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Cinnamon Plant Resources of the Central Western Ghats: Impact Assessment, Livelihood Issues and Conservation through a Participatory Approach
Grantee Name: 
Narasimha Hegde
HOTSPOT
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$11,144
DATES
Sep 2009
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Sep 2011
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$11,144
DATES
Sep 2009
-
Sep 2011

Assess the impact of harvesting Cinnamomum malabatrum and C. riparium and related livelihood issues, prospects for green-labeling and, promotion of the sustainable harvest and multiplication of species in agro-forestry systems through participatory approaches. Outcomes expected include knowledge of cinnamon regeneration status, level of disturbance and impact on regeneration, sustainable harvesting methods, and importance of resources to the family income.

Strategic Direction: 2 Improve the conservation of globally threatened species through systematic conservation planning and action