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Expected Outcomes

Our work with indigenous people is expected to lead to the following outcomes for which the organization will directly be responsible and accountable:

  1. Increasing conservation perspectives in our development interventions which are sensitive towards ecological cycles governing natural resources
  2. Increasing the availability of viable natural resource-based livelihood options for indigenous people such that they provide sustainable livelihoods and lead to greater self-reliance
  3. Enhancing economic status of indigenous people, based on organic and fair trade Principles
  4. Village groups and institutions taking greater responsibility of managing programmes
  5. Sustaining traditional and cultural practices through opportunities provided within programmes
  6. Knowledge developed by research and action projects, being owned by communities and put to practice in their livelihood related activities
  7. Indigenous people being in a position to dialogue with decision-makers on matters affecting their lives in an effective manner for space in advocacy and policy related issues.



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People required who wish to stay and work in the Nilgiris

Features

Darwin Mid Term Report

Coffee

Wild Foods of the Lower Nilgiris

Honey Trails

Abstracts - Monitoring Harvests of Wild Plants