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Fishing for a Difference

A story about an initiative that revives lakes and empowers communities

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.

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.

Generating alternative sources of livelihood through farm forests

Vegetables, pulses and oilseeds were cultivated, protected and nurtured ... The produce was equally shared by members

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.

The little fish in big rivers

Across the region, fish is always prepared in combination with local herbs, ferns, flowers and seasonal vegetables.

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.

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

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