Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Maintain and Restore Habitat Connectivity and Reduce Human-Animal Conflict in the North Bank Landscape

Grantee Name: World Wide Fund for Nature

Hotspot: Himalaya
Location: India
Amount: $57,308
Dates: Jan 2008 – Jun 2010
Keywords: Buffer zones, Community-based conservation, Hunting, Species Conservation, Wildlife management

Secure linkages across the Tipi-Dedjling and Bornadi-Khalingduar corridors in the North Bank Landscape for elephant movement to conserve elephant, tiger and rhino. Mitigate human-wildlife conflict in these corridors that are critical passageways for elephants. Conduct studies on community dynamics, land use and elephant movements. Develop a conservation action plan based on the studies and in consultation with stakeholders.

Strategic Direction : 1 Build on existing landscape conservation initiatives to maintain and restore connectivity and to protect wide-ranging threatened species in priority corridors with a particular emphasis on the Bhutan Biological Conservat

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Maintain and Restore Habitat Connectivity and Reduce Human-Animal Conflict in the North Bank Landscape

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