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Fishing for a Difference
A story about an initiative that revives lakes and empowers communities
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After cyclone Fani, women in a migrant fishing community start resilience fund
A go-to fund created by women to take care of small expenses and activities linked to pressing needs that follow disasters.
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For vote-seekers, a manifesto from livestock breeders
Compensation is due for grazing-land in forests, lost when a dam is being built or development projects are undertaken.
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Generating alternative sources of livelihood through farm forests
Vegetables, pulses and oilseeds were cultivated, protected and nurtured ... The produce was equally shared by members
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Engaging Communities in Resource Monitoring: The Political Ecology of Science as the Language of Power
Community-based monitoring can play a critical role in the empowerment of local communities and their engagement in conservation.
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The little fish in big rivers
Across the region, fish is always prepared in combination with local herbs, ferns, flowers and seasonal vegetables.
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Meet India’s first and only licensed fisherwoman, KC Rekha
India’s lone licensed deep sea fisher-woman has survived monstrous tides that toss around her flimsy 20-year-old vessel.
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प्लास्टिकविरोधी लढाईला ‘काडी’चा आधार (in Marathi)
याच वर्षी मुंबईतील हाॅटेल व बार व्यवसायांनी पण पेयांसह काडी देणे थांबवले आहे, किंवा त्या ऐवजी कागदी काडी देणे सुरू केले आहे
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Pomfret in October, mackerel in March
A voluntary effort that targets urban fish eaters provides fish choices based on compilation of decades of marine research