Bamboo Crafts
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Preserving Bamboo and Cane Crafts: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Custodian, Lepcha Bongthing, Gangtok
The initiative blends ancestral craftsmanship with modern strategies to protect, innovate and market tribal arts that are at risk of extinction. It empowers artisans and creates livelihoods.
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Participatory Plantation for Prosperity: APFCL’s Socio-Economic Model for Tribal Empowerment
The Arunachal Pradesh Forest Corporation Limited (APFCL) was established by the state government in 1977 to promote the socio-economic development of tribal populations while ensuring sustainable forest use. As a government-owned Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), its dual mission includes both commercial and welfare objectives.