Disaster Management and Indigenous Practices of Indian Eco-Communities

This book is about the utility of promoting a global scale and commonly shared platform for dissemination and enrichment of Indigenous knowledge and practices across Eco-communities of India also documented on a fully developed web-portal branded - A.A.D.I.GYAN.- Augmenting Action For Disaster Management through Indigenous Knowledge (www.aadigyanproject.in) at D.E.I. Dayalbagh INDIA. This project is a part of community initiatives for documenting preserving and promoting the role of Indigenous knowledge in mitigating natural and man-made disasters particularly among Eco-communities. It carries an extensive research database covering various states of India and their respective hub-locations (Eco-community/ tribal regions) with a scope to expand at global scale containing data and information about indigenous activities related to Agriculture Medicinal plants Green technology Healthcare Education Environment Management Socio-Cultural and Spiritual Practices Employment Housing etc. It has revealed significant aspects and applications of traditional knowledge for building long term social economic and environmental capacities across the major Eco-communities of India.