Facilitating Partnerships for Community Forest Resource Use Areas in the Southern Western Ghats

Strengthen capacity of grassroots institutions for natural resource management and conservation of community forest resource use areas (CFRs) in the Anamalai and Periyar-Agastyamalai Corridors, ensuring long-term involvement of local communities. Support the gram sabhas (village councils) of tribal villages to claim community and CFR rights, undertake resource mapping and form CFR management committees and plans by facilitating partnerships with relevant government departments.