Appiko…..

After some time….. 
Again in the early 1990s the British Overseas Development Agency (the ODA, now known as DiFID) was invited by the Karnataka Government to implement a programme for reforestation of the Western Ghats. The ODA initially mixed acacia with teak and about 10 per cent of indigenous species. Pressure from the people forced them [...]

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Appiko…..

How the Appiko Movement worked
 
“Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.” William Ruckelshaus.
 
The Appiko Movement uses various techniques to raise awareness: foot marches in the interior forests, slide shows, folk dances, street plays and so on.The movement has spread to the four hill districts of Karnataka Province, [...]

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Appiko Movement

Appiko Movement
“Humankind has not woven the web of life.  We are but one thread within it.  Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.  All things are bound together.  All things connect.”  Chief Seattle. 
Long before Al Gore began sharing the inconvenient truth about the environment, villagers in India understood it and were [...]

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