Category Archives: Ecology and environment

A way to preserve biodiversity: India’s inspiring tradition of sacred groves – Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel

Posted on 19/05/2013 by website administrator

In commissioning a High-Level Working Group headed by the space scientist K. Kasturirangan to study the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), the Ministry of Environment and Forests hoped to resolve an impasse. It now appears that … Continue reading →

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Tip | Search articles on tribal history, politics and literature on Ramachandra Guha’s website

Posted on 19/05/2013 by website administrator

Type “adivasi”, “tribal”, “Mahasweta Devi”, “Verrier Elwin”, the name of place or a tribal community or similar combinations of words in the the Quick Search field seen on Ramachandra Guha’s website >> Guha’s books include a pioneering environmental history, The … Continue reading →

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Early Buddhist Sanghas valued outlook of tribal society: Democratic functioning, gender equality and knowledge of medicinal plants

Posted on 17/05/2013 by website administrator

Lobsan Payat (Newsfinder.org) Posted by Anandajoti on Tuesday, 19th October, 2010 Adivasi traditions and practices pervade all aspects of Indian culture and civilization, yet this awareness is often lacking in popular consciousness, and the extent and import of Adivasi contributions … Continue reading →

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Collective of tribals successful in initiating and maintaining a sustainable commercial cultivation of coffee – Andhra Pradesh

Posted on 13/05/2013 by website administrator

G. S. SUBRAHMANYAM, The Hindu, VISAKHAPATNAM, January 29, 2013 Coop society creates steady source of income for over 11,000 farmers The ability of the collective of tribals in Paderu Agency area in initiating and maintaining a sustainable commercial cultivation of coffee … Continue reading →

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Call for respect to indigenous peoples and an end to gender discrimination: India’s first National Dalit and Adivasi Women’s Congress

Posted on 10/05/2013 by website administrator

Dalit and Adivasi Women Warriors Question Caste and Gender Oppression Sujatha Surepally | Read the entire report with more photos >> (Impressions from the first National Dalit and Adivasi Women’s Congress held on February 15-16, 2013, at Tata Institute of Social … Continue reading →

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Encouraging centuries-old life-skills of Irulas: Eking out a living outside forests – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 10/05/2013 by website administrator

APARNA KARTHIKEYAN, The Hindu, 11-12-12 Janaki Lenin’s book [My Husband and Other Animals], a compilation of her popular column in The Hindu MetroPlus, offers insights into her husband Rom Whitaker’s fascination for animals, particularly snakes  When he came to Madras, Rom … Continue reading →

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Indigenous communities’ decisions on traditional lands and habitats to be respected, based on information provided in a language accessible to them: Supreme Court ruling a great victory for indigenous rights – Odisha (Orissa)

Posted on 03/05/2013 by website administrator

Amnesty International, 18 April 2013 India: Landmark Supreme Court ruling a great victory for indigenous rights Today’s ruling by India’s Supreme Court that the Indigenous (Adivasi) communities will have the final decision on plans for a bauxite mine by a subsidiary … Continue reading →

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Video | Trailer to “Have you seen the arana?” – Kerala

Posted on 03/05/2013 by website administrator

“The stories of ancestors and their discoveries give the film a mystical quality and work like a poetic refrain” – Review by Bikas Mishra >>

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The Western Ghats are no ordinary ecosystem: They constitute the water tower of peninsular India

Posted on 02/05/2013 by website administrator

Madhav Gadgil & Ligia Noronha, The Hindu, 2-5-13  [...] This is a challenging time in India’s development history where a number of tenets of environmental governance are being questioned by the imperative of growth. Environmental governance in India is under … Continue reading →

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Tip | Watch an educational video on ecowalkthetalk.com: Appreciating and sustaining India’s biodiversity

Posted on 02/05/2013 by website administrator

To view video contents on ecology and more, select a topic under Multimedia Biodiversity Development Sustainable agriculture and more … Eco WALK the Talk is a non-profit environmental website with an Asia focus. We cover eco news and insights, offer green … Continue reading →

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National Food Security Bill (National Food Security Bill Act), 2013 – Govt. of India

Posted on 24/04/2013 by website administrator

Excerpt from the “revised version, as tabled in Parliament, 22 March 2013″ It extends to the whole of India [...] Schedule III (See section 39) (1) “Revitalisation of Agriculture” – (a) agrarian reforms through measures for securing interest of small and marginal farmers; … Continue reading →

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Film review of “Have you seen the Arana?”: Award winning documentary feature on Wayanad’s treasure trove of flora and fauna – Kerala

Posted on 24/04/2013 by website administrator

Bikas Mishra | Sunday, April 21st, 2013 Bikas Mishra writes about Sunanda Bhat’s documentary feature which won the John Abraham Award recently | Read the entire review here >> The Adiya people of Wayanad believe that their goddess has turned into the … Continue reading →

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Earth Day 2013 celebrated at Vellambi tribal settlement: by Tribal Foundation Nagercoil – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 24/04/2013 by website administrator

Photos: courtesy S S Davidson © 2013 Tribal Foundation (Nagercoil) The Hindu, NAGERCOIL, April 23, 2013 Owing to rampant industrialization, unregulated use of chemicals and unplanned development, the planet was losing its regenerative capacity, environmental educator S. S. Davidson observed. … Continue reading →

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There you go! – Survival’s cartoon book

Posted on 21/04/2013 by website administrator

There you go! – Survival’s cartoon book – takes a satirical swipe at the ‘development’ of tribal peoples. With beautiful illustrations and wry humour, Oren Ginzburg tells the story of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of … Continue reading →

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Doctorate on edible mushroom: Applying traditional knowledge of people belonging to Kaani tribe in the Western Ghats – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 08/04/2013 by website administrator

The Hindu, Nagercoil, April 8, 2013 The traditional knowledge of people belonging to Kaani tribe in the Western Ghats of Kanyakumari district has helped a research student secure her doctorate. The Kaani tribe, who inhabit hills and deep jungles, are a … Continue reading →

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EU supported project to “bring back forests on forest land”: Auroville bioregion – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 04/04/2013 by website administrator

01 April 2002 | by Isha; source: Auroville Today, April 2002 European Union supports Auroville’s afforestation project. The planting of 75,000 trees within Auroville, fortifying Auroville’s forest gene and bunding and check dam work needed to combat soil erosion and … Continue reading →

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Tip | Tribal culture worldwide: Search newint.org

Posted on 02/04/2013 by website administrator

To read the regular newint.org blog on developments in India by Mari Marcel Thekaekara (e.g. Adivasi culture, environmental issues and women’s rights) and others (i.e. tribal culture worldwide), search here: http://newint.org/themes/society/indigenous-peoples/>> Related posts Democracy Mari Thekaekara (on this website) Misconceptions Modernity Tribal culture worldwide … Continue reading →

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Slideshow | Community screening of documentary “Have you seen the Arana?” in Gudalur – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 30/03/2013 by website administrator

Bangalore-based filmmaker Sunanda Bhat was invited by ACCORD for a community screening of her award winning documentary ”Have you seen the Arana?” on 24 March 2013 in Gudalur. Her audience comprised students, their teachers and other members of the different Adivasi communities of … Continue reading →

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Slideshow | World Forestry Day school celebration in the western ghats of Kanyakumari district – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 25/03/2013 by website administrator

Photos: courtesy S S Davidson © 2013 Tribal Foundation (Nagercoil) The Hindu, NAGERCOIL, March 22, 2013 Forests were the lungs of the earth and global warming and its attendant climate change needed to be dealt with in this context, said environmental educator … Continue reading →

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Celebrating World Water Day 2013: Government Tribal Middle School at Manalodai in the forest area of Western Ghats – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 25/03/2013 by website administrator

Photo: courtesy S S Davidson © 2013 Tribal Foundation (Nagercoil) The Hindu, NAGERCOIL, March 25, 2013 World Water Day was celebrated at the Government Tribal Middle School at Manalodai in the forest area of Western Ghats in Kanyakumari on Saturday. Addressing the … Continue reading →

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New Amarambalam forests deserve better conservation status – Kerala & Tamil Nadu

Posted on 20/03/2013 by website administrator

T. Nandakumar, The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, December 12, 2012 New moss species found in New Amarambalam forests: Characterised by long, drooping primary branches, ridged leaves  - Photo: The Hindu | Researchers have named the new plant Symphysodontella madhusoodanii.

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“Ayurveda has evolved from the folk medicine” – Book review: Medicine and Life Sciences in India

Posted on 19/03/2013 by website administrator

Review: Medicine and Life Sciences in India. Subbarayappa, B. V. (Ed.) 2001. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Pp: 771. Price not given. by D.P. Agrawal & Lalit Tiwari Of late the West is veering round to the Alternative … Continue reading →

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Slideshow | Butterfly survey by the Ferns Naturalists Society in North Wayanad Forest Division – Kerala

Posted on 17/03/2013 by website administrator

View a slideshow in the online edition of The Hindu (Nov 1, 2011) >> Photo: courtesy The Hindu, KALPETTA, October 30, 2011 – The team reported 38 species of skippers, 14 species of blues, 15 species of swallow tails, 18 white and yellows, and … Continue reading →

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Interview on the award winning documentary “Have You Seen The Arana?”: A sojourn that takes you through the crests, troughs and flats of Wayanad – Kerala

Posted on 16/03/2013 by website administrator

Catherine Rhea Roy, The Hindu, Bangalore, March 14, 2013 Though Ningal Aranaye Kando has a bleak premise, filmmaker Sunanda Bhat injects it with the lightness of everyday occurrences, simple slice-of-life moments and hope for the future, finds Catherine Rhea Roy. [...] … Continue reading →

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Machu Picchu: UNESCO World Heritage site close to some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes – Peru

Posted on 16/03/2013 by website administrator

In 2007, Machu Picchu was declared one of the seven new wonders of the world. Today, the lives of uncontacted tribes in the same valley are threatened by gas and oil extraction. [...] Every year, nearly 1 million tourists visit … Continue reading →

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