Tribal communities who have been deriving their livelihoods mainly from forest-based resources are often treated as encroachers in the lands where they have lived for millenia. Moreover, the government's recognition of their traditional rights over natural resources is unclear and poorly implemented.

Better water management policies and practices can help tribal communities gain more control over their water resources and an effective policy-making process starts with collecting information about what works and how to implement it. 

The third instalment of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published highlights the urgent need to adopt low-emission or zero carbon pathways and widespread ‘system transformations’ across the energy, industry, buildings, transport, land and other sectors to stop global warming.

This newsletter highlights the groundwater challenges that India continues to face and the importance of community participation in ensuring equitable access and sustainable management of groundwater.

Times of India: Country’s largest social security scheme could also be its most powerful climate adaptation tool: MGNREGS lessons from Karnataka 

The Hindu editorial: The Principle Secratary of Meghalaya - Shri Sampath Kumar shares his views on how indigenous knowledge was leveraged to manage Meghalaya's natural resource sustainably.