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| Appachu, M.K.; Chinnappa, K.M.; Gopal, T.S.; Karanth, K.U.; Bhargav, P.; Gubbi, S. | |
| Community leadership for tiger conservation (CLTC) Nagarahole | |
| 2002 Full Book | |
The precarious conservation status of the tiger has aroused global concern in recent years. Tigers are under threat from many factors include depletion of prey, direct killing and pressure on their habitat due to fragmentation and degradation of habitat quality. From 1998, the Karnataka Tiger Conservation Project (KTCP), supported by Save the Tiger Fund of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Exxon Mobil Corporation and other Wildlife Conservation Society donors, attempted to address the threats. The long term conservation process evolved under KTCP have seamlessly continued at Nagarahole National Park under the Community Leadership for Tiger Conservation (CLTC) implemented from July 2001 in association with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), India program. Community Leadership for Tiger Conservation (CLTC) aims to build upon the foundation laid by the earlier implemented Karnataka Tiger Conservation Project (KTCP). CLTC (Nagarahole) aims at the following To motivate and support tribal people to accept incentive driven voluntary resettlement packages To ensure economic and social security of tribal people who have volunteered and have been resettled outside the National Park Minimizing human-wildlife conflict Mobilise public support and build local conservation leadership for long-term conservation of the park The project has two components A.CLTC - Nagarahole - Voluntary resettlement executed by Living Inspiration for Tribals ((LIFT) and B.CLTC - Nagarahole - Community Education carried out by Nagarahole Wildlife Conservation Education Project (NAWICOED) The voluntary resettlement module was implemented by Living Inspiration for Tribals (LIFT) under the leadership of M.K.Apacchu and assisted by P.M.Muthanna. During the reporting period 45 new tribal families have voluntarily moved out of the national park under the government sponsored Beneficiary Oriented Scheme for Tribal Development (BOTD). This is in addition to the 250 families who had voluntarily shifted out during the previous years. The project team continued its efforts to ensure economic and social security of the tribal people who have voluntarily moved out of the national park. Co-ordinating with the forest and horticultural department the 2 project team ensured supply of horticultural, fuel, fodder and mulch saplings. 24 tube wells with pumps were provided by the government due to the project team's follow up. 74 tribal people participated in various income generation training programs including sheep rearing, bee keeping, poultry farming, tailoring and vermiculture. The project team assisted the tribal people in acquiring progressive farming techniques with the assistance from other rural development organisations. The project team supported 110 tribal children to secure admission in various schools. Seven students were assisted to undergo computer training and an adult education centre was opened in the resettlement area with material and training support from the project team. 360 tribal people have availed health care facilities provided by the project team and 5 immunization programs were conducted in which 54 infants and 95 children were immunized for Polio, Measles and Tuberculosis. Project team also assisted in animal husbandry, financial savings and acquiring necessary eligibility certificates, which enabled the tribal people to avail benefits under government- funded benefit schemes. The project team worked to minimize human-wildlife conflicts by persuading the forest department to provide Elephant Proof Trenches (EPT) all around the resettlement area. The conservation education module was implemented by Nagarahole Wildlife Conservation Education Project (NAWICOED) under the leadership of K.M.Chinnappa assisted by T.S.Gopal. The project team organised 7 nature camps, which were attended by 250 students and teachers and 25 slide talks reaching over 700 people. 10 contact programs of one-day duration were conducted for 350 rural youth residing around the national park. 25 public awareness programs on forest fires were conducted in three administrative districts which would benefit two more wildlife reserves other than Nagarahole. Nearly 35,000 students were reached in these efforts. The biography of K.M.Chinnappa, retired Range Warden of Nagarahole reserve and President of Wildlife First, is being broadcast over the radio reaching an audience of about 800,000 people. 2 issues of bi-annual magazine Nisarga were brought out during the reporting period. The project team were also involved in educating local community leaders, journalists and forest department officials about various conservation aspects. |
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