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Folk singer & orphans rejuvenate barren land
Students walk up to a hilltop, daily, and water the sapling planted the previous day before putting a new one into the soil.
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Community restores grasslands in Lamkani, making the village drought-resilient
"Conservation in community-protected grasslands succeeds because is tied to the livelihoods of the people,”
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Is the Environment for Taking From or for Giving To? A Young Indigenous Economist Finds Answers in His Own Culture
Alienating Nanda-Gaoli people from forests has been detrimental not only for livestock (but also for) the environment
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How a restoration project in Karnataka is helping revive ecology, community livelihood
... a powerful livelihood alternative, a win-win for the forest-dependent communities and the ecology of the area
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Restoring lakes not an engineering task: How some communities did the job
Local bodies and activists are coming together to deal with lake pollution, de-silting, encroachment
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Igniting Young Minds: Youth Camps at Kalpavalli
Youth camps at Timbaktu Collective’s Kalpavalli programme seek to inculcate sensitivity and awareness towards nature.
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Revive springs for water security in Mizoram
The programme has worked to align construction of conservation structures with welfare schemes such as MGNREGA and NRDWP.
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How to create an Oasis
They are replacing the invasive species - gando babool - with mixed varieties of native seeds that can withstand heavy /normal /low rainfall
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Vasai volunteers recharge ponds to raise water table
Traditional Water Ponds were used only for irrigation and for recharging groundwater.