Telangana: 80 Koya tribal families evicted from their fields for plantation drive The forced displacement of tribals will not only cause loss of livelihood and social distress, it would also adversely impact ecosystem restoration, activists have warned Farmers of the Koya tribe of Satyaranarayanam of Ganugapadu in Bhadradri Khotagudem district of Telangana have complained that

COVID-19 lockdown: An hour of crisis for India’s DNT communities The scarcity of essential facilities and lack of any rehabilitation measures might affect the lives of the DNTs even more than COVID-19 “Every state, every district, every lane, every village will be under lockdown,” said India’s prime minister and ordered all 1.3 billion people in

Agro biodiversity Initiatives Open Tribal Women’s Horizons Kaliamma Nanjan, 70, sings as she cuts through her farm in Kerala’s Western Ghats. She deftly navigates the slopes of Attappady in Palakkad district with the gravity-defying dexterity of a mountain goat. Her silver-grey hair and bright saree vanish as she enters her mosaic-like 3.5-acre farm — her

Tribals’ Sacred Groves Are Saving Endangered & Threatened Plants Species At least twice, the staid kalam tree (Mitragyna parvifolia), standing tall on a mound surrounded by farms in a nondescript village in the hilly areas of western Madhya Pradesh has granted his wishes, says local resident Devala Pal. He says once it pulled out a