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Vasundhara is a research and policy advocacy group that works on environment conservation and sustainable livelihood issues. Vasundhara was initiated to support and strengthen community-based initiatives to protect and conserve forests in the state of Orissa. Several thousands of community forestry groups have emerged and evolved elaborate and diverse institutional arrangements to conserve and manage forests. The founding members of Vasundhara were immensely inspired by these initiatives and their potential to usher in new ways of people-resource interaction and for community based natural resources management.
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Over the years, while working and retaining its focus on community forestry, we have transitioned to a more explicit focus on sustainable livelihood of the marginalized sections. Vasundhara is also embarking on a more direct action on different environmental and biodiversity conservation issues. The interface of conservation and livelihoods now forms the core of our interventions.
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Democracy |
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Equity and Social Justice |
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Ethical Development |
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Orissa, an eastern state in India has… |
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