Barefoot Ecologist for Ecological Monitoring in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Grantee Name: Keystone Foundation
- Hotspot
- Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
- Location
- India
- Amount
- $19,000
- Dates
- May 2013 – Dec 2014
- Keywords
- Indigenous People, Monitoring and evaluation
Develop a community-based ecological monitoring program for the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Meet with villagers to select sites and explain methods, hold an expert meeting to discuss the monitoring protocol, organize staff trainings to familiarize them with the methodology, and identify and train community members interested in becoming barefoot ecologists.
1 Enable action by diverse communities and partnerships to ensure conservation of key biodiversity areas and enhance connectivity in the corridors
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