(15 May 2025)
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Koraput, India – 15 April 2025
1. Various of women of the Paraja tribe, looking at maps of the village and discussing. Maps showing commons, village boundaries, forest areas and water bodies
2. SOUNDBITE (Desia) Sunita Muduli, Paraja tribeswoman: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“By mapping the common areas, we were able to gain insight into the conditions of various resources gathered from the forest – roots, tubers, fruits, and medicine for children, different trees, birds, animals in forest. We villagers also documented the current state of forests, bodies of water, village sites, grazing lands, and other shared areas.”
3. Various of women from the Paraja tribe, fishing in a shallow, muddy stream
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Koraput, India – 18 April 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bidyut Mohanty, Society for Promotion of Rural Education and Development: ++COVERED++
“The key findings is that common areas are shrinking, and the resources are also declining. It is directly affecting the Indigenous people, their life and livelihood and women are more affected by this.”
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Koraput, India – 15 April 2025
5. Close of Red Weaver ants on a tree branch.
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Koraput, India – 16 April 2025
6. Aerial of Gadaba tribes women of Hatipakna village venturing out in the forests near their village to collect daily essentials
7. Wide of Gadaba tribes women walking through a forest
8. Various of women collecting dried leaves
9. Woman with her child wrapped around her shoulder in a cloth, collecting natural toothbrushes
10. Woman carrying fuelwood. Woman tying up fuelwood with thin branches
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Koraput, India – 18 April 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Bidyut Mohanty, Society for Promotion of Rural Education and Development: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“One of the reasons [of the decline in common areas] they found out was climate change. They told me that within the last decade this has been happening. So monsoon is erratic. Because of that their agriculture is affected, even their festivals are affected.”
12. Various of tribespeople playing traditional instruments and performing ancient communal ritualistic dance
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Koraput, India – 15 April 2025
13. SOUNDBITE (Desia) Sunita Muduli, Paraja tribeswoman: ++COVERED++
“If women choose not to assume leadership roles, our children may encounter obstacles. In the event of a decrease in resources such as fruits, roots, and green leaves, our future generations could experience difficulties. When women are harvesting forest produce, they follow sustainable practices.”
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Koraput, India – 18 April 2025
14. Various of a Gadaba tribeswoman cooking food in the open kitchen in courtyard
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Koraput, India – 16 April 2025
15. Mid of a woman making bowls made from forest produce
16. Various of women preserving Indigenous varieties of seeds, shifting the seeds into glass jars from earthen pots
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Koraput, India – 15 April 2025
17. Aerial of Putpondi village, surrounded by forests and hills
STORYLINE:
At a small stream in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner celebrating an annual harvest festival. The bounty of communal farming, foraging and fishing marks the start of a new season.
But the fish and other resources have been dwindling in recent years.
Women are leading the way.
Comparing state government data from the 1960s with their results, they found that common areas in many of their villages had shrunk by up to 25%.
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