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Updates from the Projects |
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Empowering Farmers through Cross-Regional Knowledge Exchange
An exposure visit of Cumin Farmers from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan to Erode, Tamil Nadu from 3-6 October 2023. |
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Experience from the National Spice Conference 2023
The second National Spice Conference (NSC) was held on 18-19 November 2023 in Hyderabad. It aimed to address challenges and promote responsible practices in the spice industry.
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Workshops on Market Strategies and Product Design for Pine Needles and Bamboo-based Craft in Himachal Pradesh
The one-day workshop was organised for artisans from Pathrevi on 19 November 2023. |
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National Conference on the Working Plan Code 2023 organised for Working Plan Implementing Officers in India
The national conference was organised on 6 November 2023 to sensitise the working plan implementing officers of all Indian states and Union Territories (UTs) on the NWPC 2023. |
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Conserving Bhitarkanika Wetland and mitigating human-crocodile conflict with Students’ Stewardship
The awareness series was organised for 15 schools of Kendrapara district in collaboration with Mangrove Forest Division, Rajnagar (Odisha) and Action for Protection of Wild Animals (APOWA), a local NGO. |
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Strategic Workshop Advances Integrated Wetland Management for Debkhal Chaur in Bihar
The two-day workshop was held in Patna from 12-13 December 2023, to visit the IMP strategy for prioritised sites as part of Bihar's wetland conservation efforts. |
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Multistakeholder collaboration for a ‘Zero Dumping - Zero Burning’ Green Fair at Renuka Wetland
As part of the Save Wetlands Campaign initiated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, a Green Renuka Ji International Fair was held in November 2023. |
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HPSWA approves Integrated Management Plans for Pong Dam, Renuka and Chandertal wetlands and releases notification for District Level Wetlands Committees in Himachal Pradesh
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Enhancing Ecosystem-Based Management Capacity for a Diversity of Wetland Stakeholders in Tamil Nadu
The series of training was conducted in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Forest Academy and the State Wetland Authority from May-September 2023. |
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Old Publication for New Prospective |
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Illustrative factsheets on wetland values and benefits and threats to the wetland were prepared in English and vernacular languages for 4 project sites, namely, Point Calimere, Bhitarkanika, Pong and Renuka in 2019-2020 for communication and engagement with the local stakeholders.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), along with its knowledge partners, including WISA, WWF and GIZ, scaled up this exercise to include all the Ramsar sites of the country and a factsheet compilation was then released in CMS CoP 2020. The booklet is now periodically revised to include all the wetlands in the ever-growing network of Ramsar Sites of India. Link to the latest edition |
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, in partnership with GIZ India is implementing the Indo-German Biodiversity Programme (IGBP).
Commissioned in India on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the programme addresses the challenges of biodiversity conservation in four projects:
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