First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Best kept sacred
Sacred groves are deteriorating at an alarming rate across the country. There is an urgent need to identify and protect these sacred woods to save nature in its pristine form.
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Losing ground
Across the world, the deserts are advancing, threatening the lives and livelihoods of about one billion people
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Heat and sawdust
The fires in Brazil and in Indonesia speak volumes of what happens when humans try to make a living by killing forests and neglecting the poor
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Who ate my house?
A bird found in the Andaman islands is under grave threat as its edible nest one of the most expensive animal products in the world is falling prey to human greed
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Spice woes
Thousands of Mizoram farmers now face an impending financial crisis, thanks to the apathy of the state government
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Pest attack
Forests in Himachal Pradesh are under attack from a deadly pest
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Slipping out
Survival chances are weak for birds rehabilitated after an oil spill
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Vanishing herbs
Many varieties of medicinal plants and flowers in Darjeeling are facing extinction
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No pain...
... is a big gain when it comes to medicine. Here, doctors would give anything for an effective, new painkiller
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The forests of the gods
The sacred groves of Himachal Pradesh