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Mountain Voices and Community Actions: Local Initiatives in Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihoods in Central Asia Mountain Voices and Community Actions: Local Initiatives in Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihoods in Central Asia (TCF Grant 2007-03075) Final Report Activities and Accomplishments Submitted to The Christensen Fund, Palo Alto, California Attention: Erjen Khamaganova, Program Officer - Central Asia & Turkey Submitted by CAT Action Treasury/Snow Leopard Conservancy Prepared by Dr. Rodney Jackson and Dr. Nandita Jain Date: March 1, 2010 Mountain Voices & Community Actions – Final Report (Snow Leopard Conservancy) 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary........................................................................................................................ 3 1. Introduction and Rationale.......................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Background ....................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Project Sites ...................................................................................................................... 5 2. Project Goal, Objectives and Activities......................................................................................7 3. Objective and Activity Reporting ............................................................................................... 7 3.1 Revisions and Adjustments............................................................................................... 9 3.2 Build Capacity in Local Organizations........................................................................... 10 3.3 Support Conservation – Livelihood Field Initiatives...................................................... 17 3.4 Support Sustainable Hunting Initiatives ......................................................................... 22 3.5 Improve Access by Local Practitioners and Other Stakeholders to Information & Materials ............................................................................................................................... 25 4. Evaluation ................................................................................................................................. 25 5. Conclusions and Recommendations ......................................................................................... 27 Acknowledgements....................................................................................................................... 30 APPENDICES .............................................................................................................................. 31 Appendix 1-1: Introductory APPA Workshop Schedule & Major Topics................................... 32 Appendix 1-2: Organizations and Participants attending the APPA Workshop........................... 33 Appendix 2-1: Field Training Course in Wildlife Appraisal & Planning for Biodiversity Linked Livelihoods ................................................................................................................................... 37 Appendix 2-2: Assessing Traditional Ecological Knowledge using APPA & other participatory tools – examples of information gathered..................................................................................... 39 Appendix 3-1: PhotoVoice and Community-based Resource Conservation Training Workshop Schedule, Topics & Participants................................................................................................... 40 Appendix 3-2: A Summary of PhotoVoice – Goals and Process.................................................. 44 Appendix 4-1: Activity Plan for Pyshart Community-based Conservation Area for 2008 .......... 48 Appendix 4.2 SWOT Analysis of Potential Problems/barriers & Opportunities for Herder- supported Tourism Livelihoods .................................................................................................... 50 Appendix 5: Proposal Guidelines for Community Grants............................................................ 52 Appendix 6: Khijez (Giesev) Community Grant Proposal........................................................... 54 Appendix 7: Batchor Community Grant Proposal........................................................................ 60 Appendix 8-1: Background information on Marco Polo Sheep Trophy Hunting in Tajikistan ... 69 Appendix 8-2: Government Agencies and Laws relating to Trophy Hunting in Tajikistan......... 76 Appendix 8-3: Participants and Agenda of Initial Consultative Workshop on Trophy Hunting.. 79 Appendix 8-4: Recommendations – First Consultative Workshop on Trophy Hunting ............. 84 Appendix 8-5: Recommendations – Second Consultative Workshop on Trophy Hunting......... 93 Appendix 9: List of other outputs generated................................................................................ 96 Mountain Voices & Community Actions – Final Report (Snow Leopard Conservancy) 2 Executive Summary The Christensen Fund provided CAT/Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC) with a two-year grant to support implementation of participatory, community-driven initiatives aimed at fostering stewardship of biological diversity and cultural heritage in tandem with the development of sustainable livelihoods within several communities in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan and Afghanistan. This project builds upon the Christensen Fund planning grant (Mountain Cultures, Keystone Species: Exploring the Role of Cultural Keystone Species in Central Asia) that examined the cultural role of ecologically important species and identified opportunities for community-based biodiversity conservation action. Project objectives include building the capacity of local organizations for integrated participatory planning and action, providing training in emerging planning tools like PhotoVoice and Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action (APPA), along with supporting pilot, innovative, grass-roots community biodiversity conservation and livelihood initiatives implemented by local organizations. Working with the Dushanbe-based NGO Nature Protection Team (NPT), we completed two training courses: (1) a 7-day introductory course in Khorog covering facilitation, natural resources and biodiversity, and participatory planning skills using Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action (APPA), and attended by 18 participants representing NGOs, private companies, research institutions, community-based organizations, government and international projects and (2) a practical workshop on using Photovoice for facilitating natural resource management. With the Murghab Ecotourism Association (META), SLC completed (1) a special training for the local herding community in Uch Kol (South Alichur Range), attended by 11 participants, including four women and a nature guide from Kyrgyzstan, and (2) hands-on-training in a Batchor, small village which suffers from livestock depredation due to predators like the wolf and endangered snow leopard. Primary objectives of these training initiatives included introducing participants to important biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management concepts. Following these training and planning workshops, we provided grants to two communities (Batchor and Khijez, also known as Geisev) with potential for linking income generation. Both grants were administered through the SUBVO, with support from MSDSP. The appreciative inquiry process utilized throughout better enabled participants to discover, discuss and reflect on the assets they valued (winter and summer pastures, wildlife hotspots, springs and streams, cultural resources and sacred areas, etc.) through the use of easily-applied participatory tools such as spatial mapping, trend lines, seasonal patterns, and PhotoVoice. For reasons outlined in the interim report, we were unable to organize a study tour of community-based trophy hunting programs in Pakistan. Instead NPT organized several consultative workshops involving the responsible governmental agencies to discuss how Tajikistan’s hunting regulations and policies might benefit local communities while fostering biodiversity conservation. In collaboration with MSDSP, we co-financed an expert from India to conduct a Training of Trainers (ToT) course for naturalist guides in the Bartang Valley. Selected materials and outputs from the training workshops and community planning initiatives have been translated into Russian, and will be posted on SLC’s website for access by other development- conservation practitioners of the region. NPT will distribute hard-copies to interested persons and organizations in Tajikistan. Mountain Voices & Community Actions – Final Report (Snow Leopard Conservancy) 3 1. Introduction and Rationale 1.1 Background The Christensen Fund provided CAT/Snow Leopard Conservancy with a two-year grant to support implementation of participatory, community-driven initiatives aimed at fostering the stewardship of biological diversity in tandem with the development of sustainable livelihoods within several communities in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan and Afghanistan. The Mountain Voices and Community Actions project builds upon an earlier Christensen Fund planning grant titled Mountain Cultures, Keystone Species: Exploring the Role of Cultural Keystone Species in Central Asia, which examined cultural concepts analogous to roles played by ecologically important species in the communities of Tajikistan’s Pamir mountains, and identified opportunities for fostering community-based biodiversity conservation. The planning
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