Environment and Ecology

Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits

This section relates to initiatives that promote the principles of ecological integrity and limits. These are initiatives which envision models of decentralized conservation of land, water and biodiversity, based on a respect for both local and modern knowledge, and considering environment as an integral part of life and work. It also highlight attempts at linking livelihoods to ecological regeneration and restoration at local and landscape level. It will feature innovative attempts to deal with problems of pollution and waste. Overall, this section will try to work towards an understanding of the ecosystem which includes sociological, historical and geographical considerations while deciding on the path that local urban/ rural communities and the larger society take towards well-being.

पशुओं से मिली आजीविका की नई राह (In Hindi)

पशुओं की देखभाल करने से अच्छे पोषण के साथ आजीविका मिल रही है। जैविक खेती व किचिन गार्डन के लिए जैव खाद के साथ भी मिलती है।  

Statement Condemning Detention of Ladakhi Padyatris (marchers) at Singhu Border

We demand immediate release of all marchers, withdrawal of prohibitory orders and opening up of a genuinely sensitive dialogue with the Ladakh climate marchers.

A Call for Expert and Public Consultations on Genetically Modified Mustard

Calling upon the government and courts to enable a wider process of evidence gathering and public consultation across the entire mustard growing belt to make an informed decision on environmental release of GM mustard.

With natural farming base, FPO takes off

The transition to natural farming has helped the women farmers in MP save money, conserve soil health, and produce better and healthier crops.

India’s palm oil plans wreak havoc on the ground

Government policy would benefit from encouraging local and ecologically-appropriate oil-bearing crops rather than massively supporting oil palm.

The US took decades to act against these toxic chemicals. India should not wait

“From dump sites to groundwater, cookware to wastewater, these persistent chemicals have infiltrated every facet of the surroundings,” an IIT Madras study stated.

Baiga Woman Runs Largest Millet Seed Bank in Madhya Pradesh

Members of the bank borrow seeds from the bank and return twice the quantity of seeds they borrow after the harvest”, Phuljhariya.

Green movements as guardians of Pune’s nature

Individual and collective actions by Punekars to save the city’s ecological heritage demonstrate people’s power to make significant environmental and social interventions.

Immediate Action to Avoid Catastrophic Submergence in Narmada Valley

VSGA demands that the central and Gujarat state governments, immediately open more gates of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) dam in an orderly way.