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Tapping traditional watermills for sustainable energy solutions

Barasha Das 29 Feb 2024

Idu Mishmi protect ancestral land through community conservation

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 28 Feb 2024

A village protects a flock, round the clock

Arathi Menon 19 Feb 2024

[Commentary] Pressures on the Thanpattan pastureland threaten biodiversity, pastoral livelihoods

Nidhi Singh 19 Jan 2024

A village nurtures traditional food systems in response to climate change

Catherine Gilon 10 Jan 2024
Prayer flags in Lo Manthang, Nepal.

Nepal’s traditional healers push for recognition and licensing of their age-old practices

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 3 Jan 2024
A couple from a local community harvesting sago palm on the banks of the Tuba river in a village in Maluku province, Indonesia.

Community forest management linked to positive social, environmental outcomes: study

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Dec 2023

Reviving anyat millet to reconnect a community with its culinary roots

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 18 Dec 2023

Adivasis of Kerala’s Attappadi hills revive millet cultivation to preserve a fading tradition 

Max Martin 7 Dec 2023
Oriental pied hornbill perched on a branch.

How the loss of a natural dye-producing plant initiated the idea of a village sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 6 Dec 2023

[Commentary] Erratic weather, altered social dynamics disrupt mahua economy in eastern India

Abhijit Dey, Joydeep Chakraborty 29 Nov 2023
Groups of four women form a forest patrol team in Kodalpalli village in Odisha’s Nayagarh district.

The Forest Rights Act sees outcome in a women-led forest stewardship scheme in Odisha

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Nov 2023
A lynx in a sea buckthorn shrub. Chamba spotted the Eurasian lynx on eight different occasions and captured several photographs. Photo by Stanzin Chamba.

A citizen-led initiative contributes to wildlife conservation in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 14 Nov 2023

Including indigenous perspectives for equitable forest management

Arathi Menon 27 Oct 2023

When citizens take ownership of urban commons

Arathi Menon 27 Sep 2023
Farmer Mhobatsinh Sindhal stands beside the C. wightii (Guggul) fence in his farm.

From abundance to endangerment to revival, Kachchh’s guggal comes a full circle

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 Sep 2023

[Commentary] How grassroots-led natural farming at the landscape scale can support communities and heal the planet

Minhaj Ameen 8 Aug 2023
Volunteers cleaning river Thamirabarani. Photo by Vasudevan Sridharan.

[Video] Restoring the perennial Thamirabarani river with people power

Vasudevan Sridharan 19 Jul 2023

[Commentary] Life lessons on a journey through mangroves

Ravleen Kaur 14 Jul 2023
A woman with her harvest of fishbone fern in Chota Suruk, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. Photo by Aditya Pradhan.

Studies highlight local perception of ecosystem services

Arathi Menon 11 Jul 2023