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Category Archives: Ecology and environment
Slideshow | Tribal Foundation (Nagercoil): Many talents, one team – Tamil Nadu
Photos and profiles provided by S.S. Davidson The foundation’s projects supports its efforts to secure a healthy diet, health care, prevention of disease, combining biodiversity with a sustainable livelihood and access to school education in accordance with government provisions. The team of … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Health and nutrition, Maps, Names and communities, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Success story
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Video | “Baihar Hana Sare” (Over the Green Field): Song 8 from Santali video album “Ale Ato” (Our Village) – West Bengal
8 Baihar Hana Sare (Over the Green Field) [Starting from 10:48] ThemeThis is the song we have composed for our Non-formal Santal school, the Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram. The students and teachers of the school sing it regularly. It describes how … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood and children, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Eastern region, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Music and dance, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, PDF printfriendly, Resources, Revival of traditions, Success story, Video contents
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Tip | Health and the nutritional value of indigenous grains, seeds and millets: “The tribal food basket has always been diverse and nutritious”
By Damayanti Datta | Read the full article >> Despite designing the world’s earliest and largest schemes on hunger and malnutrition, having surplus grains and food wastage, millions of Indians go to sleep hungry every night. It’s an invisible emergency … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Customs, Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Health and nutrition, Misconceptions, Organizations, Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Tips
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Tribal population displaced in the Narmada valley
Ever since the Narmada Control Authority in its Action Taken Report permitted the raising of the Sardar Sarovar dam to 110.64 metres, the entire tribal belt in the Narmada valley came under the submergence zone. The scale of devastation during … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Constitution and Supreme Court, Ecology and environment, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Maps, Narmada, Press snippets, Rural poverty
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