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Exploring Sustainable Land-Use Practices in Rubber Plantations in a Critical Wildlife Corridor

Grantee Name: Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning

Hotspot
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
Location
India
Amount
$39,833
Dates
Dec 2011 – Jun 2015
Keywords
Agroforestry, Certification, Private sector, Wildlife management, Landscape Resilience

Promote the adoption of sustainable land-use practices in rubber plantations within the Periyar-Agastyamalai corridor by developing local indicators for certifying rubber products that comply with the appropriate global standard and respect local tradition and laws, providing guidance to rubber plantation managers about the priority actions needed to achieve certification, and developing market linkages for certified rubber products.

Strategic Direction :

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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