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Elephants on the Line: A community-based conservation program for the Bhutan-India Border Landscape 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
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Recovery of the tiger Pathera tigris and its prey in Manas National Park, Assam, India
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund The recipient will continue a community based sea turtle nest protection program with 36 villages along 72 km of beach in Nellore and Visakhapatnam and conduct outreach programs with fishers in 42 villages including use of the TED.
CONTINUE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND ENSURE STAKEHOLDER STEWARDSHIP TO CONSERVE SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS, ALONG ANDHRA PRADESH AND ODISHA, INDIA This project will conduct community-based sea turtle conservation projects along nesting beaches on the Bay of Bengal, India to protect olive ridley nests and nesting turtles from poaching and reduce the accidental capture and mortality of sea turtles in fishing trawls. Activities include: (1) members of Sea Turtle Community Force teams will conduct daily surveys to protect nests and nesting turtles along over 500 km encompassing 173 villages during the December to May nesting season and protect an estimated 6,000 nests; (2) outreach and education will be conducted in 171 fishing communities to address sea turtle bycatch impacting the major olive ridley arribada nesting populations in the State of Orissa, India; 3) capacity building workshops will be held to train more than 1,000 enforcement officers from wildlife and fisheries institutions, Coast Guard and Marine Police in the laws and regulations protecting marine life and systems and to strengthen collaboration among the institutions; and 4) joint Turtle Exclusion Device (TED) demonstration workshops will be conducted for trawl fisheries with the Fisheries and Forestry Departments.
Action based conservation approach to prevent electrocution of Asian elephants in Assam The state of Assam, in northeast India, is home to over 6,000 wild Asian elephants which are threatened by poaching, habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, and electrocution - both accidental and intentional. This project will focus on assessing the mortality of wild Asian elephants by electrocution in Assam over the last year and determining the circumstances and location of each electrocution. Locations where elephants come into contact with high-voltage power lines in the state will be mapped and a workshop with the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, the government power board, will be organized to prepare a standard operating procedure. Actions will be recommended for target areas, including the insulation of power lines in areas where elephants may come into contact with live wires and elevation of low-hanging wires in areas where elephants migrate to prevent elephant fatalities by electrocution. An action plan will be prepared with the government to prevent electrocution deaths. This project will significantly contribute to the ongoing conservation efforts for Asian elephants in Assam by reducing the chances of accidental and intentional electrocution.
Scientific and technical support to sea turtle projects in India, Oman, Cape Verde, Cuba, and Madagascar. The recipient will 1. provide scientific and technical support to MTCA supported projects and priorities with a focus in Africa and Oman in consultation with USFWS Marine Turtle Program Officer; and 2. will administer and participate in a loggerhead sea turtle study in Oman as specified in the proposal and in consultation with USFWS Marine Turtle Program Officer.
Expand Community Based Sea Turtle Conservation Program and Integrate Related Enforcement Departments for Better Advocacy 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 and offshore patrolling. The recipient will engage artisanal fishers through interactive sessions to coordinate with policy makers on sea turtle conservation issues.
Conservation of Tiger, Rhino, Elephants and Hoolock Gibbons in Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Landscape using PNRM Approach by Forest Dependent Indigenous Karbi Tribe in Kohora River Basin in India It is the necessary to ensure alternative mode of protection to habitats in Karbi Anglong Hills and the biological corridors to Kaziranga National Park as the indigenous Karbi tribe is not in favor of the creation of a Wildlife Sanctuary fearing loss of land rights and natural resources. Project will engage communities using traditional knowledge and appropriate technology to design sustainable and adaptive Participatory Natural Resources Management (PNRM) models for habitat conservation and reduce human disturbances. Beneficiaries will be trained for improved homestead agroforestry, sustainable harvest of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP), value addition and marketing of products. Project objectives are: (1) Inventory and mapping of NTFP in the River Basin that are potential for sustainable management and creating a baseline; (2) Participatory perspective plan for Natural Resource Management; (3) Develop natural resource based sustainable livelihood and entrepreneurship models involving 100 households to initiate habitat protection and improved quality of life; (4) Document the process and system of best practices for communication with wider communities and stakeholders; and, (5) Create awareness among communities and stakeholders about ecosystems health, PNRM, livelihoods and entrepreneurships.
African Elephant-Volunteer Partnership Healthcare program for well being of Asian Elephants engaged in the protection of Wildlife Areas of Assam, India.
Asian Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Healthcare program for well being of Asian Elephants engaged in the protection of Wildlife Areas of Assam, India.
Strengthening Tiger Conservation Capacity of Karnataka Forest Department.Staff through Focused Training The purpose of this project is to increase the tiger population in Karnataka through improved technical capacity of the Forest Department to protect and monitor tigers. The project objectives are to, (1) train frontline Forest Department staff on protection techniques and monitoring methodologies, (2) facilitate science-based, and directed conservation practices by park managers, and (3) include current concepts and techniques of wildlife conservation in the curricula of key forestry colleges. Training will be field based as well as in class rooms at forestry institutes.
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Developing a human-big cats conflict mitigation model for the benefit of the local communities and at the same time survival of big cats in Assam, India
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Meta-population dynamics of tiger populations in the Malenad-Mysore Landscape of Karnataka - Brahmagiri-Pushpagiri-Talakaveri and BRT-Cauvery Protected Area Complexes
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund The purpose of this proposal is to train the lower levels of the Assam Forest Departments field staff in wildlife conservation and habitat management with emphasis on conservation of rhinos, tigers, elephants and gibbons. This will be done by providing training on wildlife and habitat conservation; SMART patrol techniques; human-animal conflict mitigation; and power fence erection, use and maintenance for conflict reduction. A 21 day course (including SMART training) will be provided to the staffs of R.G. Orang, Nameri, and Dibru Saikhowa national parks and Laokhowa Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuaries; and an 11 day course (not including SMART training) will be provided to the field staffs of Kaziranga and Manas national parks.
STRENGTHENING CONSERVATION OF TIGERS, CO-PREDATORS, PREY ANIMALS, HABITATS AND BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS IN THE TRANSBOUNDARY MANAS LANDSCAPE, INDIA THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUSTAIN THE RECOVERY OF TIGERS, CO-PREDATORS AND THEIR PREY ACROSS TRANSBOUNDARY MANAS CONSERVATION AREA OF INDIA. THE OBJECTIVES AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS 1 IDENTIFYING THE RECOVERY POTENTIAL FOR TIGERS, CO-PREDATORS AND PREY RECOVERY IN MANAS TIGER RESERVE ACTIVITIES 1.1 SET BASELINES FOR POPULATION AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF TIGERS, CO-PREDATORS AND PREY IN THE MANAS TIGER RESERVE IN INDIA 1.2 BUILD FIELD AND ANALYTICAL CAPACITY AMONGST PARK MANAGEMENT AND GRASSROOTS NGO VOLUNTEERS TO CONDUCT AND ANALYZE BIOLOGICAL MONITORING INFORMATION FOR SUSTAINED RECOVERY 2 DEVELOPING A COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN TO SECURE FUTURE TIGER, CO-PREDATOR AND PREY POPULATIONS ACTIVITIES 2.1 DEVELOP A TIGER, CO-PREDATORS AND PREY RECOVERY ROAD MAP IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MANAS TIGER RESERVE MANAGEMENT 3 EXPERIMENTING WITH COMMUNITY-LED HABITAT RESTORATION PRACTICES TO SUSTAIN SPECIES RECOVERY IN MANAS TIGER RESERVE, INDIA ACTIVITIES 3.1 DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT EXPERIMENTAL HABITAT RESTORATION PLOTS ACROSS THE MANAS TIGER RESERVE 3.2 MONITOR AND EVALUATE RESTORATION ACTIVITIES TO IDENTIFY THE BEST PRACTICES OF HABITAT RESTORATION IN MANAS TIGER RESERVE.
REVIVING AND STRENGTHENING JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE PROMOTION AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE SRIVILLIPUTHER-MEGAMALAI TIGER RESERVE SMTR, TAMIL NADU, INDIA The purpose of this project is to restore tiger habitat in the newly declared Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger.Reserve (SMTR) in Tamil Nadu. Project activities include: form joint forest management committees in.villages adjacent to SMTR and involve women on these committees, develop the capacities of frontline.forest staff on forest management, provide alternate livelihood training and support to committees,.develop education modules for local educators for tiger and habitat conservation, set up a foundation for.research at SMTR, and evaluate the impact of the project.
Participatory conservation of the critical elephant population in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve, Northeast lndia Participatory conservation of the critical elephant population in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve, Northeast lndia
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund The purpose of this proposal is to strengthen anti-poaching efforts in a corridor, North Karbi Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary, used by tigers and other large mammals to flee flooding in Kaziranga National Park. This will be done by (1) developing needed infrastructure and improving mobility and surveillance capabilities including constructing a new forest office and camp, providing a vehicle for patrolling, constructing a deep well bore for drinking water, and providing solar power lights and equipment for charging batteries; (2) equipping 25 front line forest staff with basic field materials needed to enhance their anti-poaching/anti-smuggling patrols and reporting activities including field uniforms, torches, shoes, leech guards, rain gear, batteries, GPS units, digital cameras, laptop and search lights; (3) forming one mobile patrolling party; (4) introducing MIST based SMART patrol techniques on a pilot basis to the front line forest staff by providing 15-20 forest staff with a 7 day intensive training program; and (5) initiating a community outreach program by presenting 10 school level awareness camps and 5 community level outreach programs.
Marine Turtles ConservationFund-Species Conservation Grant Strengthening the network for monitoring and conservation of sea turtles in.India
Strengthen the protection measures in Kaziranga and Manas National Park through advanced patrolling as a part of the program Indian Rhino Vision 2020 Phase-II The purpose of this project is to help better manage the Protected Areas of Assam. Project objectives are as follows: (1) Establish best practice systems that can improve the effective use of information for conservation and monitoring; (2) The development and use of standardized processes together with flexibility to meet the different needs of the protected areas guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation that will promote meaningful assessment and enable comparability of conservation data across information management systems; (3) Develop suitable forms of spatial monitoring and recording tools to meet the management needs of protected area of Assam; and (4) Improve security in Kaziranga NP and Manas NP through improvised patrolling and monitoring, and continue support to run the existing Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tool (SMART) patrolling in both the parks.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund Healthcare program for well being of Asian Elephants engaged in the protection of Wildlife Areas of Assam, India.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Tiger conservation initiative through community capacity building, human-tiger conflict mitigation education and teachers-for-tiger training programs around the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) in Uttarakhand, India
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Strengthen the protection measures in Manas National Park as a part of the program 'Indian Rhino Visions 2020' to expand the numbers and range of wild rhinos in Assam, Phase-V.
Noninvasive Genetic Identity Monitoring of tiger (Pathera tigris tigris) in Manas Tiger Reserve The purpose of this project is to undertake field surveys in Manas Tiger Reserve (MTR) to collect scat sample for genetic analysis, estimate population size of tigers in MTR by genetic analysis of scat samples, facilitating transboundary monitoring through capacity building, and estimate the dietary habits of the sympatric carnivore species in MTR.
CONTINUE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND ENSURE STAKEHOLDER STEWARDSHIP TO CONSERVE SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS, ALONG ANDHRA PRADESH AND ODISHA, INDIA THIS PROJECT WILL CONDUCT COMMUNITY BASED SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION PROJECTS ALONG NESTING BEACHES ON THE BAY OF BENGAL, INDIA TO PROTECT OLIVE RIDLEY NESTS AND NESTING TURTLES FROM POACHING AND REDUCE THE ACCIDENTAL CAPTURE AND MORTALITY OF SEA TURTLES IN FISHING TRAWLS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1) MEMBERS OF SEA TURTLE COMMUNITY FORCE TEAMS WILL CONDUCT DAILY SURVEYS TO PROTECT NESTS AND NESTING TURTLES ALONG OVER 500 KM ENCOMPASSING 173 VILLAGES DURING THE DECEMBER TO MAY NESTING SEASON AND PROTECT AN ESTIMATED 6,000 NESTS (2) OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WILL BE CONDUCTED IN 171 FISHING COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS SEA TURTLE BYCATCH IMPACTING THE MAJOR OLIVE RIDLEY ARRIBADA NESTING POPULATIONS IN THE STATE OF ORISSA, INDIA 3) CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD TO TRAIN MORE THAN 1,000 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES INSTITUTIONS, COAST GUARD AND MARINE POLICE IN THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROTECTING MARINE LIFE AND SYSTEMS AND TO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION AMONG THE INSTITUTIONS AND 4) JOINT TURTLE EXCLUSION DEVICE (TED) DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOPS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR TRAWL FISHERIES WITH THE FISHERIES AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS.
Participatory conservation of the critical elephant population in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve, Northeast lndia hands-on training programs for El Tepozteco
Transforming Human-Elephant Interactions through Compensation, Education and Mitigation around Indias Western Ghats THE GOAL OF THIS THREE-YEAR PROJECT IS TO INCREASE LOCAL PEO
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Meta-population dynamics of tiger populations in the Malenad-Mysore Landscape of Karnataka - Brahmagiri-Pushpagiri-Talakaveri and BRT-Cauvery Protected Area Complexes
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to raise awareness about the need to conserve tigers among communities, teachers, and students living on the periphery of these tiger habitats so they may play a role in reducing human-tiger conflict. This will be done by: (1) conducting four three day Teachers for Tigers (T4T) extension training workshops at four different locations in Uttarakhand; (2) encouraging, supporting with resource materials, and tracking conduct of tiger education activities by T4T trained teachers; (3) providing T4T trained teachers with a tiger awareness education kit; (4) conducting capacity building training programs for three HTC affected communities; (5) conducting tiger conservation education programs for the Van guijar, Kanjar and Bawariya communities (which have past history of community members participating in poaching, one program per community) as well as for the local tiger safari jeep drivers; and (6) providing teachers at Nainital and Kotdwar who received T4T training earlier with special one-day leadership training on organizing student tiger awareness campaign rallies and guide them in carrying out 3 such rallies.
Amphibian Program-Species Conservation Grant Establishing a Protected Area Network for the Threatened Amphibians of the Western Ghats, India
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Modeling the population distribution and abundance of tigers (Panthera tigris) and their prey in the Terai central landscape, India
Conservation of the tiger in buffer zone of Melghat Tiger Reserve The purpose of this project is to conserve tigers in the buffer zone outside the protected area. The project objectives are as follows: (1) Monitor tigers in the project area by camera trap sampling, provide these results to the Forest Department, and support the Forest Department in line transect monitoring for prey species; (2) Strengthen wildlife protection, prevention of wildlife crime and improved law enforcement by building the capacity of Forest Department field staff with the assistance of expert trainers; (3) Reduce the pressures on forests for firewood and fodder, prevent and control forest fires, implement sustainable utilization practices and address community issues related to wildlife conservation, initiate a dialogue with the community to control livestock grazing on forest land and implement sustainable forest management practices, and mitigate human-wildlife conflict; and (4) Develop livelihood options for the local community, such as providing market links for bamboo products, and other non-timber forest products (NTFP) that utilize the forest in sustainable ways as opposed to overexploitation.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Strengthen the protection measures in Manas National Park through advanced patrolling as a part of the program "Indian Rhino Vision 2020'
Conserving the endangered western hoolock gibbon in Nagaland through community-based strategies The project will accomplish the following objectives to help conserve endangered hoolock gibbon: (1) Assess the status of western hoolock gibbons in Nagaland; (2) Develop a comprehensive action plan for the western hoolock gibbon in Nagaland; and, (3) Create a conservation support-base for gibbons as a flagship species.
Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund Monitoring and control of invasive species in the grassland ecosystem of Manas National Park
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Database on tiger poaching and trade and related wildlife crimes in India
Transforming Human-Elephant Interactions through Compensation, Education, and Mitigation around Indias Western Ghats Expand Wild Seve to 300 villages and 50,000 people; file 15,000+ HEC claims across five wildlife reserves;implement Wild Shaale in 150 high conflict village schools reaching 11,000 children; assess attitudes and build community awareness in 30 villages; recruit and train 8 staff in conflict response and 9 educator and evaluator teams.
Infrastructure development for strengthening of protection measures in Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India The purpose of this project is to conserve Greater One Horned Rhinoceros and enhance the living conditions of the anti-poaching staff at Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary. The project will provide support for the construction of 2 anti-poaching camps with watch towers and available drinking water.
TRANSFORMING HUMAN-ELEPHANT INTERACTIONS THROUGH COMPENSATION, EDUCATION AND MITIGATION AROUND INDIA S WESTERN GHATS. The goal of this three-year project is to increase local peoples tolerance and build long term support for Asian elephants in shared landscapes, through compensation, mitigation, and education in high conflict zones surrounding important elephant reserves in the Western Ghats of India. Human-elephant conflict (HEC) is severe in India resulting in crop loss and property damage, human injury, and death. The Wild Seve initiative assists victims with the government compensation process by using mobile technology to file and track claims. The Wild Shaale conservation education program fosters local interest and affinity for wildlife, particularly conflict prone elephants and tigers, builds tolerance, and provides basic coping mechanisms to vulnerable families. This project expands these two initiatives and will: 1) expand Wild Seve to 300 villages and 50,000 people; 2) file 15,000+ HEC claims across five wildlife reserves; 3) implement Wild Shaale in 150 high conflict village schools reaching 11,000 children; 4) assess attitudes and build community awareness in 30 villages; 5) recruit and train 8 staff in conflict response and 9 educator and evaluator teams.
Rhino range expansion in the state of Utta Pradesh, Terai Arc landscape, India The purpose of this project is to rebuild rhino populations in potential areas within the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and secure them in new habitats, minimizing the risk of genetic imbalances and stochastic events, and expand the population to new areas providing the chance for the species to have a more secure future. The project will support the following objectives: (1) Assess the rhino ranging patterns and habitat preference of rhinos within Dudhwa National Park (DNP) and Manas National Park (MNP) to set standards for identifying potential habitat; (2) Identify and map potential rhino habitats in TAL of Uttar Pradesh for future re-introduction of rhinos; (3) Understand the genetic make-up of the existing rhino population in DNP; and (4) Assist the Forest Department in establishing a second rhino population within DNP.