The Garo Hills’ community forests: a quiet model for climate resilience
In the Garo Hills, forests are not a government line on a map — they are…
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Mizoram’s ‘bamboo diplomacy’ takes root: exports to China restart after a decade
Trucks carrying treated bamboo shoots and woven mats left the Lunglei district this month for export…
Tripura’s bamboo furniture makers tap into a new generation of buyers
The bamboo furniture workshops of Agartala, long dismissed as makers of cheap household goods, have discovered…
The Idu Mishmi’s sacred groves: how Arunachal’s forests keep their own laws
The Idu Mishmi people of the Dibang valley hold certain forests sacred — places where hunting,…
The Dimasa villages of the Barail range: mapping a forest people’s future
The Dimasa people of the Barail range are undertaking an unusual exercise: mapping their ancestral lands…
The Dehing Patkai rainforest: Assam’s green frontier gets a new protection plan
Dehing Patkai, Assam’s last surviving lowland rainforest, is a green vault of hornbills, tigers and the…
The Mizoram bamboo church: a 100-year-old sanctuary built without a single nail
The church at Serchhip, built in 1926 from interlocked bamboo without a single nail, has outlived…
The Mizoram pine-sap harvest: a wild economy under threat
The resin tapped from Mizoram’s pine forests — sold to paint and soap factories across India…
The Tripuri khum: a bamboo granary that outsmarts the rodents
The khum, the raised bamboo granary of the Tripuri people, was engineered by centuries of trial:…
The Mizoram bamboo shoot economy: preserving a taste that travels
The fermented bamboo shoot of Mizoram — sour, funky, and the secret layer in a hundred…