NFI Fellowships 2021
2021-Round 1 English
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Nimisha S Pradeep is an independent journalist from Palakkad in Kerala. She regularly writes on arts, culture and society in South India and has contributed to The Hindu. As part of the fellowshiop, she published a detailed report on livelihood concerns among the indigenous farming communities over the government declaring specific areas in Kerala as restricted Ecologically Sensitive Area.
PUBLISHED IN Mongabay ON 17 March 2021
Attappady residents fear more restrictions with eco-sensitive areas and zones
Attappady residents fear more restrictions with eco-sensitive areas and zones
Attappady, a plateau sandwiched between the Nilgiri Hills and Palghat Hills in the Western Ghats, has most of its lands demarcated as Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs)