Indigenous is the byword in the water harvesting techniques followed in India s northeast. In Meghalaya, an intricate network of bamboo pipes is used to irrigate betel leaf or black pepper crops in rocky areas where no channels can be built, a practice wh

The roofs of Mizoram s homes offer a solution to the state s water crisis

The biggest threat to Vietnam s bio diversity comes from deforestation. In the past 25 years, the total area of natural forests has declined at an average 350,000 hectares per year. To save its forests, the nation has evolved a two pronged strategy: the

Encouraged by their ninth century benevolent rulers, Gond landlords and villagers had set up an intricate and immensely useful network of katas , traditional water harvesting structu res. But modern disinterest and apathy have served to decimate

Orissa s katas, bandhs and mundas have played a stellar role in reducing severity of famines and droughts

How have these testimonials to Gond foresight fallen to the present sorry state?

Chittor occupies a significant position in Rajasthan's history