Empowerment of villagers to govern and manage local natural resources can sustain economies!

resisting mining ... and moving towards social, political, economic and ecological transformation

We went from village to village to create awareness among the people to enable them to assert their rights over their land and forest.

The Forest Rights Act has changed the lives of hundreds of people, helping them to protect their forests and increase their incomes

They took an oath to protect their forest. After several discussions, residents of all the adjacent villages agreed to protect the forest.

The natural environment is the daily lifeline of ... forest-dwellers, fishers, farmers, craftspersons, pastoralists, urban poor.

The need for a standard language for education and administration is more urgent in the conflicted regions the Gondi tribes inhabit

वन उपजांवर आधारित उपजीविकांना प्रोत्साहन देण्याचे स्थानीय महिलांच्या जय सत्गुरू स्व-मदत गटासह कल्पवृक्ष व अन्य गटांचे प्रयत्न सुरू आहेत.

Display and sale of wild bee honey and other local produce, reading of children's book on honeybees, presentations by local people, painting ...