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How Forest-Dwelling Communities are Braving the Pandemic
Local communities and gram sabhas better understand the local complexities than local administrations while dealing with a crisis
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India needs a rainbow recovery plan
... sustainable livelihoods, to be built on regenerating and safeguarding the soil, natural ecosystems, water, biological diversity, and air.
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जनता पार्लमेंट : दि.१८ आँगस्ट २०२० रोजी पर्यावरण सत्रात पारित ठराव (in Marathi)
पर्यावरण सत्रांत ८ विषयांवर ३० पेक्षा अधिक प्रस्ताव पारित केले गेले
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जनता संसद : पर्यावरण सत्र में पारित प्रस्ताव, 18 अगस्त, 2020 (in Hindi)
८ विषयों पर ३० से अधिक प्रस्ताव पारित किये गए
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Re-imagining food: Do we have the stomach for it?
Hunger ... is not due to lack of food, but lack of justice
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In a First, a City Frees a River Using Funds Meant To Concretise It
The best way to mitigate flood damage (by rivers) is to let (their) floodplains be(!)
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Janta Parliament: Resolutions Passed in Session on Environment, 18 August 2020
Over 30 resolutions relating to eight subjects passed at the Environment session
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Can the coronavirus save the planet?
Across the globe today there is a re-birth of radical democracy, often led by women or by youth
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Tosamaidan- A zone of peace and resilience in Kashmir (India)
This case study describes and analyses a non-violent movement to save a Himalayan landscape of enormous ecological and livelihood importance,…