eJournal | Involving tribal communities in conservation: Sustainable resource use and forest conservation by the Kaani community of Kanyakumari – Tamil Nadu

Books:

Davidson Sargunam S et al, 2016,Cultural, Spiritual and Linguistic Linkages of Biodiversity

with reference to the Kaani tribe of Kanyakumari in Perspectives on Biodiversity of India,

Volume II, Part 2, A. Bijukumar & others, Centre for Innovation in Science & Social Action,

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Davidson Sargunam, S et al., 2013, Biodiversity for Economic Security, Proceedings of the National

Conference on Biodiversity-Green Strategies for Sustainable Development, GK Publishers,

Chennai-45, India

Davidson Sargunam, S et al., 2011, Economic Value of Forests and Economic Development of the

Kaani tribe of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu ,BRICS, Economic Shift, Excel Publishers, New

Delhi-67, India

Davidson Sargunam, S et al, 2010, India Vision 2020- Sustainable Development of Land, Forest and

Bio-diversity resources of Kanyakumari forests

Websites:

Davidson Sargunam S et al, Mushrooms in the food culture of the Kaani tribe of Kanyakumari,

nopr.niscair.res.in › … › IJTK Vol.11 (1) [January 2012]

Davidson Sargunam S et al, Indigenous Knowledge of Medicinal Plants used for the treatment of

Skin Diseases by the Kaani tribe of Kanyakumari District, International Journal

Davidson Sargunam also known as S S Davidson serves to conserve the pristine forest ecology of Kanyakumari forests in Western Ghats, India, which is a bio-diversity Hot Spot, UNESCO Heritage Center and part of the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR). He has the firm conviction that forest conservation and sustainable development are highly dependent on the development of the inhabitant Kaani tribal community’s social, economic, cultural and environmental areas and they should be sensitized and made partakers in forest conservation. […]

He serves as a Resource Person in seminars related to Environment organized by the National Service Scheme for Higher secondary School students (17-18 years). He has presented many Papers in seminars and some are published in books with ISBN. […]

To promote the health status of the indigenous people, he conducts regular General Medical Camps and Eye Camps with doctors from the Government Medical College.
He has spotted 12 edible mushrooms in the wild in the Western Ghats and to conserve them and their genes, he imparts training in mushroom culture to Kaani people for their consumption, so that they are not destroyed in the wild. […]

In 2016, he was invited by UNESCO to Thailand and Nepal to explain his conepts on the tools used by the Kaani tribal people to counter Human Versus Animal Conflict, which is referred ad Indigenous Local Knowledge (ILK ) and declared him as an ILK Expert.

In November 2017, he was awarded with Tamil Nadu State Environment Award with a title Eco-Warrior for his commitment and dedication in Environmental Management.

Source: email dated 23 January 2018

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) – www.atree.org

Freedom United – www.freedomunited.org

Government of India (all websites ending on “.gov.in”)

Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group – https://kalpavriksh.org

Shodhganga (a reservoir of Indian theses) – https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in

Survival International – www.survivalinternational.org

UCLA Digital Library – https://digital.library.ucla.edu

Unesco – https://en.unesco.org

Unesco digital library – https://unesdoc.unesco.org

Unicef – www.unicef.org

United Nations – www.un.org/en

Video Volunteers – www.videovolunteers.org

WorldCat (“the world’s largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online”) – https://worldcat.org

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