Netting new and old insights for a resilient future: Elevating place-based knowledge for climate adaptation

Feature by the International Science Council about the impacts of TAPESTRY’s work in Mumbai.

Facing the dual threat of climate change and human disturbance, Mumbai – and the world – should listen to its fishing communities

Through our work with the Koli community, we have seen how their response to human threats has the potential to create a city more resilient to environmental change.

Catching plastic: Mumbai’s Koli community uses fishing-nets to tackle pollution

Report and video about a successful test of fishing nets to catch plastic pollution in creeks in Mumbai.

Towards a sustainable seafood diet – taking cues from the Koli lifestyle

Changing diets are putting pressures on Mumbai’s marine ecosystem and fish stocks. Learning from the seasonal food cultures of traditional Koli fishers could help.

‘Rising waters, sinking city’: multimedia documentary

Indian magazine The Quint features a multimedia documentary about rising tides in Mumbai, focusing on the experiences of traditional fishers … More

What difference has Covid-19 made to uncertainty in marginal environments?

A journal article explores how Covid-19 has added to uncertainties in coastal marginal environments, and the contrasting responses from ‘above’ and ‘below’.