling local communities.”<\/p>\n This venture is part of WWF India’s broader conservation efforts in western Arunachal, aimed at preserving traditional Monpa architecture and cuisine while supporting local livelihoods.<\/p>\n Operated by a women-led SHG under the Arunachal Rural Livelihoods Mission, and in collaboration with the district administration, the restaurant emphasises the use of locally sourced, forest-based ingredients, promoting both biodiversity and economic sustainability.<\/p>\n Damu’s Heritage Dine stands as a model for successful integration of cultural preservation and<\/p>\n economic development, setting a benchmark for similar initiatives across the region (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW DELHI, 31 Aug: Damu’s Heritage Dine, a fine-dining venture set up in a centuries-old Monpa home in Chug Valley, has won the prestigious International Responsible Tourism Award-2024 for “employing and upskilling local communities.” This venture is part of WWF India’s broader conservation efforts in western Arunachal, aimed at preserving traditional Monpa architecture and cuisine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}