Abstract

The tribal communities in India are simple living, culture specific and geographically isolated. The very name "Tribe" indicates the primitiveness. These people are also called as "Indigenous" communities which mean that they are natives or local inhabitants. Even though the tribals are backward they have a distinct rich culture, tradition, knowledge in conservation of natural resources and are good herbal medicine practitioners. They live in forests and have a great love for nature and believe god in it. The sacred grooves protected by these people for tribal people forests are interwoven with their lives. Their sustainable practices to collect non timber forest produce NTFP lead to "in-situ" conservation of the species. The tribal communities are the best managers of biodiversity. They are the ethnic conservators. Though they are underprivileged their lifestyle is highly eco friendly and hence this community can be referred as "Green Community". Usharani Chittimoju "NGO Role in Tribal Education and Empowerment" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-1 , December 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd20270.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/20270/ngo-role-in-tribal-education-and-empowerment/usharani-chittimoju

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