{"id":4359,"date":"2025-06-27T05:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T05:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/?page_id=4359"},"modified":"2025-10-11T11:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:22:26","slug":"the-need","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/the-need\/","title":{"rendered":"\u092f\u0939 \u092a\u0939\u0932 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u091c\u093c\u0930\u0942\u0930\u0940"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As macro-drivers outpace local communities\u2019 ability to respond, it is critical to find \u2018common ground\u2019; \u200b\u200bto address differing mental models, foster a plurality of solutions and approaches, translate innovative thinking into practice, and co-create responsive social infrastructure with communities to catalyse change at an unprecedented pace and scale.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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India\u2019s Commons are degrading at a rate of 4% per year, endangering the livelihoods of forest dwellers, pastoralists, tribal communities, and women.<\/span>
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As access to food, water, fuel, and income declines, inequality deepens and climate risks rise. Customary systems of self-regulation, rooted in ecological balance and democratic practice at the local level, are eroding.\u00a0<\/span>
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Strengthening these systems is vital not just for regeneration, but for informing institutional innovations in areas such as health, education, and technology.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Understanding the barriers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The development landscape is shaped by deep-rooted structural barriers, top-down approaches, and persistent biases that marginalise women, overlook local priorities, and devalue ecological needs (<\/span>see problem tree<\/span><\/i>). Government capacity, private sector incentives, tech access to the first mile, and civil society influence are each insufficient to catalyse the change required, especially in the absence of full agreement among actors.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Ground responds by strengthening the ecosystem\u2019s collective ability to act\u2014through collaboration, co-creation, and trust-building across diverse perspectives.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The challenge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Despite clear links between the Commons and rural well-being, ecological and community priorities continue to be sidelined in development planning. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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India faces a triple crisis of climate, rural livelihoods and equity that has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Failure to tackle these challenges endangers us all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Ecological considerations and local priorities – especially those of women and marginalised communities – are de-prioritised in our drive for economic growth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Collectively held shared resources are not protected by law in the same way that private or state – owned property is.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Many still question the ability of rural people, particularly women, to govern and manage resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Efforts by civil society, government, and markets remain fragmented and often at cross-purposes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Government capacity, corporate incentives, digital outreach, and civil society efforts – on their own – have not been enough to bring lasting change on the ground.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With the climate crisis, livelihood crisis and equity crisis looming large, a consolidated approach that embeds the interconnections between them is urgently required.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Systemic change demands more than finance; it requires societal infrastructure for collective action.<\/b><\/p>

Government capacity, private sector incentives, technological reach to the \u2018first mile\u2019, and civil society influence are each insufficient to catalyse change at the pace and scale required. We need an \u2018ecosystem approach\u2019 that connects and aligns diverse actors, even in the absence of full agreement, to address the interlinked challenges of rural livelihoods, equity, and environmental governance, to nurture large-scale systems change.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The need As macro-drivers outpace local communities\u2019 ability to respond, it is critical to find \u2018common ground\u2019; \u200b\u200bto address differing mental models, foster a plurality of solutions and approaches, translate innovative thinking into practice, and co-create responsive social infrastructure with communities to catalyse change at an unprecedented pace and scale. […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4359","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6800,"href":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4359\/revisions\/6800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonground.askforvideo.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}