From abundance to endangerment to revival, Kachchh’s guggal comes a full circle
Local farmers began to grow the guggal—both for economic benefit, as well as for community awareness and involvement in its conservation.
जंगल को कैसे बचा रहे हैं छत्तीसगढ़ के कमार ? (In Hindi)
कमार आदिवासियों ने जंगल बचाने के साथ आजीविका भी बचाई है|
Crisis in India’s bread basket
How agriculture, capital and corporate investment have reshaped Indian Punjab, and brought about its current precarity
Declining bird populations are a ‘grim’ reminder of rapid biodiversity loss, says new report
Targeted, systematic, periodic monitoring of bird populations and using consistent methods can help species management.
Ruza, a traditional water harvesting system for the water-scarce mountains
It is a communal practice with the water shared among families and an integrated form of farming comprising forestry, horticulture, agriculture, fishery and animal husbandry.
Can quick-fix solutions address India’s growing water woes?
Resistance to such destructive projects by helping the communities and their organisations fight them and developing alternatives through research and capacity building should be seen as part of our interventions or engagement in the urban space.
भारत का वैकल्पिक भविष्य: कुछ झलक (In Hindi)
यह दो लेख ‘ऑल्टेर्नेटिव फ्युचर्स: इन्डिया अन्शैकल्ड’ किताब जो २०१७ में छपी थी, से लिये व अनुवादित किये गये हैं।
The Ladakhi Story In A Grain
Through barley, the mela projected an inter-connected web of life and how the death of any one of those nodes disturbs the entire web leading to ills and illnesses of many kinds.
Greening Mother Earth: How Vanvadi In Maharashtra Is Reclaiming Forests For A Cause
This regenerated, natural ‘forest-farm’ with its pristine, unpolluted environment, is ideal to pick up lessons in biodiversity and sustainable living