BACKGROUND

TOWARDS COMMUNITY CONSERVATION

Kind of ecosystem conserved:

Brief description of the general land use in the area:

Kind of plants and animals found, are there any rare species? :

Total area under conservation:

Started in year:

Kind of initiative: (is this a traditional practice that is continuing? Is religious belief behind conservation? Is this a new initiative?)

Brief description of how it started, how it progressed, who initiated the effort and why? (Did people face resource crunch? Did it start as local discussions? Why did and by whom these discussions started? Was it because of any particular incident? Is there an involvement of any outside, such as government, NGO, donor agency?):

Legal status of the area (who owns it? Under which legal category of land/water use?):

Who all are involved in the initiative and what is their relationship with others within the community or outside the community:

Do the community members (those involved in the initiative and others) depend on the conserved resources for livelihood, cultural reasons, religious reasons, other reasons? Please specify how:

Have any community institutions been established/used for the initiative? If yes, what is the structure and how does it function. In case there is no formal institution then by whom and how are the decisions taken:

What local rules and regulations are followed to meet the objective of conservation? Are these written down or orally passed on? :

What are the punishments for breaking the rules? Have such incidents taken so far? How are the conflicts within the community or with outside communities resolved? :

Are women, youth, and other disprevileged sections of the society also involved in the initiative? How is their involvement ensured? :

IMPACTS OF THE INITIATIVE

How has the community benefited by the initiative? :

How has the conserved area, plants and animals therein benefited from the initiative? :

CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

What are the major constraints faced by the conserving community? :

What kind of external help has the community got, if any?

What kind of help, if at all, does the community needs?

Are there any future plans for the area?

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

References/further reading:

Local contact (full address/tel/fax/email):

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