People's participation

Community initiative

A public hearing that worked

Comanagement of natural resources Local learning for poverty education

Book COMANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LOCAL LEARNING FOR POVERTY REDUCTION *by Stephen R Tyler* International Development Research Centre

'People's plan solved water crisis in Dhule'

In wonderland

Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh is a many-splendoured wonder where indomitable political will and the tribals have proved that the regeneration of the …

Restoring the past

A civil engineer revives an age-old system of farmers managing irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu

Blood on the beach

Fisherfolk on the coast of Saurashtra kill whale sharks to make a living. If this is replaced by an ecotourism scheme the people and the fish …

Eco-wisdom

Two Tamil Nadu Villages protect their natural wealth and prosper

Reviving nature

A professor heralds hope and greenery into a remote Orissa village to set it free from a web of untouchability, superstition, illiteracy and poverty

Fishing in troubled waters

People displaced by a dam on the Tawa, the Narmada's biggest tributary, charted their own rehabilitation through exemplary management of natural …

Jharkhand tribals build their own government homes

"We are not afraid to lay down more lives for our rights"

Chilika, Asia's largest brackish water lake in Orissa, is in the midst of a controversy that refuses to die. At stake is the livelihood of …

Meeting in vain

The fifth conference on biological diversity held recently in Nairobi ended on a flat note

A bill in question

The Andhra Pradesh government's move to 'legalise' JFM kicks off a row

GAMBIA

Very little amendment

Book>> New Forms of Urban Governance in India Shifts, Models, Networks and Contestations edited by ISA Baud and J De Wit Sage Publications, …

Beyond techno fixes

Vulnerable people can be agents of change, not mere recipients of assistance

Words of wisdom

The traditional knowledge of indigenous communities was for a long time viewed with scepticism. Now, the world acknowledges its significance

Managing a crisis

People of the Arwari basin in Alwar, take proactive measures to battle drought

The road ahead

India with its deplorable rural roads can learn a lesson from Madagascar, which has successfully implemented a decentralised system of …

For the love of air

International experts meet to develop a blueprint for future action to improve air quality in Delhi

A quiet Revolution

Six years ago, the Andhra Pradesh government decided to manage forests jointly with the people. This effort is breaking new ground in Naxalite-…

Creating a wonderland

In the barren wildness of the savannahs in Colombia, a visionary establishes an extraordinary community

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