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Major Wild Edible Plants of The Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve in India_2009 September_Voices from the Forest In this article, the tribal people living in the area are endowed with a deep knowledge concerning the use of wild plants for food. The depend on forest resources for their livelihood and consume edible flowers, roots, fibres, tubers, rhizome, leaves, etc. the follwing plants are commonly use as a food Dioscorea tomentosa L. , Cycas circinalis L. , Acacia pennata L, Scutia myrtina kurz, Dioscorea oppositifolia L. , Bambusa arundinacea, Solanum nigrum L, . Cissus quadrangularis L. , cereus pterogonus Lemarie. Syzigium cuminii L., Where women have No Doctor , A Health Guide for Women.
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Social Bees and Food Plant Associations in the Nilgiri's Biosphere Reserve India_2009 no 50 Tropical Ecology The NBR is a part of the Western Ghats, It was the first Biosphere Reserve established in India. Tree diversity, Bee foraging, Bee diversity, The NBR Vegitation types, flower visitation patterns, similarity of forest types across sites, Bee important Index, Bee visitaion frequencies, Records of bee visit to 73 wild and cultivated plant species in the study areas.
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Bread from the Wild_2009 March Cycad Newsletter Cycas cincinalis also locally called 'Eenth' in kerala, it is a small evergreen, palm like tree growing to 25ft. In this article , the popular uses of cycas seed flour are Highlighted, still in many part of kerala are eating foods from the flour, The flour of cycas cincinalis seeds called 'Eenthakka podi' is still popular in Kerala. The seeds are collected in the month of June through August in kerala. leach well before eat, there are two ways to leach the seed, There are recipes for cycas seed flour, such as ' pidy', 'Idly', 'Puzukku'. food, fibre, medicine, fodder, construction, etc was the non-commercial products, Honey, medicinal plants and other fruits are for the commercial porpuse.
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Protected Area June_2009 The Tiger watch expidition covered a 100 km stretch, identified four HPEA's where the Gharial population was higher than in other parts of the river, 123 gharial including 11 male were spotted, 73 muggers were seen, other species including bird like skimmers, ospreys and terns, mammals including hyenas, jackals, slothbear were also seen. BBL conference was held in coonoor in march 2009, social scientists, biologists, ecologists and economsts from india and other contrys were attended.the indegenous bees of the mountains NBR are known to play an important role in local indegenous livelihood. Increasing of wild animals reported in the cences recnty conduced in SWS, these include the Nilgiri Tahr, LTM, and the Giant squirrel. Proposal to increase area of Corbett TR, The plan is to be executed in two phases,
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Adding values to Life_2009_June Leisa India This article gives us the different plantation and commercial vegitations of NBR region. The arakode, Kotagiri taluk is the rain shadow area and Irula community is predominant in the region. Their cultivations and the NTFP's . KF's initiatives in this region was helpful to them to produce more major crops and for some legal consultation support to secure their traditional land holdings(80 acres). The value additon, they registered themselves under PGS Certification, keystone is a member of the PGS OIC(organic India counsil), KF's Green Shop s and facilitates the centers for local marketing through organizing outlets. Impacts form the value addition to their products, certification and marketing is helped them to fetch more prices in the market.
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New Amarambalam Valley an IBA of Kerala_2009 Jul-Sept _Mistnet. The region is considered a biodiversity hotspot and accorded a great degree of protection by the Forest Department. Its is also home to the oldest teak plantations in the country. Complete details of the new amarambalam valley, and the various animals and the plants.
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Characteristics of Trees Used as Nest Sites by Apis dorsata in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve India_2009 Journal of Tropical Ecology The servey report of Apis dorsata nests in two sites in NBR in the western ghats of India. Appankappu and Bedaguli has moderately disturbed semi-evergreen forestds and Grasslands, The distribution of nests per tree was tested using a Kolgomorov-Smirnov test. In appankappu 24 nests were recorded on 11 trees belonging to 6 species. the shortest nesting tree was 20 M tall, tallest nesting tree was 40 M. In bedaguli 16 trees from 11 species hosted 46 nests. 25M was the tallest and 18M is the shortest. Characteristics of trees used as nest sites by Apis dorsata.
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Bees & Their Role in Forest Livelihoods - Case Study 14_2009 Tips for honey marketing, constraints faced by indivudual beekeepers and hunters, Organizing hunters and beekeepers into a group, oragniazing honey collecting centres, indegenous communities begin to produce honey in Mato Grosso, Honey trade standards of the Codex Alimentarius and the EU Honey directive.demand for residue -free honey, Records of world production and trade in honey. Standard of contract in the trade of honey.
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Honey and Wax a sticky challenge_009 July _Non Wood News SMFE's (Small and Medium Forest Enterprises), NWFP's(Non Wood Forest Products), FSC ( Forest Stewardship Council), CMCC ( Custom Made Crafts Centre) is creating new markets appropriate strategies for communities, Consumer contribution towards biodiversity. Distilleerderij Leukenheide is the family owned company responsible for producing the Gin. Hinabol ia a colourful loom woven cloth made of abaca fibre produced in Bukidnon Province, in the Philippines.
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A sweet taste of honey_2008 March_ Voices from the Forest A documentary by the NTFP EP was the most awaited release of the conference. Jenne De Beer officialy released the film. Key points was discussed during the training session and also the recommendations and ideas from the delegates.
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Eco Footprints Using People's Participation as a Way Forward_2008 March-_Leisa India Keystone's role in marketting was necessiated by the interventions In organic and natural products emerging from its development interventions in the Nilgiris. Primary source of the community is hunting and gathering. The first step towards local marketting began with the Green Shop at kotagiri, Keystones base in the Nilgiri. we have 6 full fledged production centres, mainly run by the tribal womens, 6-8 menber in each centres.
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Giving farmers a new tool for rural development_2008_IFOAM Annual report In 2008 IFOAM Addresses the rural development, they emphasized PGS as a powerful tool that empowers smallholders and producers to secure their income and bukd social capitol in their community. The experience in India has shown that the major benefits from working with PGS. IFOAM is the vital partner in Keystones efforts.
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Regional Variation in NTFP Harvest Strategies_2008 Ecology & Society Traditional knowledge about Indegenous people in Nilgiris. Indegenous Knowledge. NBR in the western ghats is home to moist, dry evergreen nad montane tropical forests. Wealthy flora and fauna. Adivasi dependence on forests, conservation of Indegenous knowledge, NTFP resource use in NBR. Traditional honey harvesting,
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Adaptive Management of Medicinal Plants and NTFP_2008
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World indigenous peoples day_2007 08 31_The Local The writer is a member of the Kurumba community. She publishes a newsletter called Nilgiri Seemai Sudhi. In 1994 UN decided that the Internaional Indegenous People's Day on August 9 every year, this date is indicate the day of the first meeting in 1982.important milestone by keystone is "Nilgiri Seemai Sudhi", it’s a newspaper for the different communities.
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Profile of Banglapadugai centre_2006 February #of families living in the village, this irula village is situated between Rangaswami peak and Bhavani reservior. Land development work by keystone since 1999.Preparing, packing, weighing are done by this centre, womens progreesive Group founded in april 2004 with 6 regular basis workers.
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Profile of Combei center_2006 January Combei centre details, future plans for the centre, packaging capacity of the individual at the centre per day. Seasonal products and the packaging details of the final products of NTFP. Complete details of the full time and seasonal workers at the combei centre.
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Bees wax_2005 October - December_Expressions magazine In this magazine the editor gives an advice about how to build the fence between people who need peace in their life, reaching the targetted level of process maturity. Unique characteristics of bee wax, uses of bee wax in the various industries.
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Impressions of marketing on the job_2005 December_Voices from the Forest marketing details and processing of UMFI, NTFP-EP's work The marketing of MODI, Training expereince of fair trade system, implementation of marketing mix in practices.
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NTFP Exchange programme_2005 December_Intercooperation in India working paper series Box 4
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Ecology and Farming_2003 advantages of certification and trademark registration for their products. Keystone initiatives in local market sales of honey, bees wax and their products like beewax candles.
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Bees and Bee products_2003_Non woods details about Bees & Bee products, Honey as a medicine, certification for the honey products i.e, AGMARK.
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Local Agendas for Organic agriculture in Rural Development_2002 Area details, problems in the areas, contsraints when marketing
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Strengthening Livelihood_2002
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Tribal Communities-Sustainable Livelihood Options_2002-09-08_Report on Public Hearing on Environment & Development
