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Meghalaya: Indigenous Tribals Holds Key To Protect Endangered Species Gibbons A typical morning in the village of Phlangwanbroi starts with a melodious yet primitive-sounding song: drifting over from the nearby community forest, a series of whoops, hoots and tones rise in a crescendo. It’s hooleng jingrwai — the hoolock gibbon’s song. Perched atop a rain-soaked plateau in […]

 Dongria Tribe Of Niyamgiri Revive Climate-Resilient Heirloom Seeds The sun rose above the jagged spires of the Niyamgiri hills, the sky a wisp of apricot on rolling mounds of green. Trees bent with mangoes and jackfruits dropped manna for the occasional passerby. Around a dirt bend, a warm symphony drifted from a hill slope: the

India is home to about 60,000 people from the community which descended from Bantu people of Africa       Presence of Siddis in India can be traced back as far as the 7th century. It is believed that they were first brought in by Arabs as slaves followed by Portuguese and Britishers. They have been

How conserving tribal languages will preserve dying cultures In a culturally and linguistically diverse country like India, there is a need to conserve the tribal languages that are dying. One of the most complex problems in India is the problem of languages. India has seen many movements to conserve the native languages; even demanding separate

Jharkhand: Tribal Farmers Tap Solar Irrigation To Cut Migration   The Chotanagpur Plateau in eastern India, crisscrossed with streams, once was lush green even in winter. But increasingly erratic rainfall in recent years has made life much harder for the region’s impoverished indigenous subsistence farmers, most of whom rely on monsoon rains between June and September to grow

  As FRA Implementation Hangs Fire, J&K’s Nomadic Tribes Live in Uncertainty Srinagar: For decades, the tribal communities of Gujjars and Bakerwals have faced marginalisation in Jammu and Kashmir. In recent years, these nomadic people have even been driven out of the forest areas of Jammu. When the Centre extended the Scheduled Tribes and Other

Toda Tribal People: The Guardians Of The Nilgiris For centuries, the Toda people lived in isolation in the Nilgiri Hills. The current Toda population lives in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which forms part of the Western Ghats. This region was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012 due to its unique ecology and

download pdf Tribal Community Conservation Strengthens Biodiversity In Similipal Tiger Reserve Protecting natural forests and wildlife has been a way of life for indigenous communities inside Similipal Biosphere in Odisha. Their efforts have been recognised a few years ago under the Forest Rights Act and the legal recognition has encouraged tribals, enriched biodiversity inside the

Tribal Honey Hunters Save Bees & ImproveOur Food Security Even as modern science grapples with the rapidly declining bee population, we could look back and take a lesson on sustainability from the ancient culture of the adivasis (the first people) of the Nilgiris. Covering over three states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the Nilgiri

Adivasi Women Have Preserved Indigenous Seeds For Many Generations This festival gives us hope,” said Balabati Majhi. She and other Adivasi women from the Kutia Khond community were preparing to attend the local indigenous seeds festival. Their village, Burlubaru, surrounded by hills and dense forest, was bustling with the preparations. The women were singing and