Himalaya Trust

Summary of Activities

Pilot project on "Greening of the Himalaya" in selected watersheds of Almora, Tehri Garhwal, Kangra, and Chamba districts, funded by the National Afforestation and Ecodevelopment Board (NAEB) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. These projects were implemented by women’s and youth groups and forest panchayats.

Oral Testimony Project covering selected remote villages in Garhwal, Kumaon, and Himachal Pradesh to record and document traditional knowledge on socio-economic and ecological aspects of community life for dissemination through books, audio, and visual media, funded by PANOS of London.

Afforestation of community land of Falyanti village in Baijnath (Kumaon) by substituting pine monoculture with local mixed broad-leaf species, funded by NAEB of MoEF.

Extending water supply and sanitation schemes for 22 villages in Baijnath (Kumaon) along with non-formal education, health education, and catchment area protection through community effort under the Rural Development Department of the UP Government’s Swajal Project.

Provide training facilities to the educated youth of Kumaon and Garhwal in project formulation, survey, monitoring and evaluation through the Society for Integrated Development of the Himalayas (SIDH), for implementing community biodiversity conservation programmes in their respective villages, funded by World Wide Fund for Nature - India (WWF-I).

Assisting in a catalytic role, trained youth to implement biodiversity programme for planting economic, medicinal, or vegetable dyes species on village community lands in Garhwal and Kumaon from funds provided by WWF-I.

Organised training workshops on promoting vegetable dyes to restore their traditional use by tribal women weavers in the Berinag area of Pithoragarh district, and initiate an integrated wool weaving, dyeing and propagation of dye-yielding plants scheme, funded by INTACH, OXFAM, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, and Action Aid.


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				Summary of Activities 1. Pilot project on "Greening of the Himalaya" in selected watersheds of Almora, Tehri Garhwal, Kangra, and Chamba districts, funded by the National Afforestation and Ecodevelopment Board (NAEB) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. These projects were implemented by women’s and youth groups and forest panchayats. 2. Oral Testimony Project covering selected remote villages in Garhwal, Kumaon, and Himachal Pradesh to record and document traditional knowledge on socio-economic and ecological aspects of community life for dissemination through books, audio, and visual media, funded by PANOS of London. 3. Afforestation of community land of Falyanti village in Baijnath (Kumaon) by substituting pine monoculture with local mixed broad-leaf species, funded by NAEB of MoEF. 4. Extending water supply and sanitation schemes for 22 villages in Baijnath (Kumaon) along with non-formal education, health education, and catchment area protection through community effort under the Rural Development Department of the UP Government’s Swajal Project. 5. Provide training facilities to the educated youth of Kumaon and Garhwal in project formulation, survey, monitoring and evaluation through the Society for Integrated Development of the Himalayas (SIDH), for implementing community biodiversity conservation programmes in their respective villages, funded by World Wide Fund for Nature - India (WWF-I). 6. Assisting in a catalytic role, trained youth to implement biodiversity programme for planting economic, medicinal, or vegetable dyes species on village community lands in Garhwal and Kumaon from funds provided by WWF-I. 7. Organised training workshops on promoting vegetable dyes to restore their traditional use by tribal women weavers in the Berinag area of Pithoragarh district, and initiate an integrated wool weaving, dyeing and propagation of dye-yielding plants scheme, funded by INTACH, OXFAM, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, and Action Aid. Page last updated: Monday, February 14, 2000 274/II Vasant Vihar Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh 248 006 India Tel: 91.135.773081 Fax: 91.135.620334 Email: [email protected]