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Two conservation communities from northeast India win biodiversity awards
The realisation that the community-controlled forest was home to many endemic species helped ... provide protection to all species here.
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Tosa Maidan Liberation & Conservation Struggle: A successful struggle of Non-violent & Democratic means in Kashmir
Following year-long demonstrations by the local villagers, the Government of J&K made a decision. TosaMaidan was handed over to its people.
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Mumbai sighting of Olive Ridley hatchlings may not be as rare as imagined
It is entirely possible that it is only due to the regular clean-up of this 2.5-km-long beach (since 2015) that the turtles have returned.
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A Tide Turns: Coastal Community resilience in the age of Climate Change
Exploring ecologically aligned and sustainable livelihoods can build community resilience, restore ecology and create responders to future disasters.
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In the words of Sunita Kashyap: “We believe in trade, not aid”
Demand for reduced taxes on trading for women’s collectives to help them effectively participate in value chains and get income security.
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Silent Valley: A controversy that focused global attention on a rainforest 40 years ago
The confrontation between development and environment; a people’s movement that got support from across the country
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India’s first camel milk plant to begin by March end in Kutch
Camel milk, good for diabetic, cancer and high blood pressure patients, is being marketed now...
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Millet-based ready-to-cook foods launched
A community production centre set up by the Deccan Development Society introduces millets-based nutritious ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook foods.
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A theatre group in Bengaluru invited Narendra Modi to watch a play that protests GST
As part of a Tax Denial Satyagraha, the Graam Seva Sangh did not charge GST on the tickets.