Land Conflict Watch is an independent network of researchers studying land conflicts, climate change and natural resource governance in India.
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The Rongpas of Uttarakhand have taken their sheep to the high-altitude bugyals for generations.
Now they are fight to protect this landscape from growing tourism, commercial grazing and migration, which are disrupting this centuries-old pastoral tradition.
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For him, protecting the bugyals means ensuring that those who visit respect the landscape and the traditions built around it.
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Read the whole story by Aditi Dimri for 100 Stories of Commons: landconflictwatch.org/common…
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IIn Khongdei Khuman, a Naga village in Manipur, children once accompanied their elders deep into the forest to hunt. These trips taught children about the forest, its wildlife and the customs that governed how the community lived.
Those lessons continue.
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Yet, despite the spread of Christianity and modern development, the community continues to pass down its customs through everyday conversations between elders and younger generations.
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