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Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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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.
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हाथीपावा : श्रमदान से बदली सूरत (in Hindi)
सहयोग की परंपरा हलमा कार्यक्रम में 5 हजार से ज्यादा ग्रामीणों ने अपने खर्च पर झाबुआ पहुंचकर पांच घंटे तक श्रमदान किया।
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Reviving tradition with new mandate: Shivji ka HALMA
Shivji ka Halma! To quench the thirst of Mother Earth, an ancient tradition of the Bhil tribe, re- cast.
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Kibber’s snow leopards
With efforts, people came to accept snow leopards and gradually the animals grew in number.
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Meet the Indian Scientist Who Gave the Greater Adjutant Stork an Image Makeover
A community event marks the storks’ breeding season - it’s a baby shower for Greater Adjutants
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Restoring lakes not an engineering task: How some communities did the job
Local bodies and activists are coming together to deal with lake pollution, de-silting, encroachment
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Rajasthan tribals’ struggle for indigenous practices highlighted at U.N. event
The tribal communities in Banswara, Dungarpur and Udaipur districts earlier had a (sustainable) forest resource-based livelihood
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तालाबंदी में जंगल से आती है भोजन की थाली (in Hindi)
कोविद के समय जब बाजार बंद हो गए तब जंगल ने दिया खाना और पोषण। जंगल हैं आत्मनिर्भरता के प्रतीक
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Children make art to save Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
Children across cities protest against the denotification of Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, during the lockdown, by making art
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चिन्हारी: द यंग इंडिया (in Hindi)
नव युवतियों का यह संगठन कर रहा है अपनी और अपने सपनों की आत्मनिर्भरता की खोज