Delving into Sasatgre, and the rapidly declining Sasat Tree

Sasatgre in West Garo Hills is an active participating partner village of NESFAS. The village of Sasatgre, erstwhile Rongdikgre, has an interesting story to its name. The word Sasat is…

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Job Vacancy – Project Coordinator & Local Researchers

About the Project: NESFAS in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), USA will facilitate the Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) in upgrading the People's Biodiversity Registers (PBRs) (meeting all standards set by the National…

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Tragedy or Triumph of the commons?

A few weeks ago the author visited the Directorate of Agriculture with one of his colleagues from NESFAS (North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society). During a discussion, one of the senior staff of the Department remarked that the lack of proper registration of land holdings has been responsible for the farmers in the State missing financial ben

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