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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
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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Celebrating World Water Day 2013: Government Tribal Middle School at Manalodai in the forest area of Western Ghats – Tamil Nadu
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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The Shola Trust Gudalur – Tamil Nadu
NGO Profile – Sanctuary Asia magazine February 2011: In Gudalar, at the edge of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, a small committed group of volunteers work to protect India’s shola forests – a mosaic of montane evergreen forests and grasslands found … Continue reading
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Eco tourism, the challenge of man-animal conflict and recognition of forest rights – Project Tiger
Aarti Dhar, The Hindu, January 6, 2013 If enhancing funds for tiger conservation is high on its agenda, the government is also facing the huge challenge of man-animal conflict. Reports of loss of life, livestock and crops in animal attacks are … Continue reading
Video | Vayali Folklore Group – Nepal Film Fest documentary
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Fund raiser cycle trip for an amazing school for adivasi kids – Karnataka
By Mari Marcel Thekaekara, New Internationalist, March 19, 2012 The organization I work with, ACCORD – which aims to improve the human rights of adivasi people in India – arranged a fund raiser cycle trip from Bangalore to Gudalur last week to raise … Continue reading
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NGO Vayali breathes life into art forms – Kerala
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Education & Environment Books by Kalpavriksh – Soliga tribal community (Karnataka)
Forests Alive! (CD) Rs. 150 Sujatha Padmanabhan, Sunita Rao and Yashodara Kundaji This CD contains a Handbook for educators and teachers. Its contents spans issues related to the lives of the Soliga tribal community who live within the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple … Continue reading
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About the maker of “Empowering through Education in Tamil Nadu”
Kavita Meegama works as a Language and Culture Instructor at FSI. She is also an experienced filmmaker and has worked previously across rural India with various non-profits including Association for India’s Development (AID-India) for more than a decade. [...] Kavita’s core … Continue reading
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Adivasi Cultural Mela in Bangalore – celebrating diversity of tribal culture in honour of Birsa Munda
The Hindu, Bangalore, November 16, 2011 The diversity of tribal culture in south India was on display at the Adivasi Cultural Mela held in the city on Tuesday, but so was the anger at their forcible eviction from forests they … Continue reading
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Vacationing in a responsible and compassionate manner – Wayanad (Kerala)
Life & Style » Kids May 3, 2010 Holiday amidst nature JIBY KATTAKAYAM Holiday at the Priyadarshini Tea Estate at Mananthavady to escape the summer sun. [...] For the tribes The Priyadarshini Tea Estate was begun as a cooperative society … Continue reading
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Coimbatore tribal population successfully takes to agriculture – Tamil Nadu
V.S. Palaniappan, The Hindu, COIMBATORE, February 24, 2011 Source of income: Tribal women harvesting bush beans at Seengapathy tribal settlement, near Chadivayal, at the foothills of Siruvani. — Photo: K. Ananthan The Forest Department has provided guidance to four tribal settlements … Continue reading
Tourism and Adivasi culture – publication discussing rightful participation of indigenous communities
Author: Equitable Tourism Options (EQUATIONS) Keywords: Rural Tourism Impacts; EQUATIONS Collection: opensource Description The Tourist Welcomed – The Adivasi Exiled reflects on tourism’s impacts on indigenous communities in India. Using numerous cases and examples the paper illustrates the commodification of … Continue reading
Vayali Folklore Group performance video
The performance video covers Vayali Folklore Group’s journey for a folk art dance performance. The colour, energy and skill of the young people is on full display. About Vayali Motto: “Culture nourishes itself from nature. Without nature, culture cannot exist; … Continue reading
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Gond tribal dance revived near Pench National Park
Villagers at Sawra have decided to revive their traditional dances in an effort to preserve and showcase their rich culture. Satpuda Foundation (a wildlife conservation NGO working in central India) is encouraging this and other community initiatives. It is hoped … Continue reading
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Learning from tribal communities: ecology and health issues
For a natural balance A National Consultation on Wildlife Conservation and People’s Livelihood Rights stresses the need to work towards conservation projects that are equally sensitive to the needs of wildlife and local communities. PANKAJ SEKHSARIA ASHISH KOTHARI CAN tigers … Continue reading
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Gond dance – Madhya Pradesh
From the inspiring love legends of Mandu to the formidable regality of Gwalior, from the civilisational testimonies of Bhimbetka to the architectural eroticism of Khajuraho, from the spiritual mysticism of Omkareshwar and Chitrakoot to the unblemished biodiversity of the … Continue reading
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Tiger conservation and tourism – its impact on the people in and around the tiger reserves
Infochange News & Features, August 2012 The Supreme Court order to ban tourism in core tiger reserves, and decisions to shoot poachers at sight find favour with some conservationists, the middle class and media. But what will their impact be … Continue reading →