Apart from resistance against mining and implementation of forest rights, what other activities are taking place at the MGS level?

Forests inhabited by Adivasis are some of the best conserved in the subcontinent ... and ‘indigenous knowledge’ is invaluable.

“Most of the plants dismissed as weeds are edible and we don’t even know it. We walk past them every day ..."

Empowered local villagers are curbing hunting and tree cutting, protecting forest-grown vegetables and native trees and their seeds

Spaces need to be created for inter-generational learning for young Adivasi peoples, where adults in the community can impart local knowledge

DDS has helped achieve food sovereignty and security for several thousand families, as also empower these women towards autonomy

फुलवारी में बच्चों को स्वादिष्ट, गरम पतला और मुलायम भोजन के साथ उनका खास ध्यान रखा जाता है।

"There are a lot of lessons to be learnt from Adivasi communities, which have an equitable structure and provide opportunities for everyone to grow.”

“The soil is us. We live in these hills as one entity, and that is most important.”