Sri Jayanta Sarma spoke in Sanskriti Anveshak |
Noted conservation activist Sri Jayanta Sarma spoke about leveraging traditional knowledge for development in NE India in a Sanskriti Anveshak Lecture at VKIC on April 22, 2017. With information gleaned through extensive tours of NE India, Sri Sarma revealed some of the remarkable facts about indigenous communities coping with nature. Away from urban access to technology, they have collected huge amounts of information on forests, soil, farming methods and architecture. A common element of their ways of life is a respect for Nature and sustainable use of natural resources. Unfortunately, many of their traditional knowledge and practices are yet to be scientifically documented. Humanity has much to learn from them and make use of such information and skills spread over this part of the country.