Search this website
Fact checking
- Fact checking +
- NGOs, Indian Government & universities ++
- Adivasi, Tribals & Denotified tribes – Classifications
- Biological Diversity: What is the Biodiversity Act?
- Endangered languages: Peoples’ Linguistic Survey of India
- Forest Rights Act (FRA)
- Health & nutrition
- Hyderabad biodiversity pledge
- Interactive maps
- Names of tribal communities (Sitemap)
- Tribal Children’s Right to Education in India
- Tribal identity & terminology: UN Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Women in India: A reality check
- Worldcat.org – Find Indian authors and publications
Indian writing on tribal issues
- Search select periodicals +
- Magazines & web portals ++
- eBook eJournal ePaper
- eJournal “Johar”
- Explore indigenous knowledge: Biodiversity, ecology & wildlife
- Freedom movement
- Journalism: Ethics
- Journalism: Misinformation (UN)
- Journalism: Rural people speak about their lives (photos & video)
- Press: Interactive map
- Suggest a resource
- We have to write our own stories
NGOs, Indian Government & universities
- Contact: National helpline Childline & report trafficking
- Accountability
- Biodversity & United Nations
- Books published in India
- Census figures (ST) 2011
- Govt. Child rights
- Govt. recognized communities
- Govt. State wise figures (ST)
- Govt. What are the Rights of Scheduled Tribes (ST)
- Fighting exploitation and women’s stigmatization
- Forest dwellers in early India – myths and ecology
- Gandhian social movement
- Health recommendations
- India’s 28 States and 8 Union Territories
- Map: Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups & Endangered languages
- Museums & Research institutes
- Nehru’s 5 Principles: Panchsheel
- Networking
- Resources for the classroom
- Scheduled Tribe (ST)
- Seasons and festivals
- Success stories
- Survival Int. on tribal education
- Tagore and rural culture
- Unicef & Unesco
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights & International Convention against Torture
- Zonal Cultural Centres across India
Recent posts
Category Archives: Nature and wildlife
Providing ‘voice’ to the indigenous communities of India: Bhasha Research and Publication Centre – Gujarat
Bhasha Sanshodhan Prakashan Kendra Bhasha Research and Publication Centre62 Shreenathdham DuplexBehind Dinesh MillsOpp Shrinagar SocietyVadodara-39007GujaratINDIA Tel.: +91 – (0)265 – 233 19 68 Accreditation request No. 90236: EnglishDecision-making meeting: 4.GA – 2012 Year of creation: 1996 Domain(s): – oral traditions and expressions– performing arts– … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature and bibliographies, Multi-lingual education, Museum collections - India, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Seasons and festivals, Storytelling, Tribal culture worldwide, Tribal identity
Comments Off on Providing ‘voice’ to the indigenous communities of India: Bhasha Research and Publication Centre – Gujarat
“We need participation and governance by the local communities in order to legitimise their local knowledge while empowering them economically” – UN International Day for Biological Diversity (22nd of May)
There is very little evidence that ecotourism in its present form is sustainable […] Tourism is inherently an exploitative industry, both ecologically and socially and we need to accept that. But the ill-effects of tourism on biodiversity conservation can be … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Eco tourism, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Ethnobotany & ethnomedicine, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Tourism
Comments Off on “We need participation and governance by the local communities in order to legitimise their local knowledge while empowering them economically” – UN International Day for Biological Diversity (22nd of May)
Sacred groves foster a sense of togetherness and harmony: Protecting nature in and beyond India’s tribal communities – Kerala & Karnataka
CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF NATURE CONSERVATION IN INDIABy Dr S.M. Nair Living in harmony with Nature has been an integral part of Indian culture. This has been abundantly reflected in a variety of traditional practices, religious beliefs, rituals, folklore, arts and … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Commentary, Community facilities, Crafts and visual arts, Customs, Democracy, eBook eJournal ePaper, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Ethnobotany & ethnomedicine, Gandhian social movement, Globalization, Government of India, History, Libraries, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Modernity, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Quotes, Resources, Revival of traditions, Sacred grove, Tips, Trees, Tribal identity, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women, Worship and rituals
Comments Off on Sacred groves foster a sense of togetherness and harmony: Protecting nature in and beyond India’s tribal communities – Kerala & Karnataka
Video | Health and the nutritional value of indigenous grains, seeds and millets: “The tribal food basket has always been diverse and nutritious”
Excerpt from “Rage Of A Silent, Invisible Killer Called Malnutrition – Why Shining India Is In Grip Of An Epic Calamity” by Damayanti Datta | Read the full article >>Despite designing the world’s earliest and largest schemes on hunger and … Continue reading →