Gender just climate solution: Sustainable management of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in India

The Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyanar Producer Company is a collective of Adivasi (Indigenous) farmer-producers in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, a tropical forest biome in India that is rich in biodiversity. As part of Aadhimalai, small-scale Adivasi agriculturists and forest gatherers, especially women, are ensuring sustainable management of the biosphere as gender just climate solution. The Aadhimalai collective, incubated in 2013 with support of GAGGA partner Keystone Foundation, involves 2,000 Adivasi families who are contributing to climate change mitigation by protecting the forest and native species while strengthening their resilience and livelihoods through the sustainable use and sale of non-timber forest products (NTFPs).

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