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92 • Appendix 1 even sand mining. These areas need to be brought under restoration programmes. 3.5. Awareness programmes: Programmes that spread conservation education and awareness across the entire cross-section of the administration and civil society need to be developed. These need to target citizens, policy makers, rural and urban schools, army, judiciary, industry, media, tourism and other stakeholders. 3.6. Involvement of technical staff in monitoring and research: Wildlife department staff should periodically be trained in evolving techniques in wildlife management on a continuing basis. Their skills should be enhanced through training by scientists and through partnerships with scientific organizations. Such organizations should be encouraged to work towards research and conservation work in partnership with wildlife department staff. 3.7. Developing income generation programmes such as community-based ecotourism: For effective conservation, income generation programmes are extremely important that can help reduce peoples’ dependence on the natural resources. Community-based eco-tourism can augment local incomes while also strengthening local participation in conservation. This should be done through a proper eco-tourism policy and management plans, both at macro and micro levels. 4. Expectations of the State Wildlife Department From Project Snow Leopard 4.1. Effective high altitude wildlife conservation: The Project Snow Leopard should lead to measurable improvement in the status of wildlife populations and their habitats. 4.1.1. Administrative, financial, and others: The PSL should facilitate the formulation of well informed, scientific management plans and micro-plans. Lack of resources has been identified as a major constraint and it is hoped that the PSL will provide adequate resources for the formulation and implementation of these plans. 4.1.2. Maintain and restore biodiversity status: The PSL should focus on maintaining the wildlife values in good biodiversity areas, while those areas that have been degraded should be restored. 4.1.3. Research, monitoring and information: Information on species, ecological communities and ecosystems are lacking at present and it is hoped that the PSL will help bridge this gap. 4.1.4. Infrastructure and resources: PSL needs to ensure timely formulation of management strategies, and provisioning and timely release of funds for the necessary infrastructure, adequate equipment and field-gear. 4.1.5. Training of staff and capacity development: Capacity development of the staff in scientific skills such as management planning, wildlife monitoring and participatory approaches is extremely important to keep them well informed and capable. PSL should facilitate periodic training of staff, including study tours to other conservation
Towards Project Snow Leopard • 93 areas in India and abroad. 4.2. Upliftment of rural livelihoods: The ultimate goal of the PSL should be to conserve wildlife in partnership with the local human population. The program should benefit local people in improving their quality of life through suitable alternative livelihoods and better facilities. 5. Activities Under the Proposed ‘Project Snow Leopard’ Several activities need to be undertaken under PSL. Those that need to be started immediately include: 5.1. Consultations: There are numerous other stakeholders whose contributions should be solicited for designing the PSL. These include the state Forest Department, Local bodies such as village councils, Panchayats, Community Based Organizations, Hill Council, Agricultural department, Animal Husbandry, legislators/ parliamentarians, local NGOs, International and National collaborations, Universities, Tourism Department, ex-officers of the Wildlife Department, and Law enforcement agencies. Further consultations or meetings should be organized with these agencies in the coming year to identify their key concerns and their expectations from the PSL. 5.2. Departmental surveys in areas listed under PSL: Numerous areas listed as project sites have not been assessed for their wildlife populations and habitats in recent years. Rapid surveys need to undertaken to ascertain the occurrence of species, information on their status and the primary threats. 5.3. Review Annual Plan of Operations (APO) for last 2 decades: The Department should review the APOs for the last 20 years to look at the activities undertaken and to also assess the impact of APOs on wildlife and wildlife habitats. 5.4. Plan the National Consultation: A National Consultation on the PSL is being planned by the JK Wildlife Department, together with NCF-ISLT with support from the MoEF. This consultation will help in providing a platform for all the five project states to combine their concerns and expectations from the PSL and prepare the final plan for the PSL. The honorable state Forest Minister, Mr. G.M. Sofi and the Principal Secretary (Forests), Ms. S. Kumar, have kindly offered to host this consultation in Ladakh in 2005. Follow-up action: As an immediate output, this workshop report has been drafted with the key points of the discussions. A ‘Core Group’ is to be formulated with c. 5 members from the State Wildlife Department, headed by the Chief Wildlife Warden. The core group also includes Dr. Yash Veer Bhatnagar, and Dr. Charudutt Mishra from NCF-ISLT, India, and Dr. R.S. Chundawat from ISLT. The Core Group will work closely for PSL formulation and coordinating the associated activities.
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