Nature & wildlife

“We – forest-dependent communities, supported by others – declare: The natural forests are a nurturing mother to us. Our very identities, cultures and world-views are closely linked to the forests that provide our primary needs. […] Our cultures discourage greed, the root of scarcity, harm and sorrow.” – An appeal for a new consciousness of empathy and wise governance to protect our rich natural heritage, culture, and harmonious collective future by Kavitha (“Forest Foods & Ecology” Festival, December 12 to 14, 2014 at Sri Aurobindo Society, New Delhi)
www.kisanswaraj.in/2014/12/31/forest-foods-and-ecology/
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=16371

National Food Security Bill (National Food Security Bill Act), 2013 – Govt. of India

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Excerpt from the “revised version, as tabled in Parliament, 22 March 2013”

It extends to the whole of India […]

Schedule III (See section 39)
(1) “Revitalisation of Agriculture” –
(a) agrarian reforms through measures for securing interest of small and marginal farmers;
(b) increase in investments in agriculture, including research and development, extension services, micro and minor irrigation and power to increase productivity and production;
(c) ensuring livelihood security of farmers by way of remunerative prices, access to inputs, credit, irrigation, power, crop insurance, etc. ;
(d) prohibiting unwarranted diversion of land and water from food production […]

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EU supported project to “bring back forests on forest land”: Auroville bioregion – Tamil Nadu

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    01 April 2002 | by Isha; source: Auroville Today, April 2002   European Union supports Auroville’s afforestation project. The planting of 75,000 trees within Auroville, fortifying Auroville’s forest gene and bunding and check dam work needed to combat soil erosion and enhance groundwater percolation are going to be the main components of the … Read more

Machu Picchu: UNESCO World Heritage site close to some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes – Peru

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In 2007, Machu Picchu was declared one of the seven new wonders of the world. Today, the lives of uncontacted tribes in the same valley are threatened by gas and oil extraction. […] Every year, nearly 1 million tourists visit the Inca citadel. Perched high on a ridge in the eastern Andes overlooking the Urubamba … Read more

Advantage of Podu (slash-and-burn) cultivation: Almost all varieties of cereals and vegetables grow in one plot – Odisha & Andhra Pradesh

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A HORTICULTURE technique, some 10,000 years old and forerunner to the systematic cultivation of food crops, is still practised by tribal societies living on hills and mountains the world over and the hill areas of Visakhapatnam are no exception. Known as slash-and-burn cultivation, or Podu in Visakhapatnam, it involves clearing the jungle on the hill … Read more

On the experience of translating Rabindranath Tagore’s Raktakarabi into Santali: Lecture by Boro Baski – West Bengal

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The main aspects of the lecture held on 23rd February, 2013 What are practical problems I faced while translating the play, for instances Bengali terms, thoughts, feeling etc. Tagore’s play ‘Raktakarabi’ which was written almost 90 years ago and still relevant with modern time, why is it also relevant to Santal world view especially with their life and nature, despite the belief … Read more