Adi

Fishing in the Siang belt of Arunachal Pradesh, India: Learning traditional ecological knowledge of Adi and Galo communities

This research was carried out with the Adi and Galo tribes of East Siang and West Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India to understand fishing methods employed by them using stones and boulders occurring in the river beds of small tributaries of the Siang River in the study area. The …

Fishing in the Siang belt of Arunachal Pradesh, India: Learning traditional ecological knowledge of Adi and Galo communities

This research was carried out with the Adi and Galo tribes of East Siang and West Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India to understand fishing methods employed by them using stones and boulders occurring in the river beds of small tributaries of the Siang River in the study area. The …

Grassroots biodiversity conservators of Arunachal Pradesh: national recognition and reward

The issue of recognizing and acknowledging the value of traditional know- ledge (TK) and creativity of the grassroot level people in biodiversity conservation has been debated for a long time. Despite their contributions, they have not reaped any tangible or intangible benefits. However, some of the conservators of Arunachal Pradesh …

Toko-Patta (Livistona jenkinsiana Griff): Adi community and conservation of culturally important endangered tree species

Arunachal Pradesh, being a largest state of Northeast India, harbours great number of plant species which are endemic to region. The diversity and endemism of state has kept it in the category of biodiversity hot-spot. Though, in recent past, numbers of plant species are being listed as rare, endangered and …

Biocultural knowledge and Adi community: conservation and sustainability in biodiversity hotspot of Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh, being the largest state in Northeast India, has unique biocultural resources. To enhance the sustainability of biocultural resources, a series of village workshops (15) were organized among the Adi community of Arunachal Pradesh. The objective was to explore and understand the dynamics of iocultural knowledge, livelihood, ecosystems and …

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