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| Dr V.B Mathur, Chairperson, National Biodiversity Authority, at the event |
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Partnerships for ABS in India
The virtual closing event of the four-year project on 15 December 2020 served as a platform to share experiences and lessons learnt from the implementation of ABS in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, the private sector and at India level. |
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| Pine-needle artefacts designed by the community ©GIZ/Harish Kumar |
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Training Communities on Marketing Handicrafts
Following the capacity development programme on making pine needle artefacts for the community of Pathrevi, Himachal Pradesh, a virtual training was organised on 6 December 2020 on developing a marketing strategy for the products.
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| Forests of North Bengal ©GIZ/Neeraj Khera |
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| Bhitarkanika mangroves, Odisha ©GIZ/Debojyoti Mukherjee |
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Green recovery measures in Odisha
The project will support the implementation of livelihood-oriented conservation and restoration activities, and training of communities in alternative sustainable livelihoods in Bhitarkanika, Odisha. |
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Lessons from the 'Access and Benefit Sharing Partnership' project in India (2016-20)
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| There are over 2.6 lakh Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) established under the Biodiversity Act across 28 states and 4 union territories in India, covering a diverse range of habitats and ecosystems across 10 bio-geographical zones. With such a large number of BMCs, and complex, technical tasks involved, a well-planned, coordinated capacity-building strategy is essential to enable members to perform their mandated functions. This article presents an overview of approaches and tools for capacity-building, lessons learnt, and success stories from the 'Access and Benefit Sharing Partnership' project implemented in three states: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand from 2016-2020. |
| Participatory village resource mapping exercise in Uttarakhand ©GIZ/Pradeep Mehta |
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Integrating the Forest Ecosystem Services approach in Himachal Pradesh
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| The extent to which a society benefits from an ecosystem is driven jointly by the capacity of the ecosystem to ‘supply’ the services and the ‘demand’ or use of those services by the beneficiaries. Prioritising specific Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) and managing their efficient supply is required to ensure the flow of services which are of utmost importance to the key stakeholders. The shift towards FES exemplifies the role of forests in improving and maintaining livelihoods. The 'Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Services' (HP-FES) project aimed to integrate the FES approach into the forest management systems of Himachal Pradesh in 9 demonstration sites and implemented this approach systematically to ensure the long-term delivery of specific FES. |
| Community meeting at Loharlari to understand the zone-wise management map of prioritised FES ©GIZ/Aashima Negi |
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