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Annual Report 2011-2012 Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning ANNUAL REPORT 2011–2012 Once wild, runs wild again Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning ANNUAL REPORT 2011–2012 MISSION STATEMENT Action research for ecological restoration, conservation and natural resources management. 1 Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning (FERAL) Registered Office: No.27, 2nd Cross Appavou Nagar, Vazhakulam, Puducherry - 605 012, India Tel: 91-413-2225441 Web: http://www.feralindia.org Email: [email protected] Cover Photos: Front: View of the Mundanthurai plateau © Srinivas Vaidyanathan Back: View of Agastiamalai (Agasthia Koodam) © Gopinath Sricandane www.feralindia.org 2 Table of Contents 1. Mandate 4 2. Programme Areas and Projects 7 3. Wildlife Biology and Conservation 11 4. Learning and Study Abroad 25 5. Natural Resources Management 31 6. Marine Sciences 36 7. Workshops and Conferences 41 8. Publications 46 9. Administrative Information 47 www.feralindia.org 3 MANDATE Our mandate is to provide a base and support for researchers to follow their interests and priorities. Furthermore, to impart training in ecological research, techniques and tools. And finally, to use ecological data to solve issues in natural resource management, conservation and advocacy. FERAL – once wild, run wild again. oundation or goal of our organisation is to find ways to help F natural processes return to a more natural or less degraded state. cology, as we define it, is the study of the interactions of E organisms within and across species in a shifting landscape of communities subject to the physical environments they inhabit. Our primary focus of work studies the interface and relationship between ecology and society. esearch is the key ingredient to our understanding of Recological systems. We believe that ecological science is not well enough established to make broad prescriptions that apply universally. Thus each ecological dilemma needs rigorous analysis that can then provide guidelines for local action. dvocacy for appropriate natural resource management is A the fourth lynchpin of our organisation. For us this is a mix of negotiation, facilitation and mediation where possible, but as a last resort litigation is also a potential option. earning is the final head on our chimera. To keep abreast of Ldevelopments in this young science, we continuously strive to learn more and pass on these learnings. Newer techniques for analysis, new tools and new developments in the field of ecology, action research and advocacy keep us constantly on our toes. FERAL is a non profit Trust formed on the 22nd of July 1997. We are a team working on various topics of ecological research, natural resource management, environment education and training. Our activities are co-ordinated from the campus close to Pondicherry and our office in Bangalore. We also have field stations located at Ariyankavu (Kerala), Saptur (Tamil Nadu) and Sirsi (Karnataka). www.feralindia.org 4 THE YEAR THAT WAS It has been a busy year at FERAL with over twenty projects and studies running concurrently. Wildlife biology and conservation was our largest programme this year with a number of new projects, largely focussing on connectivity between habitats and animal movement dynamics in the Southern Western Ghats. Networking and collaborations with other institutions was another high point of the year. We continued to build upon our Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) initiative with two new projects and we successfully wrapped up a large initiative in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. FERAL ran a number of outreach programmes and workshops this year. These included sessions to discuss options in co- management with fishing communities, and awareness raising among school children and in settlements on WASH. Several meetings with communities on conservation issues and work- shops on reverse auctions for Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) for farmers were conducted. GIS and remote sensing workshops for researchers and conservation practicioners were held in partnership with other institutions working in the Western Ghats. This has opened up various potential collaborations on longer term research and capacity building. Our work in the Nicobar islands continues with the “coconut project.” We initiated a project in the Great Himalayan National Park looking at fire-vegetation-grazing dynamics. A fall semester on Sustainable Development in India was conducted for the first time on the study abroad program with five students and was very successful. Our study abroad course in marine science initiative continues to build upon previous work with five students successfully completing yet another semester on the program. We also initiated the marine sciences programme to address all coastal and marine conservation issues. Read on for more details.... www.feralindia.org 5 6 www.feralindia.org PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS www.feralindia.org 7 8 www.feralindia.org We have four programme areas which correspond to our long term priorities. Each of these is headed by a senior research scholar and comprise of one or more projects. These are: 1. Wildlife biology and conservation 2. Learning and study abroad 3. Natural resources management and 4. Marine sciences We remain involved in field based research, much of which involves community participation and is both socially and environmentally relevant. Emphasis on quantitative techniques and application of spatial technologies is an integral part of all our research projects. The following table summarises the projects that were implemented during the period 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012. Subsequent sections present a summary of each project. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION Sl. Projects Supporting Institution PI/Head Budget No. CEPF-ATREE Spatial decision support for conservation 1 Western Ghats Small R.S.Bhalla $ 19,925 planning in the Western Ghats Grants Programme Bridging the Shencottah Gap: How Paymentsfor Ecosystem Services Can Critical Ecosystems Srinivas 2 $ 499,443 RestoreBiodiversity Outside Protected Partnership Fund Vaidyanathan Areas in India DST, Women ` 9,98,000 Distribution of Primates of the Genus Scientists Scheme 3 Sunita Ram + Semnopithecus Primate Conservation ` 1,55,951 Inc., USA Primate Conservation 4 Gastrointestinal parasites in langurs Sunita Ram ` 1,13,216 Inc., USA Aditya Functional connectivity for large mammals Wildlife Conservation Gangadharan 5 in the Southern Western Ghats, India, $ 16,000 Society & Srinivas linking movements & distribution Vaidyanathan Aditya Functional connectivity for large mammals U.S.Fish & Wild life Gangadharan 6 in the Southern Western Ghats, India, $ 49,810 Services & Srinivas linking movements & distribution Vaidyanathan Forest Dept. of 7 Conservation of Kazhuveli Wetland R.S.Bhalla ` 63,000 Tamilnadu Consumer control and vegetation Rajat response: the fire-vegetation-grazing Ruffords Small grants 8 Ramakant £ 6,000 dynamics in the Western Himalayan for Nature Conservation Nayak landscape Gap analysis of the Periyar- Agastyamalai CEPF-ATREE 9 landscape for arboreal mammal Western Ghats Small H.S.Sushma $ 19,046.50 conservation Grants Programme Exploring Sustainable Landuse Practices Robin Abraham Critical Ecosystems 10 in Rubber Plantations in a Critical wildlife & Srinivas $ 39,833 Partnership Fund Corridor Vaiydanathan 9 LEARNING AND STUDY ABROAD Sl. Projects Supporting Institution PI/Head Budget No. Neil Pelkey & FERAL–KSAC Spring 2012 - Marine KSAC-Juniata College – 11 Tara Nicole $ 32,500 Science in India Programme USA Lawrence Neil Pelkey & Fall program : FERAL-KSAC Sustainable KSAC-Juniata College – 12 Tara Nicole $ 32,500 Development in India program USA Lawrence CEPF – ATREE Building Capacities for Conservation 13 Western Ghats Small R.S.Bhalla $ 18,888.75 Planning using open source tools Grants Programme NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Sl. Projects Supporting Institution PI/Head Budget No. Establishing small scale coconut St.Andrews Prize for the 14 Rauf Ali extraction units in the Nicobar Islands Environment Community based water and sanitation 15 UN-HABITAT, Nairobi Abraham V.A. $ 168,000 facilities Benjamin 16 WASH in schools in Krishnagiri UNICEF ` 5,01,000 Larroquette MOES India - NERC UK. Hydrologic and carbon services in the 17 Changing Water Cycles R.S.Bhalla ` 45,20,744 Western Ghats Awards India MARINE SCIENCES Sl. Projects Supporting Institution PI/Head Budget No. R.S. Bhalla, Neil W. Pelkey, Long Term Funding Mechanisms for the 18 UNDP - New Delhi Benjamin ` 11,96,081 Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust Laroquette, Dipani Sutaria Ecological status of Artisanal fisheries Ruffords Small grants Tara Nicole 19 £ 5,921 resources along the Coromandel coast for Nature Conservation Lawrence Co-Management Fisheries along Department of Science & Tara Nicole 20 ` 22,66,110 Coromandel coast technology, New Delhi Lawrence 10 WILDLIFE BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 11 he focus of this programme is to undertake scientific research on wildlife and use the outputs to steer conservation interventions. In the year gone by, FERAL Timplemented six new projects under this programme. Our long term commitment to address conservation issues in the Periyar-Agastyamalai landscape continued this year with the initiation of three new projects. Our efforts to conserve the Kalivelli wetland continued with one short term study. We also initiated a three year study in the Great Himalayan National Park. The year has also seen a substantial increase in projects as well as researchers
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