Sathyamangalam Team Makes Recce Visits to Kadambur
July 22, 2023 By N.M. Vishnu, Vandana Kannan, Mahadesh B. & Shivanna The Sathyamangalam field centre staff visited various villages within Kadambur to understand communities and their interactions with natural resources and status of their wellbeing to plan potential work here. We first arrived at Uginiyam village from our field centre in Arepalayam via Mavalla, […]
Global Peoples’ Caravan: Consultation for Organic Farming in West Bengal
July 20, 2023 By Rohan MukerjeeProgramme Coordinator – Networks & Alliances Today, Paschim Banga Kheria Sabar Kalayan Samiti (PBKSKS) and Keystone Foundation organized a community consultation with the Kheria Sabar community in Boro Sabar Para in Purulia district of West Bengal. The consultation focused on the land tenure issues of the community, wild and uncultivated […]
Support for 652 Farmers Initiated in the Nilgiris
June 20, 2023 By Deepak D. & LaxminarayanTechnical Coordinators – Livelihoods (Community Well-being) Each year since 2017, the Livelihoods team supports a large cohort of selected farmers with seeds and saplings of millets and spices along with logistical support. Sponsored by HDFC, the team has initiated this year’s project, beginning with aiding 344 farmers in […]
Keystone Hosts the COVID Observatories Team for a Workshop
March 21, 2022 By Bhavya George, Programme Coordinator, Climate Change From March 19 to 21, Keystone hosted representatives of the COVID Observatories project for a three-day workshop. Running virtually since 2021 and led by Leeds University in the UK, the COVID Observatories is a project working with indigenous peoples and decision-makers to document the impacts […]
Sustainable Honey-Harvesting Workshop in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu
March 2, 2023 By Mahadesh Basavegowda & Nathania JohnAdditional Programme Coordinator – Biodiversity and Communications Intern Keystone’s team in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve was invited to conduct a two-day training on sustainability in honey-harvesting methods. It took place on the February 28 and March 1, in the Krishnagiri district. Pudur, one of the villages they visited, […]
Community Forest Rights Granted in Pillur, in a First for Tamil Nadu
December 10, 2022 By Community Well-being team In a groundbreaking motion and a first for Tamil Nadu, 13 villages in Pillur region were granted Community Forest Rights (CFR) in late November. This achievement is following decades of dedicated activism and grassroots work by Keystone’s Community Wellbeing team, local Forest Rights Committees (FRC) and local government […]
Empowering Women Barefoot Ecologists in Biodiversity Hotspots Across India
November 10, 2022 By Bhavya George Barefoot ecology is a more inclusive approach to environment conservation than what has been practiced in the mainstream, and promoted in the global North. While western notions of wildlife and environment conservation entail cutting off access to ‘Protected Areas’ in order to keep them pristine, barefoot ecology looks at […]
Supporting 100 Paddy Farmers with e-Literacy in Wayanad
November 2, 2022 By G. RamachandranProgramme Coordinator – Community Well-being Keystone’s Community Well-being team in Wayanad is facilitating the registration of over 100 paddy farmers on a rolling basis, for the royalty benefit scheme and crop insurance scheme at Orapp, located in the Edavaka gram panchayat. A large part of the community in Orapp, Wayanad, […]
Tribal-Led Campaign for Traditional Foods in Central & Eastern India
October 17, 2022 By Rohan MukerjeeProgramme Coordinator – Networks & Alliances The global food crisis is intrinsically tied to the climate crisis. Chemical-based agricultural methods that overpower gentler, smaller-scale methods of growing food that have persisted for centuries have warped our food systems, with the fatalities being nutrition, diversity and precious, healthy soil. And when […]
Evolving Ideas with the Coimbatore Collector and Officials
September 23, 2022 By Vinitha Murukesan and Bagavanidhi M.Project Coordinator – Community Well-being (Coimbatore)Technical Coordinator – Governance We’ve been working with the Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP) for seven years now, with our projects largely based in the hills. With the two projects that were active in the plains (Periyanaickenpalayam and Narasimhanaickenpalayam) coming […]
