High and dry

Conservation cannot ignore pastoral rights

How many Indians are pastoralists? No official data, but report says 13 mln

A figure of 35 million is often quoted, but without a source, claims report  

Drying wetlands

Ladakh's high altitude wetlands are under severe stress from the livestock population as well as tourist influx

Ban on grazing hits Raikas community hard

Ladakh's nomads could lose lifeline to sanctuary

Strangers in their own land

The final notification of the Great Himalayan National Park has jeopardised the livelihood of a tribe of migratory pastoralists. It has also …

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Himalayan upheavals

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SUBSIDISED KILLING

They may survive the drought. But they cannot survive government policies. When people have to abandon their livestock, they are reduced to misery,…

Misplaced pride

Nomads fenced in

Maharashtra on way to ban illegal graziers from other states

Columbian tribe ready to join the world

Grasping at grass

Maldharis resort to Forest Rights Act as forest department plans to restrict grazing on Banni grassland

Tanzanian government evicts pastoralists

COVID-19 makes summer 2020 harsh for Rajasthan’s pastoralists

Pastoralists suspend migration to other states, fodder crisis in several villages