Keystone Foundation
Keystone Foundation
active in the following countries
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Keystone is working in the Milgiri Biosphere Reserve with indigenous communities on eco-development initiatives. In their work they focus on seven themes: livelihoods, conservation, organic market development, culture and people, environmental governance, training and information, and finance and administration. Both ENDS and the Keystone Foundation work together on the development and marketing of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP).
added value of partnership
"Both ENDS brings a very unique flavour to the partnership where its involvement in the activity is very wholesome. It connects a worldwide perspective to the local issues on the ground. When Both ENDS gets involved, you know that they believe in what they say and what they do."
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Keystone works mainly with indigenous people in the field of eco-initiatives and functions as the contact point for the NTPF-Exchange Programme in India.
External links
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Dossier
Upholding Human Rights - Bridging the gender-environment divide
Both ENDS and some partners started a four-year project Upholding Human Rights, bridging the gender-environment divide in 2014, with the aim to empower women and human rights defenders, to improve sustainable resource management and to further explore the potential of the human rights system to enhance the position and protect the rights of women.
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External link / 20 July 2021
Women’s rights and Non-Timber Forest Products (Annual Report 2020)
As a source of food, water and income, and for their cultural and spiritual meaning, forests and Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) help ensure community resilience. Both ENDS has a long history of collaboration with partners such as the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP) and Keystone Foundation, which support forest communities in promoting the NTFP concept for forest conservation and livelihood enhancement.
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External link / 31 May 2018
A human rights perspective on women and the environment (Annual Report 2017)
Although the human rights to water, food and a healthy environment have been incorporated in international legal instruments, in many countries these rights are violated on a massive scale. Women suffer disproportionally, because it is mostly still their role to feed the family and fetch water, but also because they lack decision-making power over the use of natural resources.
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Publication / 3 November 2017
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Video / 3 November 2017
Reality of Mine: India
This short video takes you to Panna, India, where traditional adivasi women successfully oppose forced evictions. The three part series 'Reality of Mine' gives a voice to women affected by mining in India, Kenya and South Africa. With the support of international NGOs Both ENDS and ActionAid, they have begun to stand up for their rights.
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Publication / 16 December 2016
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Publication / 9 September 2016
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Publication / 14 February 2016
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Publication / 14 February 2016
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Publication / 14 February 2016
