F.a: Documentation of bio-cultural life heritages and creation of community protocols of Adivasi communities The project aims at documentation of the bio-cultural protocols of selected Indigenous communities of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. It includes their customary livelihood, traditional occupation, ways of life, and customary sustai
nable use of livelihood resources to conserve biodiversity, significance of bio-cultural and spiritual belief. Along with documentation of above matters, the project shall try to find out how community's life heritage can be passed on to the next generatio
n and to protect Mother Earth. The project will be carried out by National Adivasi Alliance (NAA) partners in the states mentioned above among the identified Indigenous communities. At the end of preliminary 9 months pilot project period, at least 5 commun
ities will manage to create biocultural community protocols for their communities and 4 representatives from Munda, Oraon, Bhil and Gond Indigenous communities will be trained to represent at the international fora in the Convention on Biological Diversity
 (CBD) processes. In course of documentation of their bio-cultural protocol the community's self-governance system and their traditional sustainable livelihood options will be rejuvenated.