Arunachal Pradesh

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Tapping Traditional Watermills For Sustainable Energy Solutions

With increasing tourism, villages in the hilly state of Arunachal Pradesh are faced with an increased demand for seamless power…

2 months ago
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The Idu Mishmi Protect Ancestral Land Through Community Conservation

In June 2022, members of the Idu Mishmi community of Elopa and Etugu villages, Dibang valley, declared 70 square kilometres…

2 months ago
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Reviving Millet To Reconnect A Community With Its Culinary Roots

With efforts from the women farmers of the Adi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, traditionally grown and consumed anyat millet makes…

5 months ago
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From Footnotes To The Forefront: In Gratitude To Field Assistants

Essential, but often unacknowledged, field work in wildlife and conservation biology in India has long been made possible by the…

5 months ago
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Why Early Blooming Of Orchids In North-East Is Not Good News

In Assam, Bohag Bihu and the kopou phool — the Assamese new year and the foxtail orchid — have an…

10 months ago
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Why Are The Idu Mishmis Resisting A Proposed Tiger Reserve In AP?

The plan to notify Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh as a tiger reserve has caused unrest among the indigenous…

12 months ago
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What’s Driving Hydropower Construction In AP?

Tone Mickrow, a member of the indigenous Idu Mishmi community, lives a few hours’ drive from Etalin – the proposed…

1 year ago
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Etalin Decision A Chance To Reduce Harm From Dams In Arunachal

On 27 December 2022, the apex body at India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) declined to give…

1 year ago
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Protests Erupt In Assam After Flooding Event At NHPC Project

Protests were held in Assam's capital Guwahati and Lakhimpur on Tuesday after the collapse of a temporary guard wall in…

2 years ago
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AP’s Wancho Community Sets Out To Digitise Ancient Folktales

The elders of the Wancho community in a remote district of Arunachal Pradesh have taken up the task of recording…

2 years ago
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Oil Palm Pioneers Doubt Crop Will Take Off In Himalayan Foothills

As he talks about his 200-hectare oil palm plantation, Dature Miuli becomes visibly emotional. A passionate farmer and agro-entrepreneur in…

2 years ago
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Opinion: Decision-Makers In AP Need To Take EIA Seriously

On 2 December 2021, the Parliament of India passed the Dam Safety Bill, 2019. This is cause for cautious hope.…

2 years ago
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‘Invented Names’: India On China Renaming 15 Places In Arunachal

India on Thursday strongly rejected China renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that the state has "always been"…

2 years ago
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India Rejects Chinese Objection To VP Naidu’s Arunachal Visit

India on Wednesday strongly rejected China’s objection to a recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, asserting…

3 years ago
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‘Chinese Prez Visiting Tibet Is A Threat To India’

Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Tibet last week is a threat to India, an influential  US lawmaker has said, accusing…

3 years ago
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How Himalayan Dams Turn Into Economic Burdens

by Rishika Pardikar/The Third Pole On April 23, 2020, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of India’s environment ministry met to…

3 years ago

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