Community Voices: United for Land Stewardship

This webinar on World Day for Desertification and Drought aimed to spotlight community voices to understand locally-led solutions to the dual crisis of land degradation and drought. It was hosted by ECOBARI, in collaboration with WOTR and W-CReS, supported by Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF). Our speakers include:
Keynote speaker: Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta, Professor and Head of Environment, Climate, and Disaster Risk Management Division at the National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs
Moderator: Dr. Shalini Dhyani, Principal Scientist at the CSIR-National Environment Engineering Research Institute, India and Asia Vice Chair and Steering Committee member in the Commission on Ecosystems Management, IUCN
Panellists:
Sarbodhani Hebrom Sapna Kumari, President and Board Member of Jagruk Mahila Farmer Producer Company Ltd., supported by Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) in Jharkhand
Nanda Kale, Member of the Maladevi Mahila Sayukt Samiti supported by Watershed Organisation Trust in Maharashtra
Santosh Kumar, Community Leader at Parmarth Samaj Sevi Sansthan in Uttar Pradesh