[Pil-pc-oceania] Fwd: [New from GRAIN] Two photo essays from India

[Robyn Williamson]

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> New from GRAIN
> June 2007
>
> TWO PHOTO ESSSAYS FROM INDIA
> We have uploaded two new photo essays, both from India. The first 
> story comes from the Medak Districh in Andhra Pradesh (South India) 
> and the second story comes from the Kangra District in Himachal 
> Pradesh (North India).
>
> MOBILE SEED FESTIVAL
> http://www.grain.org/pe/?id=116
> Every year in mid-January India-wide there are celebrations around the 
> harvest of crops. In the Southern State of Andhra Pradesh, in Medak 
> District's Pastapur, village communities celebrate the diversity of 
> their seeds in a unique month long Mobile Biodiversity Festival.
>
> BIR, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
> http://www.grain.org/pe/?id=130
> Bir is a small village in the Kangra district of the North Indian 
> state of Himachal Pradesh. It is in  Bir that GRAIN along with its 
> Indian collaborators, including Kalpavriksh environment action group 
> and other friends, organised a North India level regional workshop on 
> the "Biodiversity Regulation -- Legality & Reality", 17-18 May 2007.
>
> (Please note that these pages may take a long time to download if you 
> do not have a fast internet connection)
>
> Two other photo essays, from January 2007, also available at 
> http://www.grain.org/pe/.
>
> Since the start of 2007 we have been experimenting and publishing what 
> we call "photo essays" about recent activities and topical information 
> with the help of a camera. Do let us know what you think either here: 
> http://www.grain.org/feedback/ or email us at info at grain.org.
>
> Please visit http://www.grain.org
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> 11 June 2007
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