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Western Ghats Biodiversity Open Collaborative Information System
Grantee Name: 
French Institute of Pondicherry
HOTSPOT
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$240,669
DATES
Nov 2010
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Sep 2013
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HOTSPOT
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$240,669
DATES
Nov 2010
-
Sep 2013

Create an open-access, web-based portal on the biodiversity and ecosystem service values of the Western Ghats, populated and maintained by an active community of data-holders. Leverage Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate a transformation in data availability that facilitates mainstreaming of biodiversity into development sectors, empowers citizen engagement in public policy development, and fosters citizen science initiatives by amateur naturalists.