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Removing forest dwellers from areas to protect biodiversity costs more than involving them: report
"... Such examples of realising economic benefits have a direct positive impact on forest growth,”
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People of the Blue Mountains
"It's their mainstream, what we call alternatives"
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Sankar and his community dig canals to save Muthupet’s mangroves
Over 3,000 canals spread across 5,000 hectares dug in order to save mangroves that supported the fish on which the community dependes.
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How Forest-Dwelling Communities are Braving the Pandemic
Local communities and gram sabhas better understand the local complexities than local administrations while dealing with a crisis
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Reimagining Wellbeing: Villages opening spaces for Self-Governance
resisting mining ... and moving towards social, political, economic and ecological transformation
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Out of the Woods: How the FRA Is Helping a Village in Maharashtra During the COVID Crisis
How did the Panchayat achieve such financial and political independence and empowerment?
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How Forest Rights Made This Maharashtra Village ‘Atmanirbhar’
In times of crisis forest rights allow communities to move forward in self-sustenance while protecting and conserving their forests...
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160 women from a tiny village called Rahu in Melghat get Rs 10000 as share of profit through bamboo harvest
The Gram Sabha values the forests and knows the outcomes of protecting and nurturing it
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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 ...