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Protecting and keeping forests connected: Elephant corridors that allow India’s national heritage animal to survive – Karnataka

Posted on 03/07/2019 by website administrator

India has for thousands of years revered and worshipped all natural resources, flora and fauna. And the elephant has a special place in Indian mythology | Read the full article by Dia Mirza in the Times of India >> We … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Elephant, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Modernity, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Success story, Tiger, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Worship and rituals | Tagged | Comments Off on Protecting and keeping forests connected: Elephant corridors that allow India’s national heritage animal to survive – Karnataka

Slideshow | Kokum Harvest in the Honnavar region – Karnataka

Posted on 21/04/2019 by website administrator

We are inviting you to join us for the complete journey of Kokum from Tree to Jar from May 4-8th 2019. We’ll gather at the Angadibail forest house to experience harvesting, drying, preservation, and kokum inspired recipes. We’ll even try our hand making kokum butter using traditional methods. We’ll also fill the weekend with … Continue reading →

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The Gond community: Discoveries in Indian history – Indus Valley, Chhattisgarh, Telangana & Karnataka

Posted on 21/03/2019 by website administrator

Gonds living in central and southern India could have migrated from the Indus Valley civilisation – KarnatakaPossibly “a revolutionary find” that links the adivasi Gond tribe to the Indus Valley civilisation, which flourished between 2500 B.C. and 1750 BC. Eleven … Continue reading →

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Envisaging a future beyond extremes (assimilation in mainstream society vs. isolation): Knowledge sharing workshop on better education for Adivasi Children at Bangalore’s Azim Premji University – Karnataka

Posted on 24/02/2019 by website administrator

Azim Premji University and a set of non-governmental organizations working on the education of Adivasi children organize a knowledge sharing workshop on 1 and 2, March, 2019 in Bangalore. A set of community representatives, government officials, the functionaries of NGOs … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi, Adverse inclusion, Assimilation, Commentary, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Modernity, Multi-lingual education, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Tribal culture worldwide, Tribal identity | Comments Off on Envisaging a future beyond extremes (assimilation in mainstream society vs. isolation): Knowledge sharing workshop on better education for Adivasi Children at Bangalore’s Azim Premji University – Karnataka

India’s first community getting its forest rights recognised: living in the core area of a tiger reserve – Karnataka

Posted on 29/10/2018 by website administrator

Amoolya Rajappa, 5 October 2018 | Read the full report and view more photos here >> The Soligas created history by becoming the first tribal community living in the core area of a tiger reserve in India to get their forest … Continue reading →

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