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Habitat Rights of PVTG and Pre-Agricultural Communities (English)

This booklet is intended to provide basic awareness on the habitat rights of PVTG and pre-agricultural communities to be recognized in accordance with the Forest Rights Act. The state governments and district level committees are primarily responsible to take the initiatives to strengthen the traditional institutions and Grama Sabhas so as to ensure the habitat rights of these most vulnerable populations.

Habitat Rights of PVTG and Pre-Agricultural Communities (Malayalam)

വനാവകാരനിയമ പ്രകാരം അംരീകരിക്കഷെടേണ പ്രാക്തനഗോത്രവിദാഗങ്ങളുടെയും കാര്‍ഷികപൂര്‍വൃസമുദായങ്ങളുടെയും ആവാസവ്യവസ്ഥാവകാരത്തെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള പ്രാഥമിക അവബോധം നല്‍കുക എന്നതാണ്‌ ഈ പുസ്തകത്തിലൂടെ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്‌. ഈ ഒരു ലക്ഷ്യത്തിലേക്കായി പ്രോത്സാഹിക്കേണ്തും അതിനുവേണ സഹായങ്ങള്‍ നല്‍കേണതും സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സംവിധാനങ്ങളുടെ ഉത്തരവാദിത്തമാണ്‌. വിവിധ കാരണങ്ങളാല്‍ ഏറ്റവും ദുര്‍ബലരായി പരിരണിക്കകെടുന്ന ഒരു ജനതയുടെ ആവാസവ്യവസ്ഥാവകാരം ഉറഷുവരുത്തുന്നതിനായി അവരുടെ പരമ്പരാനത സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളെയും ഉരുകൂട്ടങ്ങളെയും ശക്തിക്െടുത്തുന്നതിനായി മുന്‍കൈ എടുക്കേണത്‌ അതാത്‌ സംസ്ഥാനസര്‍ക്കാരുകളും ജില്ലാ തല സമിതികളുളാണ്‌.

Ozhudurukka Paradu Mekka: The Hidden Forest Creatures (English)

Mithun and Valli love going to the forest with Thamara Akka. She teaches them about its fascinating creatures through riddles and games. This time, as they follow the honey-harvesters into the jungle, they learn about two special creatures that hide in the forest, scratching their heads over riddles about scaly beings and wide-eyed canopy dwellers. Who do they meet in this adventure? Which wonderful creatures hide in the forest? Follow Mithun, Valli, and Thamara Akka on this journey of exploration and creating new friendships! 

Ozhudurukka Paradu Mekka: The Hidden Forest Creatures (Tamil)

Sabar Janajati o Tader Prakritik Khadyabhyas, Bandwan, Purulia, West Bengal

Prasanta Rakshit, Fatik Kr. Hembram, Binod Sabar, Jiban Hansda, Jaladhar Sabar, Sudipta Satpati, Meghnath Sabar, Bishnu Sabar, Rampada Sabar, Ratnabali Sabar, Sakiruddin Sk, Sukumar Mandal, Soumik Banerjee and Rohan Mukerjee

Traditional Mixed Cropping Systems of Juang, Paudi Buiya & Nagesia Communities

Soumik Banerjee, Jyoti Patale, Bhairab Saini, Duskar Barik, Rohit Kumar Mishra and the entire KIRDTI team, Cordula Kujur, Bimla Nagesia, Narendra Nagesia, Rohan Mukerjee, and members of the Nagesia, Paudi Bhuiya and Juang Communities

Sovereigns of Baitarani Valley

Written and Compiled by : Soumik Banerjee Contributors – Jyoti Patale, Bhairab Saini, Duskar Barik, Rohit Kumar Mishra and the entire KIRDTI team, & Rohan Mukerjee and members of Paudi Bhuyan and Juang Communities

Guests Who Never Left

R. S. Reshnu Raj, A. P. Madhavan, T. R. Shankar Raman, Divya Mudappa, Anita Varghese, Ankila J. Hiremath
2023

Connecting Culture and Ecology in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Anita Varghese, Divya Kilikar
2023

Communities Revive and Strengthen Jara-Kurwa System

Chapter by Rohan Mukerjee
2023

Life & Habitat of the Lion-Tailed Macaque

Asish Mangalasseri, Mayank Shukla, Ajesh M., Rajesh R.
2023

A Guide to Snakes of The Nilgiris

Vandana Kannan, Natasha Rajpurohit, Habeeba Fathima, Chandrasekar Das
2023

Factors Influencing Pollinator Abundance in Indigenous Coffee Farms of the Nilgiris

Manju Vasudevan Sharma, Poornima Vishwanathan, Robert Leo, Barbara Gemmil-Herren, Christos Mammidas, Hien T. Ngo
2023

Community Wellbeing and the 'Invisible' Subjectivities of Indigenous People

Jyotsna Krishnakumar, Pratim Roy
2021

Beyond Forest Boundaries: a Collection of Short Stories of People & Wildlife

Nayantara Lakshman, Baby Shalini
2021

Assessment of Tiger Corridor Between Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and Mukurthi National Park in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

K. Baranidharan, M. Vijayabhama and Vinay J.R.
2020

Fallow Forests: Shifting Cultivation in Rajmahal Plateau

Soumik Banerjee, Rohan Mukerjee
2020

Flower Visitors in Agricultural Farms of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve: Do Forests Act as Pollinator Reservoirs?

Poornima Viswanathan, Manju Vasudevan Sharma, Christos Mammides, Pratim Roy
2020

Smartphones to Map Invasive Plants in Tamil Nadu

Sharada Balasubramanian
2018

Where Many Worlds Meet: Nilgiris Field Learning Centre​

Pratim Roy, Sarasasmeeta Pathy, Anita Varghese​
2018

Slow Conservation in the Nilgiris Field Learning Centre: an Integrative Model of Education, Research, and Practice

Steven Wolf, Neema Kudva, Anita Varghese, Andrew Willford, Rebecca Stolzfus, Snehlata Nath, Pratim Roy
2018

Land Use Analysis of Kotagiri Watershed and Kookalthorai Using Google Earth Imagery

Pushpika Tiwari, Ekta Aggarwal, Shubhangi Mishra
2018

Using a Cultural-Ecological Framework to Explore Dietary Beliefs and During Pregnancy and Lactation Among Women in Adivasi Communities in the Nilgiris

Hope C. Craig, R. Jeyanthi, Gretel Pelto, Andrew C. Willford, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
2018

Assessing the Effects of Multiple Stressors on the Recruitment of Fruit Harvested Trees in a Tropical Dry Forest, Western Ghats

Anita Varghese, Tamara Ticktin, Lisa Mandle, Snehlata Nath
2015

Bee Plants of Apis dorsata During Winter season from Coonoor Region

S. Padmavathy, Shiny M. Rehel
2014

The Little Things that Run the World

Manju Vasudevan Sharma
2013

Where the Kurinji Blooms

Saneesh C.S.
2012

Nesting Requirements of the Rock Bee Apis dorsata in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Pratim Roy, Robert Leo, Sumin George Thomas, Anita Varghese, Kunal Sharma, Senthil Prasad, Nicola Bradbear, Stuart Roberts, Simon G. Potts, Priya Davidar
2011

Characteristics of Trees Used as Nest Sites by Apis dorsata in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Sumin George Thomas, Anita Varghese, Pratim Roy, Nicola Bradbear, Simon G. Potts, Priya Davidar
2010

Protocols for Harvest: Non-Timber Forest Produce

Biodiversity Conservation team, Keystone Foundation
2009

Proceedings of the Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conference

Rajyashree Dutt, Janet Seeley, Pratim Roy
2009

Living with Gaur

Abhishek K.R., Gali Prudhvi, Sumin George
2009

Community Forestry: Ecological Monitoring for Sustainable Forest Management

Anita Varghese, Senthil Prasad
2009

Bread from the Wild

Saneesh C.S.
2009

Social Bees and Food Plant Associations in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Sumin George Thomas, Shiny M. Rehel, Anita Varghese, Priya Davidar, Simon G. Potts
2009

Benefits of Biotic Pollination for Non-Timber Forest Products and Cultivated Plants

Shiny M. Rehel, Anita Varghese, Priya Davidar, Simon G. Potts, Nicola Bradbear, Pratim Roy, Stuart Roberts
2009

Harvest, Trade, and Conservation of the Endemic Multi-use Cycad, Cycas circinalis L., in the Nilgiris

Anita Varghese, Tamara Ticktin
2007

Adivasis and Livelihoods: Case Studies on Livelihood Interventions

Snehlata Nath, Samita Vasudevan
2007

Ripples in Water: Reflections from Keystone's Work on Hill Waters

T. Balachander
2007

Survey on Honeyhunters and Beekeepers of Tamil Nadu

Snehlata Nath, Pratim Roy, Mathew John, Robert Leo
2001

Wild Foods of the Sholiga community (Kannada)

Wild Foods of the Irula Community (Tamil)

2010

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Forest Plants of the Nilgiris Eastern NBR
Forest Plants of the Nilgiris Southern NBR
Forest Plants of the Nilgiris Northeastern NBR
Forest Plants of the Nilgiris Northern NBR
Protocols for Harvest
Where the Kurunji Blooms
Kota Pottery
Honey Trails in the Blue Mountains