Coimbatore: Thirty Irula tribal people from Seengapathi, a agreement in Boluvampatti wooded area range close to town, have finished a route on making furnishings the usage of Lantana camara, an invasive species within the region. The first batch which finished the route, offered underneath the Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, received certificate on Tuesday on the agreement.
Getting qualified underneath the programme would permit the beneficiaries to be resource persons for instructing the craft and offer training courses, stated organizers. The 75-day route had two parts, a 15-day concept part and a 60-day practical part, stated Maya Mahajan, associate professor on the Centre for Sustainable Future, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, which arranged the route.
“Along with training the tribal people in making furnishings from lantana, we also trained them in advertising and marketing via taking them to exhibitions. We also are making plans to take their merchandise to e-marketing websites reminiscent of Amazon,” stated Mahajan. The tribal individuals who have undergone the route have also set up a ‘Siruvani Lantana Craft Centre’ to marketplace their merchandise, she stated.
Lantana camara is an invasive unique weed species which has been creating ecological problems within the Western Ghats and poses risk to the biodiversity of the region. So, using lantana to make furnishings was once a win-win scenario, as it controls the pest and offers the tribal people a livelihood.
Mahajan stated next 12 months they would not simplest educate more batches but would also give the already trained a complicated programme in making more complicated furnishings designs. The programme would even be taken to different villages, she stated. On Tuesday, the 30 people from the agreement who finished the route got certificate via retired commander Laxmanan and wooded area officer Tilakavati.
Getting qualified underneath the programme would permit the beneficiaries to be resource persons for instructing the craft and offer training courses, stated organizers. The 75-day route had two parts, a 15-day concept part and a 60-day practical part, stated Maya Mahajan, associate professor on the Centre for Sustainable Future, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, which arranged the route.
“Along with training the tribal people in making furnishings from lantana, we also trained them in advertising and marketing via taking them to exhibitions. We also are making plans to take their merchandise to e-marketing websites reminiscent of Amazon,” stated Mahajan. The tribal individuals who have undergone the route have also set up a ‘Siruvani Lantana Craft Centre’ to marketplace their merchandise, she stated.
Lantana camara is an invasive unique weed species which has been creating ecological problems within the Western Ghats and poses risk to the biodiversity of the region. So, using lantana to make furnishings was once a win-win scenario, as it controls the pest and offers the tribal people a livelihood.
Mahajan stated next 12 months they would not simplest educate more batches but would also give the already trained a complicated programme in making more complicated furnishings designs. The programme would even be taken to different villages, she stated. On Tuesday, the 30 people from the agreement who finished the route got certificate via retired commander Laxmanan and wooded area officer Tilakavati.
Tribals get certificates in making furniture from invasive species
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