Tribal Cultural Heritage in India
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“The Kattunayakans, for example, a traditional hunter-gatherer tribe, would never plant a cash crop like bananas, since ‘elephants would eat it, of course’. They think it’s perfectly natural for elephants to come through their land and eat whatever they find. But for many of the newer immigrants into the region this is completely unacceptable, and they think elephants are a huge problem. Such nuances are frequently lost on biologists, conservationists and the media.” – Tarsh Thekaekara (Director, Shola Trust) in “Can elephants and humans live together?” (The Guardian, 6 March 2017)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/06/can-elephants-and-humans-live-together
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Source: “Kerala: Path we’ve taken favours privileged” by Madhavan K S, Times of India 3 June 2020URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/kerala-path-weve-taken-favours-privileged/articleshow/76174319.cmsDate visited: 1 November 2021 Total Scheduled Tribal population in Kerala composes 1.5 …
I cannot give you my forest is a documentary directed and produced by filmmakers- Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl. It has received the National Film Award for Best Environment Film …
Source: “Perceiving the Forest: Early India Studies” in History (February 2001 17: 1-16)URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/025764300101700101 | Backup (PDF, 1MB) >>Date Visited: 6 November 2021 The Aryans describe their enemies as dark …
Source: “Green Tribunal seeks MoEF’s response on plea on Western Ghats”, The Hindu, New Delhi, May 31, 2012Address : http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article3476285.ece?homepage=trueDate Visited: Sun Jun 03 2012 11:22:32 GMT+0200 (CEST)
Esther Elias, The Hindu, Coimbatore, July 9, 2012 | To read the full story and view more images, click here >> The Gass Forest Museum located within the 100-year-old TNFA …
“On her arrival in Tamil Nadu on August 5 [2023, President] Murmu visited the Theppakkadu elephant camp in the Nilgiris district and hailed the key role played by tribal communities …
On March 30 [2012], Kokila, an Adivasi woman, was collecting firewood with a few friends near Kozhikolly village in the Devala area of Gudalur taluk, 50 km below Udhagamandalam, when …