Heritage & Biodiversity Protection

We have been living in this village for approximately 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. There have been many changes in the forest; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, along with the destruction of the forest, all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and creepers will disappear. Camps should be organized to teach traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, transfer it to the next generation, and preserve it.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

We have been living in this village for nearly 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has undergone many changes; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, the forest will be destroyed, and all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and vines will vanish. Camps should be organized to teach the younger generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from the elders, to pass it on to the next generation, and to preserve it.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

I have been living in this village since my grandfather's time. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has changed a lot; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, the forest will be destroyed within the next 20 years, and all kinds of wild animals, medicinal trees, and plants will vanish. The younger generation should be taught traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and transfer it to the next generation, and camps should be organized to preserve it.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

If we do not act now, in the coming 20 years, forests, languages, seeds, songs, and other things will be lost.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

If we do not make some effort, we will lose our traditional seeds, medicinal herbs, pure environment, air, etc.

— Kachala Choudhary

If we don't act now, forests, languages, seeds, songs, and other things will become extinct from us in the next 20 years.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Due to the cutting of trees and plants in the village, various herbs and food items are becoming extinct. We can protect them.

— Mohan AHARI · Sarera, Udaipur, Rajasthan

We believe that if we do nothing, songs, forests, languages, and seeds will be lost within the next 20 years.

— AbhiLL Ipsa

If we do not preserve our language now, according to our tribe, then it too will become extinct. Forests will also become extinct, and seeds will become extinct.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In the next twenty years, our forest, our culture, customs and traditions, seeds, everything will be destroyed.

— Kachala Choudhary

If we don't do anything, then in the next 20 years, all our songs, forests, languages, seeds, trees, animals, and birds will disappear.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

If we do nothing, then within twenty years, along with losing our dance and music, forests are also disappearing, and we might lose all of them.

— S Guruteli · Gandiaguda, Malkangiri, Odisha

If we do not protect ourselves, then we will end up like forests, medicinal herbs, and vultures, which are currently on the verge of extinction.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We have our tribal languages; people used to know them earlier. And after 20 years, so much forest is being destroyed, and in another 20 years, all those animals and birds will disappear.

— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

We are gradually destroying the traditional seeds of ancient times. We should preserve those seeds. Otherwise, some medicines and plants are leading to their extinction.

— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Gitilāta, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

If we don't act now, then in the next 20 years, our water, forests, land, language, seeds, and even the indigenous people will be destroyed.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

If we don't do something in the next 20 years, our traditional seeds could disappear.

— Kachala Choudhary

If we do not preserve our language, culture, traditional songs, dances, musical instruments, and indigenous seeds in the next 20 years, all will disappear.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In the coming 20 years, there will be a significant shortage of water, forests, and land. Even languages will become extinct. Trees and plants will not remain. Animals and birds will also become extinct if they are not conserved.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

If we don't save the herbs of the jungle, then all of us will be destroyed.

— Chanda

We should preserve our culture because traditional knowledge and science are associated with it. If we do not preserve it, traditional knowledge and science will disappear. From the forest...

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Herbs, vegetable trees, medicinal plants are becoming extinct from our forests.

— Kachala Choudhary

In our village, treatment was done with wild herbs, which is decreasing today. If it is not saved in the future, it will gradually disappear.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

If no steps are taken for forest protection within the next 20 years, then various trees, animals, birds, and medicinal plants in the forest will all disappear.

— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha

Our medicinal herbs, vegetables, fruits, and trees are depleting from the forests.

— Kachala Choudhary

If our culture is not preserved now, many things like songs, languages, and traditional and cultural aspects will become extinct in the next 20 years.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We must protect our water, forest, and land, or else, gradually, the forest department will have our forests cut down, which was our family's ancestral home.

— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

In olden times, many kinds of herbs were available in our village, but in the current situation, due to the cutting of this forest, some conservation efforts could not be made, which means for us in the coming time...

— Mohan AHARI · Sarera, Udaipur, Rajasthan

We should preserve our culture so that herbs and forests remain.

— Chanda

Earlier, in our village's forest, we found many abundant herbs. But unfortunately, the roots of these herbs in the forest are being severely destroyed. So, we will try to keep them alive for this. I will go a bit.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Medicinal plants are on the verge of extinction in the forest. The forest should be protected.

— upendra sunani · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

Given the critical situation that has developed, the extent of damage that has occurred, and the way people are progressing; if we do nothing about this, then in the coming days there will be no trees, no animals, and no herbal medicines will be found.

— gobardhan pangi

Long live rural discussions. The forests that are present in our lives are depleting. We need to plant more trees, otherwise society will be destroyed.

— Jadumani Nial · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

If we do nothing, then within 20 years, there will be no forest, no language, no songs, no seeds. Name Irma Madhi, Village Gorakhunta, Malkangiri.

— Trinath badanayak · Kamarpalli, Malkangiri, Odisha

What could be lost in the next 20 years: songs, music, seeds, forests.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We should protect the culture of our tribes because if we don't, in the coming time, we will become extinct and our community will cease to exist.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Medicinal plants and roots found in the forest are no longer available. We must protect them.

— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

If we don't take care, the forest will be destroyed.

— Chanda

If we do not protect our forests, then the medicinal herbs and trees of our forests, which contribute to our economic situation, may be destroyed. Therefore, it is very important to protect our forests.

— Chanda

Today our medicinal fruit foods are becoming extinct. I will try to encourage people to protect them. Along with that, I myself will also

— KusaPradhani · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha