Improving Protected Area Effectiveness through Enhanced Civil Society Support and Rigorous Monitoring of Wildlife Populations and Conservation Threats
Grantee Name: Wildlife Conservation Society
- Hotspot
- Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
- Location
- India
- Amount
- $350,000
- Dates
- Aug 2009 – Aug 2012
- Keywords
- Capacity building, Monitoring and evaluation, Protected Areas, Research, Wildlife management
Carry out rigorous scientific monitoring to assess the status of several species and levels of conservation threats in the Sahyadri-Konkan, Malnad-Kodagu and Mysore-Nilgiri corridors within Karnataka State. Involve and train civil society groups and the state forest department to enhance their technical capability to monitor and manage these areas in addition to providing critical management inputs.
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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