Tag «decade»

Papua’s first ‘Village Forest’ handed over, after decade fighting deforestation

Teminabuan, West Papua, 9 March 2017 – A 3,545 hectare slice of Papua’s rainforest was today officially placed in community hands, to be protected and managed by the indigenous people of the Knasaimos landscape in West Papua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula. This is the first Village Forest to be established in Papua and it allows the …

Unlocking a decade of celebrating literature at the Le Meridien Jaipur

In dialogue with the inspirational Indian-American author & poet Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni & Author/ journalist Amrita Tripathi Followed by the celebrated Writers’ Ball Jaipur, 25th January, 2017: The Pink City of India witnessed a gathering of the country’s erudite minds in a grand fête at the culminating event of the Jaipur Literature Festival …