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Women to share environment concerns with Nobel laureate
New Kerala October 10, 2004 [India News]: New Delhi, Oct 10 : Two Indian women activists will share the platform with Wangari Maathai, this year’s Nobel Peace Price winner, at a United Nations environment meet in Nairobi Monday to highlight women’s struggle for livelihood. Bali Devi, who was part of the historical environmental conservation movement, ...
A Biosphere Tragedy All Over Again?
Villagers raise serious questions about the park system in Uttarakhand Reported by Harish Chandola, special to nandadevi.org September 9, 2004 People living around the Nanda Devi National Park went looking for a team that had come from the International Union for Conservation of Nature in Geneva, led by Mr. Michael Green, to know the purpose ...
2004 Canada Trip
(Dehra Dun, June 22) Experts on community based tourism (CBT) can take a cue from the example of Lata village in Chamoli district. The unique feature of the inhabitants of this small village of ‘Bhutia’ people in the Niti Valley is that most of its occupants live in at least two villages at various times ...
Nanda Devi’s "Painting Hopes" exhibition goes online
Aims to raise funds for local youth of the Niti Valley This summer, art for social change and community empowerment were the themes that propelled a unique collaboration to benefit the local communities in the majestic environs of Nanda Devi and highlight the folk arts of Uttarakhand. From June 19-24, over twenty artists from the ...
Nanda Devi Biosphere gets Ecotourism Award
Uttarakhand is basking in the recent glory achieved by the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. This mountain paradise named after the goddess, Nanda Devi, in district Chamoli has been named second runner-up in the destination category for the prestigious 2004 Condé Nast Traveler magazine’s Eco-tourism Awards. The reputed American travel magazine, which has its headquarters in ...
Nanda Devi Recognized by Conde Nast as a Remarkable Ecotourism Destination: A Major Boost for Local Community Efforts
The mountain paradise of Nanda Devi has been named runner-up in the destination category for the prestigious 2004 Condé Nast Traveler’s Ecotourism Awards. In the tenth anniversary of the competition, 91 candidates vied for awards in three categories including destination, tour operator, and lodge/resort. A panel of judges representing ecotourism and general tourism markets evaluated ...
Natural Dyes Workshop
June 24-27, 2004 Conducted in Lata by Arpana of Dastkar, an organization dedicated to improving the economic status of craftspeople and promoting the survival of traditional crafts, the workshop aimed to revive Bhotiya dyeing traditions and share methods from various other parts of India where Dastkar operates. The crux of its programme is to help ...
Painting Hopes: Nanda Devi Artists’ Workshop 2004
Over twenty artists from the Uttarakhand Kalakar Samiti made their way to Lata over the summer of 2004 to attend a week-long retreat, drawing inspiration from the scenic beauty of Nanda Devi to paint their aspirations and dreams. Modeled on the tradition of artists’ camps that has brought sculptors and painters together in remote locales ...
Chipko Remembered amidst Nostalgia and Conflict
Jagigyan hum, beejigyan hum; Ab ni chalali choron ki Ghor apuna, baun apuna; Ab ni chalali auron ki (We have risen, we are awake; No longer will thiefs rule our destiny It is our home, our forests; No longer will the others decide for us) Maatu hamru, paani hamru, hamra hi chhan yi baun bhi ...
Chipko Anniversary
Villages of the Niti Valley commemorate the direct action that saved their community forests and inspired a generation of women to struggle for forest rights in the Indian Himalayas. On 26 March, 2004, the villages of the Niti Valley celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the Chipko Movement. Villagers and guests held a mass meeting in ...
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