For English scroll down. ये जंगल किसके हैं?‘हमारे नहीं तो और किसके? हम जंगल से वैसे ही लेते हैं जैसे हम दोस्त से लेते हैं, प्यार से।’ बणों हक़ कथारे, ट्रांस-हिमालयी लाहौल घाटी में महिला मंडलों के तीन दशकों से अधिक समय से चल रहे सामूहिक वन भूमि के प्रबंधन के साझा प्रयासों की कहानी […]
आपदा से त्रस्त हिमाचल प्रदेश में प्रभावित परिवारों के पुनर्वास में मुख्य बाधा है केंद्र सरकार का वन संरक्षण कानून या FCA 1980, क्योंकि हिमाचल में 68% ज़मीन वन भूमि घोषित है। इस वन भूमि पर यह कानून लागू होता है। केंद्र सरकार को पर्यावरण, वन और जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय के माध्यम से इस कानून […]
This #WorldEnvironmentDay Take out 7 minutes 🔹Not to read alarming scientific data 🔹Not to hear world leaders’ promises 🔹Not to plant a tree Just lend your ear to a Kinnaura elder’s voice of wisdom. From the high Himalaya in the throes of extractivist development, a region struggling against a hydropower dam.
ग्राम पंचायत केलांग और जिला परिषद वार्ड केलांग की तरफ से जिले के लोगों के लिए आयोजित दो दिवसीय एफ आर ऐ 2006 कानून पर जिसमे हिमधरा पर्यावरण समूह के सदस्य प्रकाश भंडारी और हिमशी सिंह ने एफ़आरए प्रशिक्षण शिविर मे लोगों को एफ आर ऐ के दावे फॉर्म की कमियों को पूरा कर लोगों […]
Film Ho Gyi Hai Pir Parvat Si (The Mountains Agonized) is directed by Subrat Kumar Sahu. He is known for making films that reflect our social structures and has often been sceptical about the “way of development” through his craft. Ho Gayi Hai Pir Parvat Si – Hindi (The Mountains Agonized) is his 8th documentary […]
9 Dec 2018 The premiere screening of “The mountains agonized” (Ho gayi hai pir parbat si – Hindi), a documentary film on the impacts of hydropower development in the Satluj Valley made by Independent Filmmaker Subrat Kumar Sahu was held at Sambhaavnaa Institute in Palampur on the 8th of December at a film festival called […]
As the country celebrates the 72nd Independence Day, and the Prime Minister promises of a growing economy from the ramparts of the red fort, the subjugation of nature and humanity continues. As few prosper at the cost of many who still yearn for freedom, on this day we bring to you a ‘Make in India’ […]
A report by Manshi Asher and Sumit Mahar Last month, on October 14th, around noon, there was a massive fish kill in the Sirsa River at Sitalpur, in Baddi, Solan district. Locals of the area who witnessed the event sent in these photographs and video of hundreds of dying rohu. Photo and Video Credit: Pawan Bhardwaj, Baddi […]
This is our second video on the Forest Rights Act 2006 (To see the first video go to https://youtu.be/Igoyj5POOeU). This time we take a closer look at forest diversion for large development projects and the provisions of FRA that are applicable before any diversion is allowed. These provisions need to be understood by communities to secure […]