| Sanction Date: | 26-02-2018 | ||||
| Project Category | LG | ||||
| Batch Year | 2017-2018 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 10 Months Extension | ||||
| BTA : | Biodiversity Conservation and Management | ||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: | Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Darjeeling district of West Bengal, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur | ||||
| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
Botanical Survey of India (BSI),Kolkata West Bengal |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | |||
1. |
Botanical Survey of India, NRC-Dehradun | ||||
2. |
Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata | ||||
3. |
Botanic Garden of Indian Republic, Noida, Uttar Pradesh | ||||
4. |
BSI, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong | ||||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. A.A. Mao Botanical Survey of India (BSI), CGO Complex, Block D& F, 3rd MSO Building Sector-1, Salt Lake, Kolkata West Bengal |
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| Project Brief Description: | The global biodiversity crisis has given rise to a growing concern at the prospect of a rapidly accelerating loss of species, populations, domesticated varieties and natural habitats. Recent estimates suggest that more than half the habitable surface of the planet has already been significantly altered by human activity and we are on the verge of mass extinction of species. The woefully incomplete knowledge of the biodiversity, variability of plants and the ecosystems in which they occur has further compounded the problem. It is this situation the biodiversity all natural ecosystems including Himalaya has been increasingly threatened. Currently there is no true estimate of the threatened species in Himalaya and their natural habitat; or any permanent strategy to conserve and monitoring of introduced new populations; or evaluation of genetic variability among the existing populations. In this context, BSI is proposing to conservation of threatened plants across the Indian Himalayan region through assessment and long-term rehabilitation monitoring plots and capacity building. | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Local Bodies, Forest and Environment departments, State Biodiversity boards, Universities, research organizations, Health, Agriculture, fisheries and animal husbandry departments, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Earth sciences, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development Universities, Research Organizations and NGO�s.IPCC, IPBES, IUCN and CBD. | ||||
| Activity Chart (For 3 Years): | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs.6,85,28,172/- (Rupees Six Crore Eighty Five Lakh Twenty Eight Thousand One Hundred Seventy Two only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Spatial assessment of populations of threatened flora in the Indian Himalayan region and developing geo-referenced database and mapping them by using ecological niche modeling; | Spatial distribution maps to identify areas of occurrence in 9 states. | No of spatial distribution maps. |
| To study the demographic status, population sustainability, recruitment and regeneration status of selected threatened species : Angiosperms (Orchids, Zingibers, Balsams, Bamboos, Trees, Medicinal Plants, Palms, Legumes, Musa etc), Macro-fungus (wild and edible Mushrooms), Pteridophytes and Lichens; | Prediction models to reveal potential sites of occurrence for identifying undiscovered populations; | No. of New Database/ Datasets/ Maps generated on the identified/ proposed dynamics, e.g. threatened flora, demographic status, ecosystem threat indicators, etc.; |
| To identify Himalayan biodiversity priority areas and to develop a set of long term protocols for development of germplasm banks, mass multiplications, propagation (through micro propagation, ex situ or in-situ) and species recovery mechanism for targeted species; | Database for delisting species from the red list category through efficient recovery programmes and monitoring survival of the species; | Periodic submission on No of demonstrative models/ Long-term protocols for target species (No. of species); |
| To enhance capacities of different stakeholders. | The development of ecosystem threat indicator status; | No. of Capacity Building/ Awareness Programmes/ Trainings conducted/ organized, including No. of Stakeholders benefitted (No. of Rural Youth, No. of Women, and Total No. of Beneficiaries); |
| Policy framework/ draft (No.) on priority areas and mass multiplications | ||
| Development of baseline geospatial and threatened species database focusing endemic/threatened /overexploited and species in 9 states; | ||
| Capacity building of local stakeholders (>100 per state) in selected states. | Other Publications and Knowledge Products (Nos.). |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | Dr. Khumuckcham Sangeeta Devi | M. Sc. Ph.D | Research Associate | 36,000/-+HRA |
| 2. | Dr. Ashutosh Pathak | M. Sc. Ph. D | Research Associate | 36,000/-+HRA |
| 3. | Dr. Amber Srivastava | M. Sc. Ph. D | Research Associate | 36,000/-+HRA |
| 4. | Dr. Mayank D. Dwivedi | M. Sc., Ph. D | Research Associate | 36,000/-+HRA |
| 5. | Mr. Bashisha Rynjah | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 6. | Bidisha Mallick | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 7. | Mr. Kerlang Khonglam | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 8. | Mr. Charles Wahlang | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 9. | Mr. Rahul Das | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 10. | Ms. Aakriti Bhandari | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 11. | Mr. Harmider Singh | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 12. | Ms. Damini Sharma | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 13. | Kusum Upadayay | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 14. | Priya | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 15. | Deepakshi Babbar | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 16. | Mr. Ashish Uday Zagade | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 17. | Mr. Rohan Maity | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 18. | Harminder Singh | M. Sc | JPF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 19. | Mr. Sujit Ranbhau Jejurkar | M. Sc | JRF | 16,000/-+HRA |
| 20. | Mr. Brilliantson Syiem | 10+2 Science | FA | 10,000/- |
| 21. | Mr. Zuchamo Odyuo | 10+2 Science | FA | 10,000/- |
| 22. | Mr. Santosh Nautial | 10+2 Science | FA | 10,000/- |
| 23. | Mr. Ankit Chouhan, | 10+2 Science | FA | 10,000/- |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Use of Equipment | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Walk in rooting chamber/ seed germinator/ growth chamber with humidifier | 10,50,800 | |
| 2. | High Tech Green House/ Poly House (Irrigation system and Benches and Tables included) Note: S.No. 2, 3, and 4 under sanctioned equipments were combined | 8,40,000 | |
| 3. | pH Meter, Humidity Meter kit, Soil Thermometer | 84,524 | |
| 4. | Garden Instruments | 48,000 | |
| 5. | Field Gear | 27,640 | |
| 6. | GPS | 16,000 | |
| 7. | Camera | 38,700 | |
| 8. | Germination Tray | 29,700 | |
| 9. | Hi Tech Poly House | 8,40,000 |
