Environment and Ecology

Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits

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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.

Kerala farmer bags India Biodiversity Award 2021

He conserves a wide array of around 200 tuber crops

India Biodiversity Award 2021

The Awards initiative was started jointly by the MOEFCC, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2012.

Khonoma Community-based Conservation initiative wins Biodiversity Award 2021

The Community has been organizing, monitoring, conserving and preserving the bio-diversity in Khonoma area for 20 years

Sundarlal Bahuguna: A Himalayan voice for ecological truth and social justice

Generations of activists learnt from him about the connection between forests, livelihoods, gender inequalities, and the sheer injustice of ‘development’

Rethinking Youth Activism

Dissent and democracy go together. We must rethink, accept and create space for youth activism and strengthen legal & democratic institutions

Oxygen and the airs of forgetfulness

Think of our innate ability to connect with with all life around us, all of the natural elements, living and non-living

Stakeholders raise concerns on the new vehicle scrapping policy

Is it practical - to set up the huge infrastructure, for around 50% of India's goods carriers?

Ladakhis want to reclaim pashmina. But can they?

"We want to live life with more, but it would mean giving up on a gift our ancestors gave us."

Ka Iqbal: My host of Ladakh

Anshul recalls wonderful memories of Ka Iqbal, disability rights activist in Ladakh