India: Once Sold as Bonded Labourers, Paniya Tribe Of Wayanad Still Suffer ocated in the Western Ghats in northern Kerala at an elevation of 3,000 feet, Wayanad is home to one-third of the total tribal population (1,51,443) of Kerala 4,84,839, as per 2011 census. The district, with forest coverage of 83 per cent of its

Changpas Of Ladakh: Their Pashmina Wool & Nomadic Tribal Lifestyle Rupshu is home to the Changpa nomads, who live here throughout the year, enduring sub- frigid winters with temperatures dropping 40 degrees below the freezing point. The Changpas of Ladakh are a small and detached population of the Changpa people living in western Tibet. In

Conserving ‘Toda Buffalo’ – Named After ‘Toda Tribe’ Polker Kuttan, a 72-year-old Toda tribal from the Nilgiris, is like a local weather expert – he can predict the onset or delay of the seasonal rains and even the duration of each spell. Polker says that just a whiff of the flowers found in the mund (Toda settlements)

Tribal Community Conservation Model Protects Wildlife Habitats 15-year-old community conserved area (CCA) model followed in Western Arunachal Pradesh has helped in involving the villagers in conservation initiatives in forests that lie outside protected areas by ensuring security to their traditional custodianship and user rights over the natural resources. “Entire villages have come together to secure

Trifood Project of TRIFED TRIFOOD Scheme is a joint initiative of Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED. Under this scheme a tertiary value addition center will be set up in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh and Raigad in Maharashtra at a cost of approximately Rs.11 crores. TRIFOOD Scheme, implemented in the backdrop