Category Archives: Hyderabad biodiversity pledge

India has committed US $50 million towards strengthening the institutional mechanism for biodiversity conservation in the country during its presidency of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). Called the Hyderabad Pledge, the amount was announced by Prime Minister […] The funds will be used to enhance technical and human capabilities at the national and state-level mechanisms to attain the CBD objectives. – Down To Earth (4 July 2015) 
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Sacred groves: Traditional practice and modern ecology

Posted on 13/03/2018 by website administrator

Sacred groves are maintained by many tribal communities across India, including Santals or those inhabiting the Nilgiri mountains of Tamil Nadu. Several ancestral forests, sacred streams and mountains – like those in the adjoining Wayanad region of Kerala and other … Continue reading →

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Updates on the Convention on Biodiversity: Conservation to be “connected to livelihood” – Hyderabad biodiversity pledge

Posted on 03/12/2017 by website administrator

Goa villages to document biodiversity PANAJI: Goa has become the second State after Kerala to constitute Biodiversity Management Committees in most of its village panchayats, according to Pradip V. Sarmokadam, Member Secretary, Goa State Biodiversity Board.The move is aimed at … Continue reading →

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Food systems and values fostered through the Dongria Kondhs’ seed festival: “Lessons that can teach us about humanity itself” – Odisha

Posted on 01/05/2017 by website administrator

Aditi Pinto, The Hindu (Sunday Magazine), 23 April 2017 | To read the full article and view more photos with photo credits, click here >> In the early summer month of April, around the magnificent Niyamgiri range in southern Odisha, the desi … Continue reading →

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Appreciation for conserving the traditional traits of seeds by tribal farmers: “Old Seed Festival 2014”: Sanjeevini Rural Development Society – Andhra Pradesh

Posted on 20/04/2015 by website administrator

The Hindu, VISAKHAPATNAM, April 28, 2014 Malivalasa village on Andhra-Odisha border stood first in conserving 203 varieties of old seed followed by Demuduvalasa with 197 varieties. The farmers were given agricultural implements worth Rs.70,000 on Sunday at the 10th Old Seed … Continue reading →

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Slideshow | Eco-awareness programmes in an “Ecologically Fragile Area”: Kanyakumari District (Western Ghats) – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 25/03/2015 by website administrator

Photos: courtesy Davidson Sargunam © 2015 Tribal Foundation (Nagercoil) Growing up in the lush estates of Kerala, South India, where my parents worked, I got an early and wide exposure to forest ecology. My parents taught me how to live … Continue reading →

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