Keystone Foundation Archives

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• PGS Orientation Meeting in Mavanatham
  Organic certification was one of the Benefits in Conservation Agreement. Hence a meeting was called to create an awareness about PGS certification and the process, procedures.
• Village Communities Signing Conservation Agreement
  After 7 months of continous engagement phase with the 6 villages, few from each village came forward to be part of the conservation agreement. In consensus with the all the villages,a date was fixed to sign the agreement. This is the picture from that event and one individual from a family signed the agreement, and Robert Leo signed as a representative from Keystone Foundation.
• Conservation Agreement Designing Phase, Ramaranai
  This was a photograph taken during desiging phase of conservation agreement. After CA was drafted, the people who are ready to proceed with the agreement were got together and the photograph was taken. Ramaranai was the only kurumba village amongst other 5 irula villages under Conservation Agreement. Also this was the only village where whole village agreed to be part of conservation agreement.
• Conservation Agreement Designing Phase, Mavanatham
  This was a photograph taken during desiging phase of conservation agreement. After CA was drafted, the people who are ready to proceed with the agreement were got together and the photograph was taken. Mavanatham wanted to try with very few people in the beginning and later on many added in.
• Conservation Agreement Designing phase, Itterai
  This was a photograph taken during desiging phase of conservation agreement. After CA was drafted, the people who are ready to proceed with the agreement were got together and the photograph was taken. Itterai was one of the toughest village to handle in terms of getting together people. As houses are very far and in different directions.
• Conservation Agreement Designing phase, Galidhimbam
  This was a photograph taken during desiging phase of conservation agreement. After CA was drafted, the people who are ready to proceed with the agreement were got together and the photograph was taken. Galidhimbam had too many doubts in the beginning around conservation agreements. In the later times, Senior people like Anita came in and settled the doubts to take ahead the conservation agreement.
• Conservation Agreement Designing phase, Thadasalatty
  This was a photograph taken during desiging phase of conservation agreement. After CA was drafted, the people who are ready to proceed with the agreement were got together and the photograph was taken. Thadasalatty showed much enthusiasm though in the pic not all people are present.
• Grazing Plan of Dhimbam area
  It is a document containing details of grazing areas as well traditional practise of grazing plan. It also has details of livestock numbers in the villages of Dhimbam and the list of fodder species used.
• Fuelwood Collection Plan of Dhimbam Area
  It is a document containing details of fuelwood collection areas and distance from the village. It also has list of fuelwood species used by the people of the area. It is of the six villages in Dhimbam area where conservation Agreements were done.
• water resource map of Thadasalhatty
  It is a map of water bodies found in Thadasalhatty village.They are natural springs located inside village and bordering Forest.The reason to make the water inventory and map was to see how water conservation works can be taken up under conservation agreements.
• water resource map of Galidhimbam
  It is a map of water bodies found in the Galidhimbam Village.They are natural springs locate inside village and bordering forest. The reason to make the water inventory and map was to see how water conservation works can be taken up under conservation agreements.After the map was created, in Galidhimbam from Governement in total 8 water bodies were supported like wells and checkdams, which are not captured in the map.
• Water resource map of Mavanatham
  It is a map of water bodies found in the Mavanatham Village. They are natural springs locate inside village and bordering forest. The reason to make the water inventory and map was to see how water conservation works can be taken up under conservation agreements.
• Water resource map of Itterai
  It is a map of water bodies found in the Itterai Village. They are natural springs and few are located near to naeri trees specifically.There is checkdam also mentioned in the map which were built long back. The reason to make the water inventory and map was to see how water conservation works can be taken up under conservation agreements.
• Beans field in Itterai
  It is a beans field in the month of May, which is the first season of agricultural season known as chitra maasa. Beans is the commercial crop grown in the area. It is mainly rainfed. Seeds are bought from market.
• Socio-ecological areas of NBR
• Decadal Bee Survey 2020
• Poster on fauna of wetlands
• Poster on flora of wetlands
• Poster on Happy Valley Springshed Restoration_English, Tamil
• Posters on Hydrogeology of the region (3 nos)
• Poster on Water Security Plan - Bilingual
• Special edition of Seemai Sudhi Tribal Newspaper on springs
• Article in the NNHS newsletter on water resources of the Pillur Area
• Article in the NNHS newsletter on Springs
• Presentation on Groundwater situation in the Nilgiris for the Geospatial World Conference