Digital nomads have rejected the office and now want to replace the nation state. But there is a darker side to this quest for global freedom

For the moment at least, digital nomadism is a privilege which largely depends on your place of birth, long-term place of residence, and economic …

A 'common' problem

A sustainable lifestyle in the mountains

Living with the Gaddis was an environmental lesson worth learning.

Kenya

In Pictures: How climate change is threatening the livelihood of Himalayan shepherds

The rising temperature in the Himalayan region has increased pests and diseases among livestock. This is affecting wool quality, reducing animal …

Problems faced by the Bahima, a nomadic pastoral community of Uganda

Elizabeth Katushabe, a cattle keeper from Uganda, talks to Down To Earth about erratic weather patterns, which is affecting the cattle reared by …

Pastoralists at the crossroads

Hemmed in by intensive agricultural and industrial activity, pastoralists are finding less room to carry on their activities. This could upset …

The green guards

Van Gujjars lead the way in forest management by forming a voluntary protection force

Yak in Indian Himalayas face threat of climate change

The increasing trend of environmental temperature at high altitudes is resulting in heat stress in yak during warmer months, also affecting …

Kolkata artist’s project aims to inculcate environmental awareness in rural areas

It aims to make people question popular notions of development at the cost of the environment

Online Know the pastoralists

Natural embrace

Are we ecological serial killers or benevolent conservationists? Muriel Kakani narrates some refreshing perspectives of camel herders in Rajasthan

Bhotiya's show the way

Let the Van Gujjars remain nomadic

The attitudes of the forest department towards the Van Gujjars’ nomadism must change in order to view it as a matter of right for …

Biting cold for pashmina

Thousands of changra goats die of starvation as record snow buries pastures

Pastures gone

Uttaranchal's pastoralists deliberate over saving their depleting pastures

Uttaranchal's pastoralists discuss depleting pasturelands

Interim Budget 2019: Board for marginal communities, but where’s the welfare?

Government announces setting up of a welfare development board for de-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes

Why the attack on Kashmir's pastoralists is a big concern

Gujjars and Bakkerwals, the nomadic pastoralists of Jammu and Kashmir, now face a new deadly enemy: Gau Rakshaks

High and dry

Conservation cannot ignore pastoral rights

How many Indians are pastoralists? No official data, but report says 13 mln

A figure of 35 million is often quoted, but without a source, claims report  

Ban on grazing hits Raikas community hard

Strangers in their own land

The final notification of the Great Himalayan National Park has jeopardised the livelihood of a tribe of migratory pastoralists. It has also …

Himalayan upheavals

NATURAL PREMISES: ECOLOGY AND PEASANT LIFE IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYA 1800- 1950·Chetan Singh·Oxford University Press·New Delhi&…

SUBSIDISED KILLING

They may survive the drought. But they cannot survive government policies. When people have to abandon their livestock, they are reduced to misery,…