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.
My Village (Mocho gaon)/Halbi
A poem by Arjun Singh Nag (Translated by Madhu Ramnath) Deep in a thick forest, at the foot of the Baag Dongri1, is... Read More
Missing the forest dwellers in the new forest policy
India is one of the few countries in the world that have a long history of organized forest management with three National... Read More
Agro-Forestry Models for Food, Nutrition, Economic and Environment Security in Tribal Areas
Introduction In the past, tribal people had several ways of earning their livelihood. They farmed, fished, raised poultry, worked on basketry and... Read More
Saving the Malabar Hornbill in the hills of Tamil Nadu
Farming practices encouraged by existing forest policies have drastically reduced the sources of food for the Malabar Grey Hornbill, once abundant in... Read More
The Nagpur Consultation, 2014
The Nagpur consultation was designed in the backdrop of the start changes unfodlding in the tribal – forest interface domain. The work... Read More