Evolving ways to use ecology for economy

1. Towards Green Villages

5. India’s Biomass Economy

9. Ecosystems in India

11. Ecological Regions of India Ecological Regions of India

15. State of Poverty in India

24. Rainfed Areas, New Crisis Center

26. Rainfed areas, new crisis center Rainfed agriculture in India extends over an area of 97 million ha and constitute nearly 67 % of the net cultivated area

32. Copyright Supriya Singh, SANDEE 2005

33. Jhabua 1985 A moonscape devoid of any vegetation Copyright Centre for Science and Environment, 1985

34. Jhabua 1997 Soil and water conservation begun in 1994 begin to bring life back to the land Copyright Centre for Science and Environment, 1997

35. Jhabua 2005 Dynamic community leadership in some of the mission villages has continued the conservation work Copyright Supriya Singh, SANDEE 2005

36. A People’s Movement Copyright Supriya Singh, SANDEE 2005

37. Jhabua 2005 But in other villages….. Copyright Supriya Singh, SANDEE 2005

45. A roadmap for sustainable village ECOLOGICAL POVERTY Create NATURAL WEALTH Create ECONOMIC WEALTH

47. A roadmap