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Kuruba shepherds lose their security blanket
In some villages, women have formed ‘self-help-groups’ to collectively try and generate better incomes from Deccani wool.
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Forest Rights Act and Conservation in Korchi
The Forest Rights Act has changed the lives of hundreds of people, helping them to protect their forests and increase their incomes
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Less Rice, More Nutritious Crops Will Enhance India’s Food Supply, Study Says
Planting more coarse cereals including millets could increase protein, iron; climate resilience; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Not Green, but Greenwash
A lasting technological solution to ecological challenges leads to the next generation of ecological problems.
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शेतकरी आणि पर्यावरण (in Marathi)
गावाच्या पाणलोटक्षेत्राचं अत्यंत विचारपूर्वक नियोजन करायला हवं. ओढ्यांच्या उगमाला जंगल पुनरुज्जीवनाची सुरवात करायला हवी.
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The Dafaalis of Pithoragarh: a young tribe of nature-loving wanderers
By volunteering with the Harela Society, Pithoragarh youth have found different ways to make the conservation of nature a part of their daily lives.
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In the age of seed companies, free distribution aims to preserve native paddy
If a farmer collects 2 kg of Seeraga samba variety of paddy, he must repay with 4 kg of seeds after harvest.
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Insect-eating bird population drops in heavily extracted Himalayan oak forests
Encourage local communities to capitalise on the increased bird tourism in Uttarakhand by setting up homestays ...
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The Makeshift Huts – Indigenous Agro-pastoral Communities
Simple structure, used for shelter from weather and protection from wild animals, and also to store food. The hearth is under the elevated floor.