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COUNTRY PROGRAM LANDSCAPE STRATEGY COMDEKS WORKSHOP, 14 FEB 2013, DEHRADUN

COUNTRY PROGRAM LANDSCAPE STRATEGY COMDEKS WORKSHOP, 14 FEB 2013, DEHRADUN. Anil Arora and Prabhjot Sodhi CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION (CEE). Our Earth and Our Heritage. COMDEKS’ DEFINITION: - LANDSCAPES MEAN RESILIENT SOCIETIES IN HARMONY WITH NATURE.

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COUNTRY PROGRAM LANDSCAPE STRATEGY COMDEKS WORKSHOP, 14 FEB 2013, DEHRADUN

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  1. COUNTRY PROGRAM LANDSCAPE STRATEGY COMDEKS WORKSHOP, 14 FEB 2013, DEHRADUN Anil Arora and PrabhjotSodhi CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION (CEE)

  2. Our Earth and Our Heritage

  3. COMDEKS’ DEFINITION: -LANDSCAPES MEAN RESILIENT SOCIETIES IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. • LANDSCAPES ALSO MEAN SUSTAINABLE HUMAN-INFLUENCED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT IS THREATENED BY URBANISATION, INDUSTRIALISATION, INCREASE IN RURAL POPULATION AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE. Etc… • LANDSCAPES ARE LIVING EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARE KNOWN BY DIFFERENT NAMES. • SOME ARE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AS PROTECTED LANDSCAPES/SEASCAPES AND ARE THE HERITAGE SITES AND SOME ARE KNOWN AS INDIGENOUS AND COMMUNITY CONSERVED AREAS. DEFINITION OF LANDSCAPES AS PER COMDEKS

  4. LANDSCAPES FORM THE BASIS OF PHYSICAL, CULTURAL AND OFTEN, SPIRITUAL CONDITIONS OF A COMMUNITY’S WELL-BEING. • THE PRACTICED ECO-SYSTEM SERVICES/ACTIVITIES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES INFLUENCE THE LANDSCAPE RESILIENCE. • LANDSCAPES RANGE FROM VILLAGES, FARMLANDS, ADJACENT WOODS, GRASSLANDS AND COASTS. HOW AND WHAT OF LANDSCAPES

  5. THREE LANDSCAPES IN UTTARAKHAND ARE COVERED IN THE STRATEGY. THESE ARE: • Local Plains as RASULPUR– IMPACTED ON ACCOUNT OF FOREST DWELLERS DRIVEN OUT OF THE RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATORY RIGHTS; • Medium Highlands & Ravines as SHANKARPUR– WHERE EXISTING FARMLANDS ARE AFFECTED THROUGH HEIGHTENED RAVINE ACTIVITY DUE TO FLASH FLOODS FROM RIVERS. • Higher Mountain Zones as at Varying LOCATIONS - OF THE MID-HIGH HIMALAYAN AREA WITH SMALLER VARIANCES OF ALTITUDE WITH OVERALL ECOLOGICAL ENDOWMENT NEEDS, WITH TOO MANY EXPECTATIONS. CHOSEN LANDSCAPES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

  6. LANDSCAPES

  7. COMDEKSshould Focus through Different Projects Linking with Concerned Central and State Departments addressing Primarily the following Issues: • Food And Nutrition Security • Local Institution Building • Land Improvement • Dairying and Livestock Management • Community Managed Tourism • Local Resource and Market Based Enterprises MAJOR OUTCOME OF BASELINE STUDY

  8. RESTRICTIONs ON THE FOREST BASED LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS • ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND TIMELY CREDIT FACILITIES • MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICTS DUE TO DEPLETING FOREST RESOURCES • FALLING RESPECT FOR Local BIODIVERSITY AND PRESSING SURVIVAL NEEDS • CLIMATE CHANGE AND SHIFTING WEATHER PATTERNS. MAJOR REASONS OF DEGRADED SITUATION IN CHOSEN LANDSCAPES in UTK

  9. PRESSURE FROM INCREASED DEMANDS AND POPULATION FOR IMMEDIATE INCOMES REPLACING DIVERSE HORTICULTURE BASED SYSTEMS TO MONO-CROPPING SYSTEMS OF PADDY-WHEAT CROPS. • LACK OF POLICY INITIATIVES FOR INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT • POOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY RESULTING LACK OF EFFICIENT LINKAGE TO MARKETS. • OUTWARD MIGRATION TO EARN A DECENT LIVING STANDARD. Continued…

  10. CONSOLIDATE WISDOM AND OBTAIN A CONSENSUS FOR STABLE SUPPLY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. • INTEGRATE TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE WITH MODERN SCIENCE FOR BETTER LIVES & LIVELIHOODS. • EXPLORE NEW WAYS OF CO-MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WHILE RESPECTING TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY LAND USE. COMDEKS Focus is on aTHREE-FOLD APPROACH…

  11. RECORDS - PASSBOOKS PARTICIPATORY METHODS – TRUST BUILDING MORE CAN BE DONE

  12. DOCUMENTATION GUIDANCE BETTER CAPACITIES CREATED

  13. REDUCED DRUDGERY WOMEN CENTRED WE CAN DO IT –GIVE US THE CHANCE

  14. RESOURCE USE WITHIN THE CARRYING CAPACITY AND RESILIENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. • CYCLIC USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES. • RECOGNITION OF THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL TRADITIONS AND CULTURES. • RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BY VARIOUS PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS AS ENTITIES. • COMMUNITIES SHARING COSTS, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND TAKING & DOCUMENTING DECISION MAKING PROCESSES AT THE VILLAGE LEVELS. – VILLAGE METTINGS. KEY PERSPECTIVES OF THREE FOLD APPROACH

  15. RESTORE LANDS CONSERVE & PROTECT WE ARE A PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM.

  16. WE CAN AGREE LET US PRIORTISE WE MUST SHARE & CONTRIBUTE

  17. COMDEKS - OUTCOMES & INDICATORS

  18. LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, EXPOSURE VISITS, WORKSHOPS, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS. • ESTABLISH LINKS/PARTNERSHIPSWITH FOREST DEPARTMENTS, SOIL & CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, PANCHYATS, LAND-USE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, LAND/SOIL SURVEY DEPARTMENTS TO CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES. • DEVELOP BASE-LINES AND INDICATORS THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP AND BY ENGAGING AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT AS A PART OF THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE STRATEGY. • ATTEMPT REPLICABLE DEMOSTRATION MODELS WITH SMALL FUNDING, LEVERAGING ADDITIONAL FUNDS APPROACH TO BE ADOPTED IN COMDEKS…

  19. ENHANCED PROVISION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES - MORE GRASSLANDS, MORE PRODUCTIVITY, SUSTAINABLE INCOMES, CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES. • IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY THRU SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, RESULTING IN INCREASED FOOD SECURITY AND INCOME ENHANCEMENT. • ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT – USE OF LOCAL RESOURCES ALTERNATE LIVELIHOODS OPTIONS PROMOTED & ENABLING ACCESS TO MARKETS AND FINANCE. • STRENGTHENED INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS -PROMOTING SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ON EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES AND PARTICIPATORY DECISION-MAKING. EXPECTED OUTCOMES

  20. Improved biodiversity endowment influences micro climate (HHs) more investments (HHs) • Improved respect for ecosystem leads to future sustainable utilization of resources • Improved soil and water conservation contributes better to agriculture productivity • Regeneration measures of agro forestry and fodder plantation helps long term goals of biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods Ecosystem Level Outcomes:

  21. Change in soil health and erosion status • Improvement in water availability and its utilization • Qualitative improvement in agricultural outputs and productivity. New crops and seeds adopted and conserved • Limited need to apply external plant protection measures, increased local biological remedies • Fodder variety species accessed and productivity increased • Improved health and productivity of milchanimals, number of animals increased INDICATORS

  22. Improved productivity from improved soil and water endowment • Traditional practices find new meaning through scientific validation • Reduced vulnerability to climate shifts • Improved food security and income generation • Diversification reduces vulnerability and improves on income source Agriculture Level Outcomes:

  23. Improved food security and nutrition in number of HHs • Improved productivity in number of Hectares • More local investments in degraded/fallow lands • Changing cropping patterns, high valued crops introduced, Improved value realization. • Number of farm groups/communities participating in adoption of appropriate technologies and agro systems. • Improved soil health through integrated farming systems approach Indicators

  24. Created additional sources of income generation opportunities • Reduced vulnerability of both men and women through new investments in securities/assets • Market linkages help improve cash flow and present options to sell at better prices • New activities and links emerge from project and existing activities now increased • Number of families incomes increased, by amount and more assets accessed, investments made etc… • Savings improve to focus on development spending Livelihoods Level Outcomes:

  25. No of different institutions, SHGs, lethargy gives way to improved and more relevant role for institutions • Strengthening of local institutional systems • Improved documentation constitutes an effective “leave behind” for future efforts • Institution bridges gap between knowledgeable elders and youth workers to create a complementary role for both • Convergence with state supported initiatives Institutional/governance strengthening at landscape level:

  26. Number of SHGs promoted, banks linked, credit accessed, loans repaid. • Number of alternative income sources created through livelihood diversification. • Number of participating community members benefitting by project activities increased. • Number of policy or plans influenced or created that reflect decisions. • Confidence established from diversification options practiced • Better integration with state supported efforts, access to in kind resources • Established examples influence policy measures, called into workshop etc • More access of funds from Government and other sources both at the project activities and community levels etc • Post project sustainability with impact on future replication influence in surrounding areas Indicators

  27. Your Ideas…

  28. CONT’D….

  29. My Gains are Our Gains

  30. REDUCE OUR WORKLOADS WE WILL DO IT Give us the Opportunity …

  31. Discussions-Sharing Supply Chain Thinking Facets of COMDEKS

  32. We will do it together…let us pledge for it…THANKS! Anil.arora@ceeindia.org Prabhjot.sodhi@ceeindia.org

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