
Building a Grassroots Constituency to Conserve the River Moyar in the Mysore-Nilgiri Corridor
Grantee Name: Arulagam
- Hotspot
- Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
- Location
- India
- Amount
- $40,428
- Dates
- Oct 2009 – Nov 2011
- Keywords
- Biodiversity mainstreaming, Community-based conservation, Freshwater, Research
Build a constituency for conservation of riverine habitats along the River Moyar among local communities and create a basis for incorporating biodiversity values into local development planning by identifying and training local partners at the grassroots level, training and providing them with firsthand experience of biodiversity and socio-economic studies, and assisting them to develop "micro-plans" for conservation action.
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