Communities and Critical Corridors: Maintaining Landscape Connectivity in the Southern Western Ghats through Collaborative Approaches

Grantee Name: World Wide Fund for Nature

Hotspot: Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
Location: India
Amount: $199,977
Dates: Jun 2010 – Nov 2015
Keywords: Access and Benefit Sharing, Community-based conservation, Indigenous People, Non-timber Forest Products (incl. fuelwood), Protected Areas

Take advantage of recent legislative changes to secure community rights to forest resources and establish new models of community-based conservation areas covering 30,000 ha. Facilitate the formal establishment of these areas, and strengthen the local institutions necessary to manage them. Develop participatory resource use, management and monitoring plans for the areas, as well as alternative livelihood options for local people.

Strategic Direction :

1 Enable action by diverse communities and partnerships to ensure conservation of key biodiversity areas and enhance connectivity in the corridors