Forests

 Teak robbery

at least 600

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Rajendra Mohanty
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Trees, Timber Industry, Chhattisgarh, Rajnandgaon (D)
India

 Tribal women in Chattisgarh beat the poverty trap with fortunes from traditional medicines

The tribal women in the sleepy village of Donga-nala in Korba district run a unit for making medicines from herbs, thus converting traditional medicinal knowledge into fortunes.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2008
Rajendra Mohanty
Down to Earth
16
20080215
0
Tags:
Women, Traditional Knowledge, Medicinal Plants, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Public Participation, India, Chhattisgarh, Sustainable Development