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    Case Study 1:-: Gram Sabha Meetings

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    Mendha village is located in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra at the tail end of the Satpuda mountain range. The seasonal River Kathani flows 1km north of the village and is important for fishing and irrigation. The village has a population of 400 Gond tribal people. Forests provide substantial resources for livelihoods like food, fuel, fodder, timber and medicine. Agriculture is primarily traditional without the use of pesticides or hybrid varieties. Mendha is known for community-based natural resource management where all decisions are made by consensus in gram sabha meetings. After a six-year legal battle, Mendha became the first village granted community forest rights and now has a successful bamboo

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    Mendha village is located in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra at the tail end of the Satpuda mountain range. The seasonal River Kathani flows 1km north of the village and is important for fishing and irrigation. The village has a population of 400 Gond tribal people. Forests provide substantial resources for livelihoods like food, fuel, fodder, timber and medicine. Agriculture is primarily traditional without the use of pesticides or hybrid varieties. Mendha is known for community-based natural resource management where all decisions are made by consensus in gram sabha meetings. After a six-year legal battle, Mendha became the first village granted community forest rights and now has a successful bamboo

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    Mendha village is located in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra at the tail end of the Satpuda mountain range. The seasonal River Kathani flows 1km north of the village and is important for fishing and irrigation. The village has a population of 400 Gond tribal people. Forests provide substantial resources for livelihoods like food, fuel, fodder, timber and medicine. Agriculture is primarily traditional without the use of pesticides or hybrid varieties. Mendha is known for community-based natural resource management where all decisions are made by consensus in gram sabha meetings. After a six-year legal battle, Mendha became the first village granted community forest rights and now has a successful bamboo

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    Case Study 1:-: Gram Sabha Meetings

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    Mendha village is located in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra at the tail end of the Satpuda mountain range. The seasonal River Kathani flows 1km north of the village and is important for fishing and irrigation. The village has a population of 400 Gond tribal people. Forests provide substantial resources for livelihoods like food, fuel, fodder, timber and medicine. Agriculture is primarily traditional without the use of pesticides or hybrid varieties. Mendha is known for community-based natural resource management where all decisions are made by consensus in gram sabha meetings. After a six-year legal battle, Mendha became the first village granted community forest rights and now has a successful bamboo

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    CASE STUDY 1 :-

    LOCATION :-
    MENDHA (LEKHA) VILLAGE SITUATED IN GADCHIROLI DISTRICT , MAHARASTHRA
    AT TAIL END OF SATPUDA RANGE OF HILLS.

    RIVER KATHANI FLOWS ABOUT 1KM NORTH OF THE VILLAGE. THE CATCHMENT OF RIVER KATHANI IS
    IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE FOR FISHES AND IRRIGATION . IT IS A SEASONAL RIVER AND DRIES UP AFTER
    JANUARY - FEBRUARY , WITH WATER REMAINING IN A FEW POOLS, LOCALLY CALLED POKHARS.

    THE VILLAGE IS A TRIBAL VILAGE OF GOND COMMUNITY WITH A POPULATION OF 400 (IN 2005) GRAM SABHA MEETINGS

    FOREST PROVIEDS SUBSTANTIAL BULK FOR LIVELIHOOD RANGING FROM FOOD , FUEL, FODDER, TIMBER MEDICINE TO REVENUE.
    THE NTFP HARVESTED FROM THE FOREST LIKE MAHUA , GUM , TENDU LEAVES FOR BIDI ROLLING , MEDICINE PLANTS , HONEY AND BAMBOO ADDS VALU-
    ABLE INPUTS TO ECONOMY
    AGRICULTURE IS LARGELY PRIMITIVE TYPE , GENERALLY PADDY USE OF INSECTICIDES AND HYBRID VARITIES IS NOT COMMON PRACTICE

    MEHNDA IS FAMOUS FOR ITS VILLAGE REPUBLIC CONCEPT AND EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY BASED MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
    ALL DECISIONS RELATED WITH MANAGEMENT OF THE FOREST AND VILLAGE TAKEN WITH CONSENSUS OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE GRAMSAHBGA.

    AFTER SIX YEARS OF LEGAL BATTLE, IT BECAME FIRST VILLAGE IN INDIA TO BE GRANTED COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS. TODAY THE VILLAGE HAS SUCCESS-
    FUL BAMBOO ECONOMY. AND VILLAGERS MAKE PROFIT IN CRORES, AND ARE USING THE MONEY FOR SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE ARC-
    TIVITIES IN THE AREA.

    TRADITIONAL CONSERVATION PRACTICES ARE DOCUMENTED ON 3 SCALES :-

    1. SPECIES LEVEL CONSERVATION EFFORTS

    2. ECOSYSTEM LEVEL CONSERVATION EFFORTS

    3. NEWLY EMERGED CONSERVATION PRACTICES BAMBOO PLANTATION IS SOURCE OF INCOME

    NATURE IN TRIBAL
    CULTURE OF INDIA

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