00:00 Forest Post was created as a supportive and fair market link between the value added forest
00:14 produced that our women, our group of self-help group women in the two river basins or in
00:20 the western slope of the western Ghats in central Kerala, in the Karivudu River Basin
00:25 and the Chalakudi River Basin, what they produce and an appreciative and discerning and concerned
00:31 buyer who is on the lookout for just such a produce and does not find it in the market
00:37 because with Karikaduva collective produce itself, we found that there is a need in the
00:43 market which is not being currently met.
00:46 Our women's collectives are based in the western slope of the western Ghats in the river basins
00:52 of Karuvannur and Chalakudi in central Kerala.
00:57 The life of an Adivasi leaves a very light footprint on the forest and as long as they
01:04 continue engaging with the forest, they preserve a certain knowledge of its resources, they
01:11 keep an eye on its distribution, a kind of guardianship.
01:16 [Music]
