Category: Environment and Ecology - Page 97

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.

From Hunters to Protectors

(for kids) The Nyishi community of Arunachal Pradesh used to hunt hornbills, then things changed...

Hiware Bazar : A conversation with Popatrao Pawar

A free wheeling conversation with Popatrao Pawar, the legendary Sarpanch of Hiware Bazar. Pawar led Hiware Bazar's transformation from a drought- prone village to a green and prosperous model village, thus successfully reproducing Anna Hazare's Ralegaon Siddhi model of village development. In this conversation, he talks us through his journey of the last 25 years and the principles by which the village governs itself.