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Updates from the Projects |
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Biodiversity Finance for Healthy Landscapes
The project facilitated a session at the Global Landscape Forum Biodiversity Digital Conference on 28 October 2020. The session highlighted promising trends in sustainable finance.
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Virtual training on Wetland Rules
A two-day training on Wetland Rules was organised for wetland managers of Tamil Nadu Forest Department from 19-20 October, jointly with the Tamil Nadu State Wetland Authority and Wetlands International South Asia. |
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A Micro Planning Approach For Ecosystem Services in Himachal Pradesh
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| Forests provide many ecosystem services such as fuel, fodder, food, timber and drinking water to communities that live nearby. Those living further away still benefit from the forests’ regulation of water flow and also visit the forest for recreation. Usually, there is no clear planning on optimizing these benefits and people settle for minimal outputs from the forest. But what if all users and stakeholders agree to a particular use/s from the forest land allocated? What if there is an alternative approach? We can dedicate sections of land as zones, based on their respective ecosystem service uses, as ‘Ecosystem Service Zones’. Once agreed upon by all stakeholders, an ecosystem service zone-based approach will optimize the flow of ecosystem services. |
| Zone-wise management map of prioritised Forest Ecosystem Services at a demonstration site ©GIZ/Aashima Negi |
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Capacity Development of Trainers and Panchayats in Tamil Nadu
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| Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) in India embody the spirit of local self-governance. Currently, there are 2,66,509 BMCs across different states in India. Their main functions include documenting the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) and promoting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Partnership Project took a systematic approach towards capacity development in 12 block-level pilot BMCs in 10 districts of Tamil Nadu. Beginning with a capacity needs assessment, it developed training modules for BMC members with a unique programme to encourage communities to take charge of their BMCs. |
| Participants in a training at Pallaiyur Village Panchayat Office, Nagapattinam district ©Mr. Doulos New Begin |
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Experiences from Partners and Beneficiaries |
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“No water means no life! We hope that the project activities will lead to an increase in water level at the source in the future.”
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| Agriculture is the main source of income for communities at Ghanduri, a demonstration site of the HP-FES project, and the nearby hamlets. Read how the project interventions will improve the forest composition and improve the water flow for irrigation security for these communities. |
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"We reached out to the community to provide them with an employment opportunity during the lockdown. Instead they volunteered to prepare the masks for free!”
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| Loharlari, a demonstration site of the HP-FES project, is home to a proactive women’s Self-Help Group who supported the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department in preparing masks for the needy and generating awareness in their community during the lockdown. |
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Webinars: Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 1 Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
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World Soil Day, 5 December 2020
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International Mountain Day, 11 December 2020
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