Sarala Khaling

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Sarala is the regional director for ATREE’s northeast office. Prior to this, she worked for WWF and Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, engaging with civil society groups across Bhutan, northeast India, and eastern Nepal working on conservation and sustainable development. For the past nine years she has been leading ATREE’s conservation and livelihood efforts in northeast India. Sarala is a biologist by training, and has interests in ecology, ecosystem services, and in fields that interface nature and human well-being.


Articles by Sarala Khaling



January 31, 2024
लोककेंद्रित संस्था होण्याचे नऊ मार्ग
अंतर्गत प्रतीभेचे व्यवस्थापन ही सतत शिकण्याची आणि सुधारण्याची प्रक्रिया आहे. लोकांना अग्रस्थानी ठेवणारी संस्थात्मक संस्कृती तयार करण्यात मदत होइल अशा काही टिपा येथे दिल्या आहेत.
People standing in line getting their temperature checked by a person wearing a PPE kit-response to COVID-19 second wave

June 1, 2021
India’s COVID-19 response limited by strong urban and tech bias
India's response to the second wave of COVID-19 glosses over the lack of infrastructure and technology know-how in rural India.
A cartoon of a student writing the alphabets-nonprofit life_cartoon courtesy-Rachita Vora

May 31, 2021
This nonprofit life Ep 14 | Learning the alphabet
A cartoon series that captures the joys and travails of life in the development sector.
doctor and patient as part of COVID-19 response

May 27, 2021
What can we learn from Jharkhand’s COVID-19 response?
Jharkhand has taken additional COVID-19 response protocols to curb the surge. Here are some implementation challenges and suggestions on a way forward.
A person holding a vaccine bottle and syringe-picture courtesy-Flickr

May 25, 2021
India’s COVID-19 vaccine drive is excluding millions of citizens
The government's recently published guidelines for vaccinating vulnerable groups are inadequate, and risk excluding the very people they are meant to benefit.
group of people standing in front of a wall which has a slogan about social distancing painted on it-NGOs

May 24, 2021
What can nonprofits do to tackle COVID-19 in central India?
The window of opportunity to stop preventable deaths is narrow, but doable. Here are some steps that nonprofits can take to tackle rising COVID-19 cases in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh.
Image 11_ a person holding a clear packet of water_picture courtesy-Suraj Katra

May 19, 2021
Photo essay: What is the price of water in the city of Mumbai?
Poor water governance has cut off several residents from Mumbai's water system, making equal access to all a distant dream.
a migrant worker reading a booklet on bonded labour-migrant workers' rights

May 18, 2021
The issue is exploitation, not migration
Migrant workers' rights to wages, healthcare, and justice systems must be secured.
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