Latest Protected Area Update Newsletter, December 2021, No. 154
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People in Conservation: Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Security. Vol 10, Issue 1,March -August 2021 (Hindi)
Latest Hindi People in Conservation: Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Security Newsletter is out!
To read the entire newsletter please click here.
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KV children’s books at Guwahati Book Fair!
We are excited to let you know that Kalpavriksh’s children’s books will be at the Guwahati Book Fair taking place from 29th December to 9th January.
These include illustrated story books and non-fictional educational material on the theme of environment, nature and wildlife.
These will be available at:
Anwesha Publications
Stall No. 88/89
Guwahati Book Fair,
AEI Field, Chandmari, Guwahati 3.
In case you would like to pick up copies for children amongst your friends and family, do visit. They also make excellent gifts in the festive season! Please see attached brochure of the 17 titles which will be available at the Guwahati Book Fair in limited numbers.
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A MONUMENTAL FOLLY – Niti Aayog’s development plans for Great Nicobar Island
‘A Monumental Folly’ is a new report from Kalpavriksh that looks at the rapidly unfolding situation in the southern most island of the Andaman & Nicobar Island group. Put together by Pankaj Sekhsaria, long time chronicler of the islands, the compilation is an exhaustive dossier (and an evolving archive) that puts together related information on Great Nicobar for quick and easy access. The first part is comprised of a series of news features on the Niti Aayog’s plans for the island that were published in the first half of 2021 in ‘The Hindu’, ‘Mongabay India’ and ‘The Wire’.
The second part, the more substantial one, is a set of 30 detailed annexures – meeting agenda notes, committee meeting minutes, administration notifications, call for proposals, the pre-feasibility report for the project dated March 2021, scientific assessments, RTI responses and much more.
The compilation aims to help the reader get a quick and reasonably comprehensive account of what has happened thus far and also help us, hopefully, to anticipate what we should be expecting in the months to come. It also aims to articulate and illustrate the folly of pushing such a mammoth project in these islands that lie at a very fragile and vulnerable intersection of the geological, ecological and socio-cultural. To go ahead with it will be to perpetuate a monumental folly the price paid for which cannot even be comprehended.
The report is available here.
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Saahi’s Quest, one of the Honour Books at the Green Literature festival!
We are excited to share a wonderful news with you all! One of our children’s books, ‘Saahi’s Quest’ written by Yuvan Aves and illustrated by Anusha Menon was announced as one of the Honour Books at the Green Literature Festival, 2021.
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Right of Passage, latest graphic novel
“The river nurtures us, nourishes us; we must fight for her right to flow!”
To read the latest graphic novel by Poorva Goel and Ashish Kothari click here.
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Vikalp Sangam Newsletter Oct-Nov, 2021. Part 01. No. 66
For inspiring stories and perspectives from people all across India, read the entire newsletter.
Please click here: https://mailchi.mp/9120aa3f4538/bdk38ch5oy-4846741
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Book Event: Pedru and the Big Boom
We are delighted to invite you all for a book event of our new book ‘Pedru and the Big Boom’ at The Dogyears Bookshop, Margao on 19th Dec, 2021 (11am-12pm)
About the book:
Pedru and the Big Boom (for children 8+)
Pedru is curious about life beyond his village in Goa. Even though he loves his father’s cashew trees and mother’s curries, his loyal friends and football fields, he desperately wants to be an ‘explorer’. But when his grand plan to escape turns topsy-turvy, he believes that he has set loose a chain of events, which will put his entire village in danger! Who are these mysterious new people? Why are they blasting a big hole in the hills near their village? What can he do to make things right?
This story is an emotional rollercoaster that takes you through the struggle of one boy and his village, against a powerful opponent, to save their beloved land…
About the Author
Nandita Da Cunha
Nandita da Cunha is an award-winning children’s book author based in Mumbai. After her MBA at XLRI, (Jamshedpur), she worked as a strategy consultant with Arthur Andersen and KPMG, before moving on to what makes her happiest – writing.
She has authored Picture Books, including ‘The Miracle on Sunderbaag Street’ (which won the Neev Book Award, 2021 – emerging readers category, and was a 2021 Parag Honour List book), ‘Just like Papa’ and ‘The Magic in my Fingers’. Her other chapter books include ‘The Magic of Maya.’
She was among 14 playwrights selected to attend the fourth edition of the Writer’s Bloc playwriting program, conducted by the Royal Court theatre, London, in collaboration with Rage Theatre, Mumbai. She is also a pianist and is a Licentiate from the Trinity College of Music, London.
To register, the see poster attached.
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New Book: ‘Conservation Kaleidoscope’
We are delighted to announce new book ‘Conservation Kaleidoscope -People, Protected Areas and Wildlife in Contemporary India’
Conservation Kaleidoscope is a collection of over a 100 edits and accompanying news items that have
appeared over the last two decades in the Protected Area Update, a bimonthly newsletter on wildlife and conservation that has been published regularly by environmental action group, Kalpavriksh since 1994.
Written by the newsletter’s long time editor, Pankaj Sekhsaria, the individual edits offer an interesting and often counter-intuitive account of the state of wildlife conservation and protected area management in contemporary India. Organised over 14 broad themes in this collection, the book offers a ringside view of conservation that is as
challenging and informative as it is insightful and provocative.
Published by Kalpavriksh, Duleep Matthai Nature Conservation Trust and Authors Upfront
Print edition available on:
Amazon India | Flipkart | AuthorsUpFront
eBook available globally on Amazon
Kindle stores
Available for a special pre-publication discounted price of Rs. 450/- For details write to [email protected]
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Support Letter for Biodiversity Heritage Site at Devalsari
Support Letter for Biodiversity Heritage Site at Devalsari formed during the West Himalayan Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence) held at Devalsari (Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand) on 21-24th October, 2021.
Supported by:
Kalpavriksh, Beej Bachao Andolan, Titli Trust, Devalsari Paryavaran Samrakshan Evam Takniki Vikas
Samiti, Shramyog, Pawalgarh Prakriti Prahari, South Asian Dialogue on Ecological
Democracy, Astha Jan Kalyan Evam Vikas Samiti, Mausam, Corbett Gram Vikas Samiti,
Zanskar Conservancy Movement, Camp Hornbill, Avadaz Agro, Snow Leopard
Conservancy – India Trust, Kalpavriksh, School for Rural Development and Environment,
People’s Science Institute, Equations, Travellers’ University
Read the entire letter here
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