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Webinar: Community Conserved Areas in South Asia #4: Monpa Community Conservation in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Sunday, 04 October 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

Dear All, 
As part of the webinar series on Community Conserved Areas organised by the ICCA South Asia Regional Coordination Committee, the next webinar will be on the Monpa communities in Arunachal Pradesh, India on 6th October at 5pm. 

To register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kt65RLgzQkWPXd4iTDxPdA
To view on Youtube live: https://www.youtube.com/c/iccaconsortium/live

About the CCA

The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is located within the Himalayas Biodiversity Hotspot. Large parts of the state’s forested area (>60% accounting 3.1 million ha) are under traditional ownership of tribal communities. These forests are managed by clans, traditional village institutions and individuals. Within the West Kameng and Tawang districts of Arunachal Pradesh, the area under community custodianship is even higher. In these two districts, more than 80% of forests are de-facto under the jurisdiction of  the local communities and administered by their customary laws.

The biological richness of the forests of Arunachal Pradesh are amongst the highest in the Himalayan region. The Western Arunachal Landscape, is endowed with luxuriant forests and a great diversity of plant and animal species, many of which are endemic to the Eastern Himalayas. The region is also a critical habitat for several species on the IUCN Red List such as the snow leopard, red panda, Asiatic black-bear, clouded leopard, golden cat, serow, and black-necked crane. Most of these threatened species are facing threats from habitat degradation and fragmentation, emerging developmental projects, hunting and other anthropogenic pressures. 

Approximately 0.18 million people (with ~80% rural population) depend on natural resources in Arunachal Pradesh. Mostly, a traditional agro-pastoral system is followed using available natural resources. The community manages oak (Quercusgriffithii) forests around their farmland to collect fallen leaves for the purpose of mulching, and also practice mixed cropping with a combination of legumes that helps maintain soil fertility. However, the traditional dependency and relationship between the local communities and natural resources is eroding; threatened by an increase in commercial demand and a breakdown of traditional institutional mechanisms. The forests of Arunachal Pradesh face several other threats i.e. forest fires, clearing of forests for commercial agriculture, monoculture plantations, linear infrastructure and mega-hydropower development.

To address some of these challenges, the local Monpa communities of the region have mobilized themselves around the Community Conserved Area (CCA) model. The work to establish CCA in the forest areas under their jurisdiction was initiated nearly a decade and half ago and currently there are nine CCAs covering around 1500 sq. km of forest. It all began in Thembang village in West Kameng district when the local community setting up the Thembang Bapu CCA on 30 km2 of forests under their custodianship. Later, this was expanded to cover 635 km2 encompassing dense forests with snow-capped mountains and high-altitude lakes that provide a secure habitat for threatened species including the red panda and snow leopard. In order to complement and strengthen the forest conservation initiative, community-based tourism (CBT) was introduced in 2009. The CCA Management Committee in Thembang has greatly matured and operates independently.  The Community Based Organization was also with a little support from WWF India able to manage and implement a project from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India on marketing their crop produce.  Community leaders and local team members from WWF-India will share insights and learning from the initial processes of CCA establishment and the journey so far.  

Speakers:

Jam Tsering, Zilla Parishad Member & Secretary, Thembang Bapu Community Conserved Area. 

Pema Wange Sr. Project Officer, WWF-India & Member, Thembang Bapu Community Conserved Area. 

Lham Tsering Field Officer, WWF-India & Member, PangchenLakhar Community Conserved Area. 

Kamal Medhi Landscape Coordinator, WAL, WWF-India.  

Pijush K Dutta Lead, Community Engagement, WWF-India

To view the previous webinars:

1. Fishing Communities of Loktak Lake, Manipur by Salam Rajesh

2. Wetland Conservation in Vidharba, Maharashtra by Manish Rajankar(BNVSAM) and Shalu Kolhe

3. Van Panchayats in Uttarakhand by Malika Virdi, Rekha Rautela and Beena Nitwal

For any query or to sign up to the CCA South Asia elist, please write to [email protected] 

Regards

ICCA South Regional Coordination Committee

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Book Release: The Miracle on Sunderbaag Street

Saturday, 03 October 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

Dear all,

Please see attached a poster announcing our second online event for children around one of the books that we recently published: The Miracle on Sunderbaag by Nandita da Cunha and illustrated by Priya Kuriyan.
This event is being organised in collaboration with Story Station and Katha Mehfil on October 4th at 4 pm.


Please do pass this around to children who may be interested in joining. Here is the zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81101735979

Thanks!

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Protected Area Update, October 2020, No. 147

Saturday, 03 October 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

To read the entire Newsletter, please click here.

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COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS & THE PANDEMIC: GRAM SABHAS LEAD THE WAY!

Saturday, 03 October 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

Part 2 of Extraordinary Work Of ‘Ordinary’ People is out: COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS & THE PANDEMIC: GRAM SABHAS LEAD THE WAY!

To read the full document please click here.

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CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT: What is it, how should it be implemented, and how is it being pushed through?

Tuesday, 08 September 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

A policy brief on the Critical Wildlife Habitat provision to be implemented in Protected Areas in India under the Forest Rights Act. It seeks to describe the provisions and their legal interpretation and how the process of declaration is being violated in Maharashtra.It includes suggested steps  to be followed for a meaningful implementation of the provisions 
The brief has been produced by ATREE and Kalpavriksh. 

To read the entire document, please click here.

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Protected Area Update, August 2020, No. 146

Monday, 07 September 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

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Janta Parliament, 2020: a brief overlook

Monday, 31 August 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

People’s Policy for Post COVID-19 Times

Janta Parliament Resolution

Janta Parliament Resolution in Hindi

Press Release

Brief statistics, information and highlights from the Janta Parliament

Links for all sessions and other details

Short video presenting the session’s key resolutions
Recording of the session on Environment
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Petition: Withdraw the draft Environment Impact Assessment notification 2020

Wednesday, 12 August 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

To read the full petition please click here.

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Protected Areas, Covid 19 and people’s rights

Wednesday, 29 July 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

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Reports on ‘Sandhani, Weaving Transformations in Kachchh, India’ Case Study

Wednesday, 22 July 2020 by Tanya Majmudar

FULL REPORT:

GUJARATI 

ENGLISH 

KEY FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS:

GUJARATI

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