Forests

As governments and institutions search for solutions to biodiversity loss and climate change, Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills offers an important lesson
Forests

As governments and institutions search for solutions to biodiversity loss and climate change, Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills offer an important lesson

Chitta Ranjan Pani
6 min read
Conservation is most effective when indigenous communities are recognised not as beneficiaries but as partners, rights holders, and knowledge holders
In Chhattisgarh’s forest villages, tribal women carry the labour but middlemen take the margins
Forests

In Chhattisgarh’s forest villages, tribal women carry the labour but middlemen take the margins

Anil Ashwani Sharma
5 min read
Collectors say they are forced to sell medicinal herbs, leaf plates, tubers and seeds at low prices because procurement centres are inaccessible or irregular
The world is not enough
Forests

The world is not enough

Shagun
3 min read
Land is a finite resource, best left undisturbed for optimal environmental benefits. since that is not a feasible option, the need is to improve agrarian productivity
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