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Restoring Community-Ecosystem Relationships through Nature-Based Livelihoods
A Case Study of Vangrams in Kanha National Park. Introduction Between 1968 and 2010, thousands of Gond and Baiga tribal families residing in Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha National Park were moved…
Lac in deadly heat: the climate connection
Investigating lessons from a lac cultivation pilot in the Baiga village of Chichrangpur The lakshagriha (or “house of lac”) of the Mahabharata was a palace built from lac in the…
Learning from forest-dwelling, tribal communities to fight forest fires
There is much to learn from how their relationship with natural resources is regulated by natural rhythms and cycles. India’s varied forest habitat is a giant tinderbox that can release…