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Forest protection in a Midnapore village has created prosperity - and local heroes

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Lifted into prosperity

Community lift irrigation management systems have ushered in a new era in Shankerpura

Out of the depths

Women water-users are determined to have their say in water management policymaking

Rising above the muck

The residents of an unauthorised colony in Delhi battle all odds for a cleaner life

Water in the sand

Experiments in rainwater harvesting are recharging parched aquifers in Kutch

Organ thieves, beware

Ground truths

Villagers in Nepal flummox experts by 'reading' satellite images

Tanking up on water

Renovating traditiona_1 village reservoirs, farmers in Tamil Nadu are pursuing a green dream

Hosiery havoc

Effluent treatment schemes get underway in a Tamil Nadu town famed for its hosiery units

Wanderlust goes bust

Settling nomads is tricky business, especially when it comes to garnering votes

Shimla in a shambles

The beautiful resort is fast greying under the onslaught of modernity

Small is beautiful

Show the way out

Holding out the olive branch

Run of the mill

Freedom on the freeway

A people's movement in northern California has weeded out the use of pesticide on highways

A space of their own

A garden for blind persons that explores more than just botanical learning

Contacts with young minds

Schoolchildren in Uttar Pradesh delighted themselves collecting leaves and plants for a unique biodiversity competition

Chemical-free abundance

After years of killing his fields with pesticides and fertilisers, a sapota grower rediscovered cultivation without chemicals

Villagers unite to conserve resources

The Academy of Development Sciences has brought tribals in the Konkan region of Maharashtra together to make efficient use of scarce resources.

Brotherhood of greens

The desolation around Udaipur in Rajasthan is giving way to vegetation through the efforts of cooperative societies

Green salute

Scientists at Maida's polytechnic college are r6versing the trend of rural upliftment through urban-basgd planning

Churning the stilled waters

The citizens of Udaipur are increasingly taking on the government to check degradation of the city's famed lakes

A motley crew of forest protectors

In Karnataka's Kodagu district, a group of people battling timber traders trying to exploit their region's virgin forests has earned the wrath of …