Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Strengthening Conservation through Adivasis' Traditional Practices and the Forest Rights Act

Grantee Name: Action for Community Organization, Rehabilitation and Development

Hotspot: Western Ghats
Location: India
Amount: $59,147
Dates: May 2013 – Nov 2015
Keywords: Access and Benefit Sharing, Community-based conservation, Indigenous People, Landscape Resilience

Enhance ecological connectivity across the Gudalur Plateau, an important link in the Mysore-Nilgiri Corridor. Understand, document and promote recognition of the role of sacred groves in biodiversity conservation. Support Adivasis indigenous communities to claim community forest rights under the Forest Rights Act of 2006, and strengthen capacity of these indigenous communities to conserve forest resources. Apply learning to inform wider implementation of the act.

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