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.

Where blackbuck are dearer than sons

Some villagers think the animals increase productivity by grazing on their crops.

The rookery by the bay

Forest Department watchers and volunteers from villagers make stupendous efforts to protect the eggs from dogs, jackals and others

The Journey of Shillong’s Waste-pickers to become Compost Suppliers to Meghalaya Raj Bhawan

They truly uphold the dignity of labour and have come to be known for their sense of happiness, unity, and cooperation.

अब तालाब पेटे पर पक्षियों का हक़ (in Hindi)

बर्ड विलेज के रूप में पहचान को लेकर ग्रामीणों ने परम्परा बदली है. पक्षी दर्शन के लिए पर्यटकों की आवाजाही बढ़ेगी, जिससे रोजगार की सम्भावना बढ़ेगी.

Today I left the road, went to the margins.

Something like this comes outside my house, every morning, And blinds me, day after day, To see beyond the road, into the margins.

Native cows steal show at Pollachi cattle fair

More than 500 head of cattle, all native breeds, competed in various categories.

One grain at a time: Assam’s rice seed library for climate resilience

His assemblage includes 250 varieties - aromatic, sticky, black, flood-tolerant and hill rice

In a Pickle

amla (wild and cultivated gooseberry), star gooseberry, hog plum (amtekai), kokam , ginger, star fruit ( carambola), bamboo shoot, pepper, tamarind, ...

Organic, handspun, handwoven: this muslin from Dindigul doesn’t get any better

What can be better than organic cotton, hand-spun, hand-woven and hand-dyed in organic colours?