A dimension within Community Health & Forests
This theme explores the preservation and intergenerational transfer of indigenous knowledge about medicinal plants and herbal medicine.
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Traditional knowledge about forest medicinal herbs, the language of seeds, animals, and birds should be learned from the elder generation and passed on to the youth.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
The youth should also have the knowledge about herbs that our tribals possess.
— अमर जीत · Majlispur, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It is essential for the elders to teach Joba Piding about traditional forest tribal knowledge. This will enable them to identify any medicinal plants from the forest in the coming generations.
— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha
It is absolutely essential for traditional healers and elderly people to learn about and identify medicinal plants from forest-dwelling tribes, and to preserve this knowledge for future generations.
— Anirudha Marai
We should newly teach children about all the forest products found in the forest and explain them in a traditional manner.
— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Traditional forest and tribal knowledge needs to be taught from elders to the younger generation.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
We can bring and use some medicinal properties found in the forest, such as chiro or polamula, and by showing it to the children, to them.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
In our village, traditional forest and tribal knowledge should be provided to the younger generation to facilitate knowledge transfer.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
Learn traditional forest and tribal knowledge so that this knowledge can be passed on to the next generation.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should conduct camps to teach our young generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders, pass it on to the next generation, and preserve it.
— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha
Camps should be organized to teach traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, to pass it on to the next generation, and to preserve it.
— Premsila Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
For knowledge transfer, we should organize camps to teach the younger generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders, so that it can be passed on to the next generation and preserved.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
It is absolutely necessary for the youth to learn traditional forest and indigenous knowledge from elders and preserve it for the next generation.
— S Guruteli · Maliguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Even in 2047, our youth should know about our herbs.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The medicinal things we used to get from plants and leaves are getting lost, and now nobody knows about them. We should bring them back and educate ourselves.
— Anupama Mahanand
Yes, we should organize such camps where young people learn traditional forest knowledge from elders so that this knowledge can be passed on and preserved for the next generation.
— Kachala Choudhary
Herbal medicines and traditional food should be introduced for school children and in Anganwadis.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
So that future generations can also know about all the trees and plants in the forests that protect us from diseases.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We can collect all the medicinal things found in the forest and show them to future generations and preserve them.
— Anupama Mahanand
We should engage in traditional conservation so that we can inform future generations about herbs and traditional songs, ensuring their preservation for generations to come.
— Chanda
Our tribe should organize knowledge-sharing camps like Dhumkudiya, where young people learn traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and pass it on to future generations.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our community should organize knowledge-sharing camps like Dhumkuria, where young people learn traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and pass it on to the next generation. This is very important.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
For us, the knowledge of traditional culture, civilization, traditions, customs, food and drink, worship, lifestyle, and herbs should reach the next generation.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
So that future generations can know about the trees and plants in the forests that protect us from disease.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We have been living in this village for approximately 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. There have been many changes in the forest; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, along with the destruction of the forest, all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and creepers will disappear. Camps should be organized to teach traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, transfer it to the next generation, and preserve it.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
We want to bring all the traditional medicines, including roots and herbs, that are available. And we want to save the forest. All the traditional games that were played...
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
We have been living in this village for nearly 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has undergone many changes; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, the forest will be destroyed, and all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and vines will vanish. Camps should be organized to teach the younger generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from the elders, to pass it on to the next generation, and to preserve it.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
We should organize knowledge-sharing camps like Dhumkuriya where young people learn traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders, pass it on to the next generation, and keep it safe or preserved.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We should promote traditional knowledge for future generations, together with elders, especially for those from places like Dhampuria camp.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Yes, there is definitely a need for Dhumkudia for knowledge transfer. There is a need for camps that are absolutely essential for teaching traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and passing it on to the next generation.
— gobardhan pangi
Should camps be held to teach traditional forest tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, ensuring its preservation and transfer to future generations?
— Santosh Pradhan
And learn tribal knowledge so that this knowledge can be passed on to the next generations.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In our tribal communities, when we fall ill, we rely on roots and herbs. So, other communities should observe us.
— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha
We tribal people bring herbs from the forest and treat ailments, which is very important for health.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
Old sports traditions, tribal traditions, etc., should be preserved so that the coming generation can learn something.
— संगीता मीणा · Rohan Wara, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
I have been living in this village since my grandfather's time. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has changed a lot; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, the forest will be destroyed within the next 20 years, and all kinds of wild animals, medicinal trees, and plants will vanish. The younger generation should be taught traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and transfer it to the next generation, and camps should be organized to preserve it.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
For keeping knowledge of herbs.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
This community possesses traditional forest tribal knowledge and understanding, along with the teaching of forest resources, passed down by Parwati Pihiko for the younger generation.
— Premsila Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
We tribal people bring herbs from the forest to treat many diseases, for the well-being of people.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
We should preserve our culture so that herbs and forests remain.
— Chanda
