The voluntary character of the process implies an intricate desire within the stakeholders to preserve the land.

... also revering Sita as Sakti, as mother Earth, the essence of plenitude.

outlines a region-specific strategy for inclusive, ecologically sound development that takes into account the fragility of the landscape.

While acknowledging that recognising the rights of rivers is necessary, would it also be sufficient to bring about the ethics of caring for them?

The campaign has come as a lesson on the strength of combined effort: several NGO partners, grassroots groups, and the Forest Department.

Snow leopards control the population of mountain sheep and goats, preventing overgrazing and consequently enabling water retention

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

A song that is an ultimatum to the authorities that the community will protect what is rightfully theirs

"... Farmers allow Sarus cranes to feed and breed in their fields, even though this causes some crop damage,”