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South Asia’s largest biennial gathering of Tribals: Conferring sacredness upon their ancestors during the Sammakka Saralamma Jatara – Telangana

ARRIVING IN DUSTY, sun-scorched Medaram in Telangana at the end of a six- hour ride on a special state bus service from Hyderabad, you are acutely aware of entering a vast …

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Forests as livelihoods for tribals – Project Tiger in Odisha (Orissa)

Source: Endangered Tigers and the Fate of Indigenous peoples: The Story of Jenabil, India | EcoWalktheTalkAddress : http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2010/05/13/endangered-tigers-and-the-fate-of-indigenous-peoples-the-story-of-jenabil-india/Date Visited: Wed Aug 17 2011 20:11:19 GMT+0200 (CEST)

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“When your neighbour is a tiger”: A healthy ecosystem involves tribal communities as tigers thrive in areas inhabited by people – World Tiger Day 2020

Picture a world where tigers are a distant memory. Majestic beasts of old legends and fairytales, that later generations will never get to witness. With development projects encroaching deeper into …

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Learn more about tribal communities in the “Seven Sister States”: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura

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Countering urban perspective on tribal issues: community and children’s participation in short film making

Source: “Forest guards in conservation focus” by Jayanta Basu (The Telegraph, 15 September 2019)URL: https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/forest-guards-in-conservation-focus/cid/1705225Date visited: 1 November 2020 PUNE: Documentary filmmaker Krishnendu Bose on Monday said that the concept …

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Ancestral land of Soliga tribe restored: “Government realizes that tribal peoples are the best conservationists” – Karnataka

Survival on 2 November 2011 (the organization working for tribal peoples’ rights worldwide) Indian tribe secures unprecedented rights to tiger reserve In a landmark victory, a tribe in India has for …

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How to protect “hotspots of biodiversity” in ecologically sensitive Western Ghats – Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu

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)

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Video | Honey gathering tribes assert their ancestral rights and way of life – Tamil Nadu & Karnataka

The Kattunayakans are a honey gathering community in the Gudalur valley. Over generations they have mastered the skills required to take honey out of hives. – Priyashri Mani (upload information 3 …