Jharkhand tribals build their own government homes

A public hearing that worked

'People's plan solved water crisis in Dhule'

Fishing in troubled waters

People displaced by a dam on the Tawa, the Narmada's biggest tributary, charted their own rehabilitation through exemplary management of natural …

In wonderland

Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh is a many-splendoured wonder where indomitable political will and the tribals have proved that the regeneration of the …

Restoring the past

A civil engineer revives an age-old system of farmers managing irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu

Blood on the beach

Fisherfolk on the coast of Saurashtra kill whale sharks to make a living. If this is replaced by an ecotourism scheme the people and the fish …

Beat that heat

Municipalities and citizens in the US could significantly contribute to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Reviving nature

A professor heralds hope and greenery into a remote Orissa village to set it free from a web of untouchability, superstition, illiteracy and poverty

Comanagement of natural resources Local learning for poverty education

Book COMANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LOCAL LEARNING FOR POVERTY REDUCTION *by Stephen R Tyler* International Development Research Centre

A bill in question

The Andhra Pradesh government's move to 'legalise' JFM kicks off a row

GAMBIA

Beyond techno fixes

Vulnerable people can be agents of change, not mere recipients of assistance

Managing a crisis

People of the Arwari basin in Alwar, take proactive measures to battle drought

Meeting in vain

The fifth conference on biological diversity held recently in Nairobi ended on a flat note

TEARS FOR CROCODILES

Dussehri's entrepreneurs

Village women emerge as successful entrepreneurs thanks to NEED an organisation with a difference

Betrayed

Nepal's forest bureaucracy prepares for the funeral of the much-hailed community forest management programme

The road ahead

India with its deplorable rural roads can learn a lesson from Madagascar, which has successfully implemented a decentralised system of …

For the love of air

International experts meet to develop a blueprint for future action to improve air quality in Delhi

A quiet Revolution

Six years ago, the Andhra Pradesh government decided to manage forests jointly with the people. This effort is breaking new ground in Naxalite-…

Creating a wonderland

In the barren wildness of the savannahs in Colombia, a visionary establishes an extraordinary community

Words of wisdom

The traditional knowledge of indigenous communities was for a long time viewed with scepticism. Now, the world acknowledges its significance

Shades of green

During the Auto Expo 2000, most carmakers were seen going ahead with diesel models. But the makers of two-stroke two-wheelers decided to announce …

In twilight zone

Even as tribal communities' anti-Koel Karo agitation continues, there is confusion in official circles about the current status of the project