Pastoralists stitch together access to gauchars, vidis and forest lands. They pay where they must, negotiate where rules are unclear, and absorb the cost when grazing lands degrade or disappear.

Men dominate the cardamom trade that is worth crores but it is women’s labour and agricultural knowledge that holds up the industry.

In Kashmir, an eco-village nurtures ecological and existential regeneration. Regeneration is not only ecological work; it is inner work, where land meets soul.

Homestay based ecotourism, renewal of locally appropriate architecture, documentation and revalidation of traditional knowledge and skills, to reconnect with its culture and nature.

रासायनिक खेती से सबसे बड़ा नुकसान पारंपरिक पशुपालन का हुआ है।

“We need to mandate spaces for women in governance and decision-making, starting at the grassroots village level and moving upward,” says Seno Tsuhah.

The festival was part of the UN’s International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, with February dedicated to Mobility, Land, and Water Security. It was also the International Month of the buffalo.

A recent study documents medicinal plants used by Indigenous communities in West Sikkim in India, linking traditional healing to the conservation of sacred groves and monastery forests.

A group of women in Uttarakhand have crafted a space to build autonomy, agency and collective self-reliance. Khili Buransh challenges the capital-intensive, extractive, exploitative, patriarchal, casteist system prevailing in their part of society.