As monsoon clouds descended over Himachal Pradesh in 2025, widespread destruction followed in their wake. Within days, landslides,
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Article: How chilgoza defines a community
The pine seed is central to the indigenous identity of the Kinnaura inhabitants of HP’s border district.
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Article: Balancing conservation and livelihoods in HP’s forests
The HP govt must demonstrate the political will to implement the Forest Rights Act effectively to safeguard livelihoods
CONSERVATION & ADAPTATION MINUS RIGHTS
Exploring forest governance in a Trans -Himalayan valley of Himachal Pradesh
Forest ‘degradation’ in the Himalayan region
Film | Mucking Up Mountain Lives पहाड़ी जीवन दबाया मलबे में
Yet another hydropower project disaster devastated property, lands and livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh.
Tunnels as Temples of ‘New Green India’: Dominant Narratives of Himalayan Dam Building
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The dramatic unfolding of the Joshimath crisis in Uttarakhand, India, has brought the world’s attention once again to the Himalaya.
Film || बणःतु हको कथाःरे Bana-Tu Haqo Kathare | Forest Rights Chronicles
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ये जंगल किसके हैं?
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Press Note: 10th October 2023 | Development Policy Induced Cycle of Disasters in the Himalaya; Science of Himalaya, Climate research and people’s warnings not heeded; State is accountable
हिन्दी प्रेस नोट के लिए नीचे स्क्रोल करें।
Reframe Himalayan Disaster and Climate Discourse: Put people, indigenous local knowledge and governance at the centre: Himdhara study ‘Disaster-making in the Himalaya’
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Shrinking pastoralism, fear of eviction — Forest Rights Act is the only hope for Van Gujjars of Sirmaur
Many families who are still landless cannot even buy land because of the state’s policy
Article written by Himshi Singh
Disasters in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand point to flawed development model
Indigenous communities in the two ecologically fragile Himalayan States are routinely excluded from this narrative that