To link markets with commons, communities must set the terms

To link markets with commons, communities must set the terms

What happens when bamboo stalks and tendu leaves cross village boundaries and enter the market? When mahua, which carries a legacy of oppression of Adivasi communities, becomes a delicacy for urban consumers? Or when charota seeds, a staple food for Chhattisgarh’s tribal communities, are ‘discovered’ for their medicinal and industrial use?Forests hold deep social and cultural value for rural and forest-dwelling communities, and remain a critical…