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Monitoring of key tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) populations in corridors in Central Indian Tiger Landscape, India Recent scientific work on tigers shows that to ensure long-term viable tiger populations it is essential to focus on corridors connecting tiger source sites. A landscape-level approach towards maintaining meta-populations is key, but in a developing economy like India which supports about 60% of the global tiger population, conserving multiple use areas (corridors) is very challenging. The burgeoning infrastructural expansion, linear structures and projects such as mining seriously threaten the persistence of these corridors and strongly impact wildlife. The goal of the project is to upgrade the status of key tiger bearing areas outside Protected Areas (PAs), ensuring better wildlife management strategies and mainstreaming of such areas into tiger conservation strategies. Project objectives include: (1) To generate long-term spatial data on tiger densities and population dynamics of tigers outside PAs to influence the larger tiger conservation policy framework at the landscape and national level; and, (2) To build the capacity of forest staff and other stakeholders in monitoring tiger populations outside PAs and use of individual-level data in human-tiger conflict mitigation, planning mitigation measures for linear infrastructures, monitor dispersal events, etc.
Community-based management of human-elephant conflict in the northern Western Ghats, India The purpose of this project is to extend the Community-Based Conflict Management model previously implemented by the recipient in North Karnara, Maharashtra into the districts of Belgaum and Southern Maharashtra, India in order to reduce negative interactions between farmers and Asian elephants in those districts. Project activities will include: 1) capacity building of farmers in community-based management of human-elephant conflict (HEC); 2) prepare a detailed manual on low cost crop protection methods used in Asia and Africa; 3) create a database of wild elephants using photographic identification; 4) real time monitoring of elephant locations using the Western Ghats portal and an online spatial data entry format, in partnership with the Forest Department; 5) produce an awareness film; and 6) extension activities and handicraft production capacity development in local communities. This project will contribute to securing the future of Asian elephants in the northern Western Ghats landscape and increase empathy and tolerance among local communities for conservation of elephants.
CONSERVING VITAL CONNECTIONS ACROSS EXPANDING LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE IN A TRANSBOUNDARY TERAI ARC LANDSCAPE (TAL) THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO 1 IDENTIFY MOVEMENT CORRIDORS FOR TIGER AND RHINO POPULATIONS IN INDO-NEPAL TERAI ARC LANDSCAPE 2 CREATE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE DATA LAYERS CURRENT AND FUTURE ROAD NETWORK 3 IDENTIFY CONFLICT SECTIONS OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT LIMIT TIGER AND RHINO MOVEMENTS FOR MITIGATION PRIORITIZATION AND 4 STRENGTHEN TRANSBOUNDARY CONNECTIVITY COORDINATION, SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING.
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Mitigation of Human Elephant Conflict in Affected areas of Northern Karnataka, India
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Educating local communities for mitigating human - large carnivore conflict and conservation of tigers and leopards
Strengthening communities to reduce human-elephant conflict (HEC) and deforestation through community livelihood improvement training, cooking gas benefits, and conservation education in HEC-sensitive Shyampur village, Uttarakhand, India "The purpose of this project is to make poor, human-elephant conflict (HEC) affected and forest-dependent womens groups self-reliant in income generation and to link that livelihood improvement with habitat and wildlife conservation in order to reduce HEC and deforestation in and around these fringe communities of the Hardwar Forest Division, Uttarakhand. Project activities will include: 1) conduct meetings with HEC-affected villages and frontline forest staff in order to assess HEC intensity; 2) construction of a Community Livelihood Improvement (CLI) training center; 3) initiation of HEC mitigation and habitat protection-linked cooking gas subsidy for 50+ HEC-affected families (to reduce dependence on fuel wood harvest); 4) conduct two train-the-trainer workshops for village leaders and teachers; 5) to provide anti-poaching training to a subset of community members in order to form a Community Anti-poaching Squad; 6) conduct two joint HEC workshops involving both womens groups and local Forest Department staff; and 7) develop HEC mitigation and habitat protection outreach and resource materials for the CLI center. This project will incentivize villager participation in HEC mitigation habitat protection schemes by providing economic motivators and livelihood improvement training to HEC-affected communities...This award period of performance will be one year; however the project is expected to extend over a two-year period. Pending receipt of financial and performance reports and availability of funds, the award may be extended for an additional year and the balance of the total request in the amount of $23,230.50 will be obligated at that time."
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund The purpose of this project to strengthen a community based marine turtle conservation project in 14 fishing communities in Nellore District, India. Under this Award the Recipient will conduct nest survey and protection programs with community fishers from 14 communities, carry out education outreach programs, and work with fishers to reduce bycatch mortality from offshore fishing.
Rhino Translocation from Chitwan National Park to Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal The purpose of this project is to ensure the survival of the greater one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal by creating a second viable subpopulation in western Terai Arc Landscape, Nepal. The project will support the following objectives: (1) Prepare for the translocation of rhinos from Chitwan National Park (CNP) to Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve (SWR); and (2) Capture and translocate rhinos to SWR.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Adopting an inclusive approach of Research, Capacity building, Community Education and Outreach to conserve Western Hoolock Gibbon in Karbi Anglong district under Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape, Assam, India.
Building local capacity for conserving a recovering tiger population in the newly declared Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India The purpose of this project is to assist in the recovery of tiger numbers in the Eastern Ghats landscape, centered around the Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR), Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) forest complex, such that these forests hold a thriving and viable tiger metapopulation. The project objectives are to rigorously document threats to tiger population recovery in terms of current prey base and human disturbance, build local capacity for tiger conservation and monitoring, and collaborate with the government in using data on tiger numbers and threat incidence to improve tiger conservation efforts.
SECURING LIVELIHOODS AND REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON BIOMASS EXTRACTION FOR RECOVERY OF TIGER AND PREY POPULATIONS IN THE WESTERN GHATS, SOUTHERN INDIA THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO (1) PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO MARGINALIZED FAMILIES RESIDING OUTSIDE PROTECTED AREAS (PAS) TOWARDS IMPROVING THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND MINIMIZING THEIR DEPENDENCE ON FOREST RESOURCES TO FACILITATE THE RECOVERY OF TIGER AND PREY POPULATIONS IN THESE FORESTS. THIS SUPPORT WILL INCLUDE ASSISTANCE WITH ACCESS TO BENEFITS UNDER VARIOUS GOVERNMENT SCHEMES TO ASSIST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZING TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THESE FAMILIES ON INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMS AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON IMPROVED FARMING TECHNIQUES, AND PROVIDING THESE FAMILIES WITH SEEDS, SAPLINGS AND AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES (2) SUPPORT THE FOREST DEPARTMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGICAL MONITORING OF TIGER AND PREY POPULATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR HABITATS AND (3) STRENGTHEN STEWARDSHIP FOR FORESTS AND WILDLIFE AMONG RURAL COMMUNITIES LIVING ADJACENT TO WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE HABITATS.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to increase capacity of the staff of the Forest Department of Assam to carry out effective anti-poaching protection and prevention measures; (2) increase capacity of forest staff to implement professional and safe investigative and enforcement techniques; and (3) increase the number of successful wildlife convictions against poachers and traffickers. This will be done by: (1) consulting with the Assam Forest Department management staff to select modules from the PROTECT and DETECT training programs to ensure maximum relevance for field staff; (2) preparing resource materials for trainees; (3) training 25 to 75 of the junior most patrol staff (Forest Guards) and their immediate supervisors (Foresters and Range Forest Officers) drawn from important rhino and/or tiger sites; (4) preparing a quick reference booklet of enforcement procedures: (5) translating manuals into local languages; (6) preparing a final report for sharing with management of the protected area; and (8) publicizing the completed trainings on the FREELAND website. As planning for this training program proceeds emphasis will be placed on training trainers so the Forest Department will be able to effectively pass on the knowledge provided through the course.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund BEHAVIOR CHANGE CONSERVATION CAMPAIGNSA new tool for Species.Conservation with a Focus on the Tiger, Rhino and Elephant in India
CONSERVATION OF TIGER AND ITS HABITAT THROUGH UNIQUE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LIVELIHOOD MODEL SUPPORT IN MANAS NATIONAL PARK The Manas National Park (MNP) management through its Manas Tigers smart protection programs identifies Illegal Natural Resource Extractors (INRE) and warns them about their repeat illegal activities in the MNP. These INRE are then introduced to Aaranyak livelihood program to support them with alternative sustainable livelihood. So far 1400 households have been covered under this program. This project plans to support 100 INRE, thus further securing the MNP and removing direct threats to tigers, rhinoceros and Asian elephants. Project objectives are, (1) Strengthen protection in MNP using Manas Tigers protection model; (2) Reduce human disturbance in the park by reducing dependence of 100 INRE using alternative farm and non-farm livelihood options; and, (3) Monitor and evaluate impacts of conservation interventions on the ground using sets of indicators.
Capacity building in assessing impact of linear infrastructure development and.developing mitigation measures in tiger (Panthera tigris) range countries in Asia The purpose of this project is to organize and conduct a training workshop for professionals from 3 tiger range countries at a suitable location in India. This train the trainers workshop is intended to help develop much needed capacity among tiger/wildlife biologists to understand and address the impacts of linear infrastructure projects, so that they can be better prepared to address this new, very serious emerging threat to the long-term demographic viability of tiger populations. Trainees will be selected from Bhutan, India, and Nepal. Expert road ecologists from the U.S.A. (USG and partners) will provide the training.
Prioritizing conservation landscapes for recovery of a low-density metapopulation of tigers in Andhra Pradesh, lndia The purpose of this project is to assess and map the current distribution of tigers in the state and factors that drive tiger occupancy, map threats to tiger distribution and population recovery, and train Forest Department personnel and civil society volunteers in rigorous techniques for monitoring tigers, their prey and threats to their survival.
Continue Community Based Sea Turtle Conservation and Strengthen Stakeholders Partnership to Effect Policy in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, India The recipient will continue a community based sea turtle nest protection program along 170 km of nesting beaches on the Bay of Bengal, involving 60 villages and conduct outreach programs with fishers to reduce sea turtle bycatch through use of TEDs.
Conservation of tiger and its habitat through unique law enforcement and livelihood models support in Manas National Park RT1819-TIGER HABITAT
SECURING LIVELIHOODS AND REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON BIOMASS EXTRACTION FOR RECOVERY OF TIGER AND PREY POPULATIONS IN THE WESTERN GHATS, SOUTHERN INDIA The purpose of this project is to (1) Provide comprehensive support to marginalized families residing outside Protected Areas (PAs) towards improving their socio-economic status and minimizing their dependence on forest resources to facilitate the recovery of tiger and prey populations in these forests. This support will include assistance with access to benefits under various government schemes to assist in economic development, organizing training programs for these families on income generation programs and providing guidance on improved farming techniques, and providing these families with seeds, saplings and agricultural supplies; (2) Support the forest department and other government departments in the management, conservation and ecological monitoring of tiger and prey populations as well as their habitats; and (3) Strengthen stewardship for forests and wildlife among rural communities living adjacent to wildlife and wildlife habitats.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund "The purpose of this project is to improve protection, management and connectivity of protected areas in this landscape so as to ensure the demographic and genetic viability of this tiger population. This will be done by: (1) reviewing existing enforcement systems and capacity culminating in a two day workshop with Forest Department and Police Department representatives during which the existing enforcement system will be critically assessed and strategies to strengthen protection will be tabled; (2) building the capacity of enforcement personnel in the Karauli Division of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, Kuno Wildlife Division and Madhav National Park (8 workshops to train 500 forest frontline staff); (3) carrying out ground surveys in all four corridors as well as the adjoining areas of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve collecting data on encounters with carnivore and prey sign, human disturbance sign and habitat status; (4) determining tiger and other large carnivore occupancy and estimate prey abundance in corridors and the buffer of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve; (5) determining tiger abundance using the camera trap based mark-recapture method; (6) implementing an interim human tiger conflict relief scheme in the corridor areas and buffer of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve; and (7) monitoring livestock kills in the corridors and buffer of Tanthambhore tiger Reserve through camera trapping to determine which large predators are most likely to be involved in such kills..."
Advancing the conservation of sea turtles in India at a national scale through the monitoring of index sites, and coordination of coastal management efforts with a network of partners The recipient will continue to strengthen the long -term monitoring programme for the olive ridely arribada population at Rushikulya, olive ridleys generally in Orissa and leatherbacks in Andaman Islands; and continue to facilitate and strengthen a broad network of partners and projects to conserve marine turtles throughout the Indian mainland and islands.
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Training on Habitat Management and Wildlife Conservation for the front line forest personnel of the Protected Areas of Northeast India Phase III
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to: 1) Develop a website to serve as a public outreach, communication and education point for the program and for a broader regional and international audience seeking Asian elephant conservation education resources; 2) Conduct HEC education and planning workshops in Bhutan and India for >35 educators, policymakers, researchers, forest officials, and other stakeholders. In these workshops (one in Gelephu, Bhutan and one in Assam, India) we will assess the available data on HEC incidences and prevention strategies, develop collaborative community-based programs to reduce HEC and promote elephant habitat conservation, and train educators (initially in Bhutan) to conduct village outreach using the Elephants Trunk (previously supported by USFWS/AsECF) project; 3) Hold a kickoff meeting and 5 additional meetings with Tea Garden representatives from the regions hardest-hit HEC areas, to develop and implement a Tea Garden Elephant Conservation Program, including certification for Elephant-friendly tea garden management practices; 4) Establish, train and implement a pilot HEC Rapid Response Team comprising local volunteers from 25 villages identified as having high levels of HEC (Odalguri District). Volunteers will conduct elephant watch programs and issue communication alerts when elephants are approaching villages or HEC incidents have occurred; 5) Implement an Early Warning System demonstration program at three HEC-prone sites, with installation and ongoing maintenance commitments from local villagers and project partners; 6) Adapt and promote the Elephants Trunk for use with school groups, student clubs, and villagers in Assam, India; 7) Conduct an Ele-Photo training to engage 10 youth from high HEC communities as photography leaders. The youth leaders will work within their communities to engage children in photojournalism projects on HEC, elephants, and affected villages; 8) Develop and pilot an Ambassador Elephant Program
Hoolock gibbon survey to identify their current status and viable population for conservation in eastern Assam, India Habitat loss and fragmentation along with illegal hunting have been identified as primary threats for gibbons in Assam and other Northeastern Indian states. The Assam Forest Department is interested in upgrading the potential forest pockets to wildlife sanctuary with gibbon as flagship species for conservation of gibbon along with the rich bio-diversity in the proposed study area. This study will identify potential areas which can be upgraded to Wildlife Sanctuary for future conservation of gibbon in particular and other wildlife in general. Project objectives are: (1)To know the current population status of Hoolock gibbon in 20 Reserve Forests in Doomdooma Forest Division; (2) Identification of threats; (3) Capacity development of forest staff; and, (4)To provide the baseline information to Assam Forest Department for up gradation of potential gibbon habitat to wildlife Sanctuary.
Community-based management of human-elephant conflict in the North Kanara Landscape and transfer of Community-Based Conflict Management Technology to Forest Departments of other states in India The purpose of this project is to contribute to the conservation of wild Asian elephants in North Karnara, Karnataka, India by increasing the tolerance towards elephants via Community Based Conflict Management (CBCM), disseminate these techniques to other states of India, and influence wild elephant management policy at the national level. Specific activities will include: 1) capacity building in CBCM techniques, apiculture and bee hive fences; 2) training on local elephant-themed- handicrafts and elephant dung paper production; 3) educational film on elephant behavior and sociality produced and screened for local communities; 4) real-time internet-based monitoring of elephants in collaboration with the Karnataka Forest Department; and 5) transfer of CBCM techniques to Forest Departments of other state and influencing elephant management policies through workshops.
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Community-Based Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) Mitigation Initiatives in HEC Affected Areas in and around the Dehradun, Hardwar, Lansdowne and Ramnagar Forest Divisions, Uttarakhand, India.
Mitigating humanelephant conflict to strengthen a network of elephant-friendly tea plantations in a critical elephant landscape in Northeast India. The goal of this project is to have a thriving population of wild Asian elephants in a low-threat environment within the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve of Assam, India. Project objectives will address concerns for human safety resulting from elephants use of tea plantations, while simultaneously enhancing support for elephant conservation through implementation of human-elephant conflict (HEC) mitigation activities, individual elephant identification system, and outreach and education campaigns. Project activities include 1) stakeholder meetings with tea plantation staff to develop and initiate early warning systems and other HEC mitigation strategies; 2) training locals to identify elephants and in data collection; 3) tailor HEC mitigations to the specific behaviors of individual elephants in collaboration with plantation staff; and 4) cultivate positive attitudes of local people towards elephant conservation through awareness activities. This project will strengthen the network of elephant-friendly tea plantations in Assam, such that these plantations can serve as secondary habitat, movement corridors, refuge for elephants during floods, and expand support for elephant conservation in the Reserve.
REDUCING THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN SOFTSHELL TURTLES IN WEST BENGAL - INDIA, USING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REDUCE THE ILLEGAL SALE AND TRAFFICKING OF MEAT FROM SEVERAL SPECIES OF ENDANGERED SOFTSHELL TURTLES INCLUDING THE NARROW-HEADED SOFTSHELL TURTLE, INDIA SOFTSHELL TURTLE AND PEACOCK SOFTSHELL TURTLE WITHIN A HOTSPOT HOSTING SOME OF THE LARGEST MEAT MARKETS ALONG THE INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH INFORMANTS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND SYNTHESIZING AND ANALYZING THESE DATA, ALONG WITH TEN YEARS OF SEIZURE DATA, TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMAND REDUCTION ACTIVITIES, AND 2) IMPLEMENTING DEMAND REDUCTION ACTIVITIES, LIKE BEHAVIOR CHANGE CAMPAIGNS.
Conservation of the world's largest Asian elephant population through the development of win-win solutions for human-elephant coexistence in Karnataka, lndia National Park and the Chichinautzin Biological
Ecology and Conservation of the Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in Bangladesh Hoolock Gibbons (Hoolock hoolock) are among the most threatened small apes in the world. Because they live in densely populated northeastern India, Bangladesh and western Myanmar, their current status globally is endangered. Population estimates and habitat information are limited for the species. Less than 300 species were estimated to live in scattered forest fragments in Bangladesh in the early 2000s. These numbers have persisted and much needs to be done to allow them to continue. This project proposes to estimate the population size of Hoolock Gibbons in all known areas in Bangladesh, provide detailed habitat quality data and establish the role of Hoolock Gibbons in maintaining forest integrity. Hoolock Gibbon home ranges and movement patterns will be quantified to determine how they allocate time during their activities. Forest Department staff will be trained to collect and manage data. Field guides will be trained to provide small group tours. Public education sessions will be held, with visits to schools and interviews at media outlets to make people aware of the precarious state of the Hoolock Gibbon in Bangladesh and their important role in forest regeneration. Research papers will be published, several reports will be produced to aid the Bangladesh Government to allocate funds to establish protection measures.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Strengthening protection and monitoring capabilities for long term survival of only viable arid zone meta-population of Bengal tiger - Western Indian Tiger Landscape
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Meta-population dynamics of tiger populations in the Malenad-Mysore Landscape of Karnataka-year 2: Dandeli-Anshi, Sharavathi-Mookambika and Kudremukh reserves