Keystone Attends UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum at FAO, Rome
By KavyanjaliConsultant, Wayanad Kavyanjali (Community Resource Person), Monthish (People & Nature Collectives), Shiny (Biodiversity), Jestin (Aadhimalai) and Mathew (Director, Last Forest) attended the UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum held at the Food and Agriculture Organisation Headquarters in Rome, Italy, from October 16 to 20. On the first day, Indigenous youth participants were divided into groups […]
One’s livelihood ensures another’s safety
One’s livelihood ensures another’s safety: Newly formed women’s group are making masks for Sanitary workers Marginalized communities are the most affected by the pandemic as it continues to dent their livelihoods and their income. Yet there are stories of communities & people coming together to help those that are most vulnerable and are of dire […]
Covid 19 Relief Work
Dispatches from the Field Our Relief work began on the spur of the moment. Impulsively things took off and everything fell in place. We began distribtuion on 31st March, and upto 13th April – we were able to reach close to 5000 families (Indigenous and Urban informal communities) in Kotagiri & Coonoor. Vegetables, Dry Rations, […]
Students Conference on Conservation Science
The Students Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) was held in the JN Tata auditorium in Bangalore on the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th of October 2019. This annual conference was attended by Beeman, Chandrasekar and Nayanatara from the Biodiversity Management and Restoration Programme and Bhavya from the Field Courses and Research Programme. The aim of […]
Field learning in Ecology and Society
An initiative of Azim Premji University and Keystone Foundation. The field learning in Ecology and Society, a structured internship offered by Azim Premji University and Keystone Foundation got off to a sunny start at the Keystone campus in Kotagiri, on 15th May, 2019. Six students of the MA Development course at APU got together with […]
Week 11_Agalya’s story
My name is Agalya, I am going to talk about THE CHALLENGES THAT I FACED DURING THE INTERVIEW THIS WEEK. This week Read did not come, only Sangeetha and I went to do interviews. We went to interview a sister at Thadasalhatty Village, since that sister was herding goats, she said she can’t give us […]
Sustainable Use: Indigenous Livelihoods, Lessons from India
A two-day workshop (27th & 28th) was organized by Keystone Foundation in collaboration with IUCN, SULi, and Conservation International on “Sustainable Use: Indigenous Livelihoods, Lessons from India”. The Workshop was mainly held to understand, discuss and make a way ahead for Sustainable Use chapter on the Indian Context in IUCN and SULi. Anita Varghese, Deputy […]
Week 7_ First time cultivating experience
My name is Chitra, I am going to talk about MY FIRST TIME CULTIVATING EXPERIENCE. They took us to Kookalthori. There was a nursery, that they showed us around. There were small, small saplings for sales. We were taught how to use a GPS. They also taught us how to sow seeds. we were asked […]
Week 4_Nadhiya’s story
My name is Nadhiya, I am going to tell about my first interview experience – Livelihoods. One week we went to Bangalapadigai for field work. We interviewed the women who were working at Aadhimalai center about their livelihoods. Then we asked many questions to the women, they were answering for all that we asked. Then, […]
Class of 2017 Graduates
30 April 2017, Kotagiri: All 16 students of the 3rd batch of Nilgiri Field Learning Centre received their certificates of completion yesterday. After their spring break in March, the students had dived into their research projects on eight different topics related to Community Wellness, Health and Nutrition, Water and Waste, Gaur Monitoring, Forest Rights Act […]