Forest Rights Act
“We Fought For The Right to Our Land and Forests with a Handful of Rice”: An Interview with Anna Kujur

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

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

Gond children learn to conserve forests

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

Under Modi, India Has Witnessed an Unprecedented Chomping of the Earth

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

This Indian Language can be written by only 100 people

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

भीमाशंकर अभयारण्यात मधमाश्या महोत्सव – आदिवासींचा उपक्रम (in Marathi)

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

Honey Bee Festival by Adivasis in Bhimashankar Sanctuary area

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

मालधारियों से सीखना होगा (in Hindi)

आज जलवायु बदलाव के दौर में परंपरागत ज्ञान टिकाऊ विकास के लिए जरूरी हो गया है। इसमें मालधारियों की जीवनशैली मार्गदर्शक बन सकती है।

Villagers help prevent spread of forest fire

One of the many examples where legal recognition of forest rights is leading to positive results both for people and wildlife.