Maldhari BCP Photostory
by Holly. Average Reading Time: less than a minute.
As attempts to ban the Maldhari community from grazing theirlivestock the grasslands they have occupied sustainably for hundreds of yearscontinue, a photostory presentation of the communities biocultural communityprotocol (BCP) has been prepared to link the document’s text to a visual representationof the Maldhari community’s intimate connection to their land.
The Maldhari BCP asserts the community’s traditionalpractices of grazing in the Banni grasslands of Kutch, Indi, and links thosepractices to protections and guarantees in national and international law.
The Maldharis are members of the BCP Initiative and theirBCP can be accessed here. Read more about the challenges they are facing here.
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