US EditionIn India, Indigenous women and their 'dream maps' seek to protect lands from climate change
- Indigenous women in Odisha, India, created dream maps on April 15, 2025, to advocate for protecting their lands amid climate challenges.
- These efforts arise as climate change reduces rainfall, damages forests, and shrinks communal areas by up to 25%, threatening traditional livelihoods.
- The women surveyed resources across 10 villages, comparing current data with 1960s government records, and estimate $2 million is needed for restoration projects.
- A 2023 study found food production in Odisha dropped 40% in 50 years, while India faced 400 extreme weather events causing 80,000 deaths and $180 billion in losses.
- The women are cautiously optimistic about their chances of success, aiming to obtain rights that will allow them to restore crucial forests and preserve resources for future generations.
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Indigenous women in India map climate losses to fight for land rights and future survival
At the start of a shifting monsoon season, Indigenous women in India’s Odisha state are charting environmental changes to reclaim and restore their shrinking forest commons.Sibi Arasu reports for The Associated Press.In short:Women from the Paraja and Gadaba Indigenous communities are leading a grassroots campaign using “dream maps” to visualize environmental degradation and advocate for land restoration funds.Comparing state records from the 19…
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Come hear the hargila’s speech With a cry of the heart’s eyes Hear o hear me out Please do not chop down our trees Do not erase our forests How are we going to keep living How are we going to keep living The voice of 43-year-old Daibaki Saikia, a resident of Dadara village in Assam’s Kamrup district, crackled through this journalist’s phone. She sang a folk song she had penned about the greater adjutant stork, locally called the hargila (Assames…
In India, indigenous women and their "dream maps" seek to protect lands from climate change.
KORAPUT, India (AP) — In a small stream in India's eastern Odisha state, indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner celebrating an annual harvest festival. The bounty of community farming,…
In India, Indigenous women and their 'dream maps' aim to protect lands from climate change
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.
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In India, Indigenous women and their 'dream maps' seek to protect lands from climate change
Indigenous women in India have watched their villages’ common areas under threat from climate change. Now they are leading their communities’ most significant effort yet to speak up for their needs. Armed with “dream maps” of how their lands should…
Indigenous Indian women use 'dream maps' to protect lands from climate change
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.
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