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 Director of Keystone Foundation  began the workshop  through her presentation “Connecting Indigenous Communities, ecology and enterprise in NBR”  -mainly focusing on the importance of NBR concept, Sustainable harvest of Honey & building Market, the inclusion of communities in research, NTFP & mapping ecological interactions and Cycas as charismatic species, changes & situation in the NBR from 2010 onwards.

It kicked of the workshop’s discussions on the role of Department in NTFP collection, conflict in the protected area, discussions on Status of rights of communities and implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment for removal of “illegal” people from forests, the role of fire in the management of invasive such as Lantana.