IUCN Membership
Keystone Foundation has become a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Keystone’s Online Fundraising Campaign!
Keystone has set up an iGive page as part of the India Tax Saving Challenge 2012 by Give India.The aim is to raise Rs. 5 Lakhs by 22nd March to support various field activities. Donations can start at Rs. 100 and donors would receive a feedback report from GiveIndia instantly along with a receipt. Those x…x
Linkages between indigenous communities in the Nilgiris.
On Wednesday 25/1 2012 Rev. Phillip Mulley, social anthropologist and one of Keystone’s trustees, held an informative lecture on the cultural links between the indigenous communities of the Nilgiri Mountains. The event was honoured with the presence of students from Rishi Valley. The event took place at the Bee Museum in Ooty.
Interactive trail in the Bikkapathy Mund reserved forest
Nilgiri Natural History Society arranged a walk in Bikkapathy Mund reserved forest, located in the Nilgiris Upper Plateau within the Nilgiris North Division, at an altitude on 1900 msl. The trail, with 20 engaged participants, started and ended in a village inhabited by Todas, an indigenous community of the region who are traditionally buffalo herders. x…x
An eventful day!
The afternoon of the 10th of January 2012 turned out to be another day full of visitors. 41 students from Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS), Dehradun arrived soon after the students from the Cornell University departed. Anita Varghese explained the linkages of our work and the areas of concern for both the communities x…x
