Tendu patta Collection and Wages : A Background Narrative from Rajasthan
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Astha is a voluntary agency established in 1986 and imparting work-oriented skills to the tribal people in the Kotra Block of Rajasthan.... Read More
Dumping the Parliament to Save the Tiger
Now that the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has used its non-existent jurisdictional powers and ordered that FRA not be recognized in... Read More
Gramin Samassya Mukti Trust
Gramin Samassya Mukti Trust is a registered, non-profit, secular, voluntary organization established in year 1991 and actively working in the field of rural and urban development since past 25 years.
The Forest with Diamonds: mining thoughts from Panna
Article by Snehlata Nath Bundelkhand, an area famous for its history, forests, forts and temples was dry and hot by the end... Read More
FRA Training workshop for community members of five villages in Kinwat Taluka, Nanded District – Community Forest Resource Area, formation of Conservation and Management Plan Committees and related issues; May 31st 2016
Backdrop The training workshop was organized at the request of Navi Ummed on 31st May 2016 under the Policy and Legal Action... Read More
Exploring the potentials of mahua-seed oil
Samarthak Samiti Udaipur has been working with adivasi people dependent on NTFPs for about 10 years. The Samiti’s aim is work for... Read More
Bamboo Notes from the Western Ghats
Introduction The presence of bamboo has been recorded since the Cretaceous period – about 144 million years ago – when the first... Read More
Magari Women and sirka production in Rajasthan: a success story
Magri is a village in Pratapgarh district, known the abundance of jamun trees. Unfortunately, most of the fruit are wasted; only about... Read More
NTFP enterprise helps tribal women farmers gain economic independence: a story from Rajasthan
Jhabla is a small village situated about 50 km from Udaipur on Udaipur-Ahmadabad highway. The village is inhabited by poor peasants of... Read More
Granite mining scams: brewing a protest
The Chodavaram Forest Range in the Visakhapatnam Forest Division and district has rich bio-diverse pockets which are home to a cycad species,... Read More