Generations of humans rise and fall within the lifetime of one tree, and yet we have managed to shake its very foundation with our irresponsible and careless lifestyle.

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D’Monte Park Street’s resident-run Dream Grove project has inspired a children’s book. And we love it

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Can you imagine Dalit women farmers in Telangana, once facing hunger and deprivation, contributing 20,000 kgs of foodgrains for COVID19-related relief? Farmers on the Tamil Nadu – Karnataka border continuing to send organic food to Bengaluru consumers even during the lockdown? Villages in Kachchh and Tamil Nadu handling anti-COVID19 health measures, with minimal outside help? And adivasis (indigenous people) in central India with community funds able to take care of migrant workers who have had to come back to their villages?

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The most blatant example of ecological illiteracy in the name of ‘self-reliance’ is that of coal mining – a sector which is being opened up in parts of central India which were hitherto off-limits.

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For long, India has mirrored the top-down development approach of the West. In this special interview, environmentalist and thinker Ashish Kothari talks about why that needs to radically change through imbibing the ideas of ‘Eco Swaraj’ – a common theme among many grassroots environmental movements in the country that are re-defining their relationship with the environment. “You build in the notion of Swaraj, which is a deeply political and economic concept of independence and autonomy, but also a responsibility to the rest of nature,” says Kothari.

Part 2 of Extraordinary Work Of ‘Ordinary’ People is out: COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS & THE PANDEMIC: GRAM SABHAS LEAD THE WAY!

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Community Forest Rights at a Glance Report for 2017-2020 has been produced by Kalpavriksh as part of Community Forest Rights-Learning and Advocacy Process (CFR-LA) with the support of Oxfam, India. The report evaluates the progress of CFR implementation and to discuss, consolidate and analyze policy changes directly affecting the implementation of the Act for helping on ground research, advocacy and effective implementation of the Act. This report is the fifth in the series produced by CFR-LA. 

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A policy brief on the Critical Wildlife Habitat provision to be implemented in Protected Areas in India under the Forest Rights Act. It seeks to describe the provisions and their legal interpretation and how the process of declaration is being violated in Maharashtra.It includes suggested steps  to be followed for a meaningful implementation of the provisions 
The brief has been produced by ATREE and Kalpavriksh. 

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