| Sanction Date: | 28-02-2018 | ||||
| Project Category | MG | ||||
| Year | 2017-2018 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 9 Months Extension | ||||
| Him-NLC Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Great Himalayan National Park |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Great Himalayan National Park Shamshi, Distr. Kullu Himachal Pradesh | ||||
| Him-NLC Partners: | S.No. | Name | Roles & Responsibilities | ||
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G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (Himachal Unit) Mohal, Distt. Kullu, HP | Having multidisciplinary experts in the field of environment with specialization in Himalayan Region would offer their expertise in filed identification of flora & fauna of the park, demonstration plots, environmental monitoring, training on alternative income generation activities through their scientists and research scholars. |
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Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI) Shimla, | May provide scientific manpower for imparting training to staff and students on raising of High-altitude nurseries, harvesting & processing of medicinal herbs and play vital role in extending the technical expertise. | |||
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Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, | Played major role in the initial phases of the park establishment through scientific study of the biodiversity of the park and continuing their support for inclusion and upholding of GHNP in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites through C2C centre of WII. Collaboration with WII would definitely develop enhance the knowledge base of the staff as well as all the visitors of the park through skill up gradation trainings. | |||
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Government Degree College, Banjaar, | Being located near to the proposed NLC, it will play an important role in dissemination of basic scientific knowledge on nature conservation, passing of traditional knowledge of the locality to rest of the world through their active participation of college students, scholars and faculties in addition to allowing the college students for exposure visits to the National park. | |||
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Zoological Survey of India, | May play an important role in providing expertise in respect to species identification, knowledge dissemination, designing and reviewing of concepts. | |||
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Botanical Survey of India, | May play an important role in providing expertise in respect to species identification, knowledge dissemination, designing and reviewing of concepts. | |||
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Himachal Pradesh State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, | May play important role in dissemination of knowledge on nature and nature conservation to various stakeholders at grassroot level/ panchayats through Biological Monitoring Committiees (BMC) and may dove tail with their training programmes with other partner institutions. | |||
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HP State Biodiversity Board | May play important role in dissemination of knowledge on nature and nature conservation to various stakeholders at grassroot level/ panchayats through Biological Monitoring Committiees (BMC) and may dove tail with their training programmes with other partner institutions. | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Suneet Bharadwaja Divisional Forest Officer, Great Himalayan National Park, Shamshi, Distr. Kullu Himachal Pradesh |
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| Him-NLC Brief Description: | Educating the people on nature and its need for mankind through interpretation and trainings for sustainable livelihood through Respecting, Protecting, Conserving and Celebrating Nature. Himachal Pradesh, being a Hilly State in the Himalayan Ranges, is rich in natural resources and are managed by the established systems. Adverse Human Impacts on the natural resources play important role in the destruction of nature and the same can be controlled by awareness creation among the public about conservation and sustainable utilization of the natural resources. The proposed Nature Learning Centre will be one of such measures taken to develop and disseminate knowledge about nature and natural resources and their role in sustainable livelihood among the public, students and different stakeholders. Himachal Pradesh Forest department has already manages the natural resources of the state, particularly, forest areas with a number of protected areas. The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) is one of such protected areas (PAs) located in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India. Initially constituted in 1984, GHNP was formally declared a National Park in 1999, covering an area of 754.4 sq kms. In 1994, a buffer zone of 5 km from the Park's western boundary, covering 265.6 sq km. and including 2,300 households in 160 villages, was delineated as an Ecozone. Most of the population (about 15,000 to 16,000 people) in the Ecozone are poor and dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods. This project proposal for establishment of Nature Learning Centre (NLC) under National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) will help in assembling the values of this area in a common platform for better understating of the nature and natural resources through interpretations so as to appreciate the ecological functions and its importance for livelihood which will naturally promote the active participation of local people and educated mass towards protection of the nature and its integral assets. The proposal will focus on the development of facilities, which augments existing infrastructure at Sai Ropa for the better interpretation education to the visitors, school and college children, researchers, NGOs, tourists, journalists, eco-tourism operators through the local people and other stake holders. |
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| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | For conservation and nature education- Students and others Annual target of students to be educated: Minimum 500 per year Annual target groups other than students: Minimum 500 per year For training: members of Community based organizations: Annual target: 200 members from different community based organizations | ||||
| Activity Chart (For 3years) | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 3,70,62,000/- (Rupees Three Crore Seventy Lakh Sixty Two Thousand only) | |||
| Him-NLC Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| • To develop nature learning centre by upgrading and diversifying the botanical garden;
• To establish the ground linkages between partner institutions for environmental awareness;
• To create a team of trainers among the staff or interested user groups for sustainability of the project beyond the project duration.
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• State-of-the-art Nature Learning Centre;
• Nature Conservation and Education – Students and others (Annual target of students to be educated: Minimum 1000 per year);
• Training for community-based organizations (Annual target: 200 members from different community based organizations).
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• No. of Nature Learning and Awareness Curricula Developed;
• No. of Crucial Nature Learning and Awareness Topics covered;
• No. of Trainings organized with no. of stakeholders benefited in each segment;
• No. of Dissemination and Awareness Publications (short/detailed) circulated;
• No. of Field/ Green Technologies Demonstrations/ Exposure Visits organized;
• No. of Beneficiaries visited the centre;
• No. of Collaborations/ Connect Areas established;
• No. of Policy Guidelines and Legislative Mechanisms: Prepared and/ or Communicated. |
