First step towards setting up
Farmers Field School in Kookalthorai
Here’s some good news from Kookalthorai Valley. As a first step towards setting up a Farmers Field School, Keystone Foundation hosted a traditional seed festival in Kookalthorai in collaboration with Thuadai Organic Farm school. Some of our active seed savers/seed keepers, farmers, fellows, youth etc from the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve participated in the event. The […]
About Events
Stay updated with information about upcoming events as well as news of past events in this space. Celebrations of days of international significance such as World Water Day, World Wetland Day etc. as well as training programmes, workshops and other events will be covered here. We look forward to your participation!
About Resources
The Nilgiris Water Resource Center at Keystone Foundation is working towards improved capacities among all stakeholders in the region for sustainable water resource management. To this end, resource material is being developed in English and Tamil. These materials along with reports and other documents from Keystone’s work on water resources over the years are being […]
About Data
In the increasingly uncertain times that we are going through, especially from the point of view of weather and climate, access to timely and local data pertaining to water resources and related factors is of immense value. Good data can also help in making good resource management decisions, although it is by no means the […]
About Water & Culture
The local communities have a special relationship with water sources such as springs and wetlands. The Badaga settlements, known as hattys, mainly on hill tops, depended entirely on upper spring sources close to Shola forests and grasslands. This water is considered to be pure and the water sources are protected and worshiped once a year […]
About Streams
The Nilgiris district can be divided into four basins. Moyar Basin and its 24 rivers – draining mainly into the Bhavani reservoir as water supply for irrigation and drinking water in Tamil Nadu. Bhavani Basin and its 26 rivers – draining again to the Bhavani reservoir along the district boundary and onwards again into the […]
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[Help] Using Google My Maps
The spring atlas has been created using Google My Maps. You don’t need a Google account in order to browse the map or to download the data. In order to make browing easier, click on the icon on the top right hand corner to open a new browser window with the map (See image below). […]
Springs of Kotagiri Town Panchayat
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The Nilgiris
The Nilgiris, Blue Mountains of South India, is located at the junction of the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats, the two prominent mountain ranges that run almost parallel to the coastlines of Peninsular India. The high hills are a wonderful gift of Nature. Widespread forests and abundant water sources make the hills a fountainhead […]
