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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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Tribal Communities-Sustainable Livelihood Options_2002-09-08_Report on Public Hearing on Environment & Development The document presents a report from a public hearing on environmental and development issues in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, focusing on the challenges faced by indigenous tribal communities such as the Todas, Kotas, and Kurumbas. It highlights the impact of migration, modern economic pressures, and environmental degradation on these communities, which traditionally lived in harmony with nature. The report discusses their changing livelihoods, reliance on daily wage labor, and the adverse effects of monoculture plantations on their food security and cultural practices. Additionally, it outlines the efforts of the Keystone Foundation to promote sustainable livelihood options through initiatives like beekeeping, while addressing broader environmental and development concerns in the region.
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Village Map of Nedugalcombei, Coonoor This is a PRA map which shows details such as spring well, tank, temple, agricultural lands. It details land parcels belonging to individuals and common lands.
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Trade and marketing issues when dealing with tribal products A brief history of Keystone's livelihood interventions with the honey hunting communities of the Nilgiris, developing markets for wild honey, promoting bee keeping etc.
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Tribal Communities: Sustainable Livelihood Options (Public Hearing on Environment and Development) An overview of indigenous ways of living in the Nilgiris. Based on a paper presented at the Udagamandalam Public Hearing.
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Individual Household level details of six villages in Dhimbam This document holds information about the number of people in a village involved in various livelihood activities like agriculture, NTFP collection and Grazing. These details were collected to get an estimate about what percentage of people are involved in each category of activity so that for Conservation Agreement, a baseline can be generated.List of people in the village was collected from the Anganwadi. Other details were filled with the help of BFEs as to their knowlegde about the village residents.
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Consolidated Household level description of six villages in Dhimbam
This document holds information about the number of people in a village involved in various livelihood activities like agriculture, NTFP collection and Grazing. These details were collected to get an estimate about what percentage of people are involved in each category of activity so that for Conservation Agreement, a baseline can be generated. It was filled with the help of BFEs as to their knowlegde about the village residents.
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Demonstration on Inspecting the Field after PGS orientation meeting After the PGS orientation meeting, how to do field inspection was demonstrated in one of the farmers field.
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Socio-ecological areas of NBR
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Achakkarai, Sigur region
Participatory Resource Appraisal - FRA Maps
