| Sanction Date: | 31-03-2016 | ||||
| Project Category | LG | ||||
| Year | 2015-2016 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 3 Months Extension | ||||
| BTA : | Biodiversity Conservation and Management | ||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: | Five Himalayan States as project sites across, considering the extent of HWI reports: J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and West Bengal (only the northern hill districts). | ||||
| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand | ||||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | |||
1. |
Dept. of Wildlife Protection, Jammu & Kashmir | Coordination especially in Kargil & Ladakh regions | |||
2. |
Wildlife Wing, West Bengal Forest Department | Coordination in North Bengal | |||
3. |
Forest Department of Uttarakhand | Coordination in Pauri Garhwal district. | |||
| 4. | Department of Forest, Environment and Wildlife Management, Government of Sikkim | Coordination in the project sites | |||
| 5. | Forest Department of Himachal Pradesh | Coordination in the project sites | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. S.Sathyakumar Scientist-G,Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun |
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| Project Brief Description: | Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) is major issue that has been experienced in majority of the countries worldwide. In Indian context, fragmentation of forests and habitat loss are the major causes for HWC. The current project aims to understand the reasons behind the problem in the IHR by involving local stake holders and to mitigate the raising problem. It majorly addresses the HWC arising because of leopards, Asiatic black bear, Himalayan brown bear, snow leopards, wild boar and rhesus macaque. It perfectly fits with the norms laid down by the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) by addressing on of the broad thematic groups Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. To address the current project, advance methods viz., GIS and remote sensing etc. will be used to mitigate the problem and the outcomes of this project like database generation on the HWI Conflicts and risk area mapping will help the local governments to design the action plans to address the raising issue of HWC in the Himalayan region in order to conserve our fading wild fauna. | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Local village communities, state/local NGOs, youth and womenfolk | ||||
| Activity Chart (For 3years) | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs.4,44,88,800/- (Rupees Four crore forty four lakh eighty eight thousand eight hundred only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| To develop risk assessment tools and processes for identifying negative HWI in the IHR through investigations on HWI and predict potential hotspots of conflict for regular monitoring and development of site specific mitigation efforts | Conflict intensity maps and prediction of vulnerable zones for each Forest/Wildlife Division of the five study States. | Conflict intensity maps and prediction of vulnerable zones (Nos./ map data) |
| To understand the biological factors and ranging patterns of selected wildlife species involved in livestock/crop depredation and attacks on people in the IHR | Density surface models for four carnivores in the selected sites of the selected study States. | No. of demonstration models developed (Nos.) |
| To develop and implement adaptive management strategies in some of the identified vulnerable areas through community engagement and use of modern science and technological tools and approaches. | Abundance estimates for selected species for the study area to determine the population size in different management scenarios. | Population size under different management scenario (No) |
| Fine scale spatio-temporal data base on species specific ranging and movement pattern of individuals involved in conflict scenarios | Digital maps for different sites (map data) | |
| Documentation of general activity, movement patterns of the species in the conflict prone zones | No. of document prepared and published (Nos.) | |
| Species and area specific mitigation plans/ models for negative Human-Carnivore Interactions in the IHR will be prepared. |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | Dipanjan Naha | Ph.D. | Project Associate | 40,000 + 20%HRA |
| 2. | Sarvesh Kumar Rai | M.V.Sc. | Project Veterinarian | 40,000 + 20%HRA |
| 3. | Nitin Bhusan | M.Sc. | Project Fellow | 16,000 + 20%HRA |
| 4. | Niazul Khan | M.Sc. | Project Fellow | 16,000 + 20%HRA |
| 5. | Suraj Dash | M.Sc. | Project Fellow | 16,000 + 20%HRA |
| 6. | Abhishek Chhetri | M.Sc. | Project Fellow | 16,000 + 20%HRA |
| 7. | Gaurav Sonkar | M.Sc. | Project Fellow | 16,000 + 20%HRA |
| 8. | Sayli Sawant | M.Sc. | Project Fellow | 16,000 + 20%HRA |
| 9. | Arnab Chattopadhyay | M.Sc. | Project Fellow | 16,000+ 20%HRA |
| 10. | Pooja Chaudhry | M.Sc. | Project Fellow | 16,000+ 20%HRA |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Details | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. |
1. 4 Satellite Collar 2. 10 GPS Collar 3. 24 VHF Collar 4. 1 AGROS/IRIDIUM Satellite platform 5. 12 telemetry receiver 6. 2 Hand-held terminal 7. 100 Transponders/ macaque |
- | 1,23,282 |
| 2. | 12 Binoculars | - | 70,516 |
| 3. | 12 GPS | - | |
| 4. | 2 Spotting scopes | - | 43,121/- |
| 5. | 1 Laptop | - | |
| 6. | 200 Camera traps | - | 32,52,600/- |
| 7. | 250 Data Loggers | - | - |
| 8. | Collars | - | 76,208/- |
| 9. | Iron cages | - | 1,32,284 |
| 10. | Satellite Charges | - | 32,926 |
| 11. | Immobilization equipment, dart gun, darts and drugs | - | 5,00,000 |
| 12. | 1 hand held sonography machine and 1 pulse ox meter | - | 4,83,650 |
