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Using Freshwater Kbas for Informing Conservation and Development Policy and Action in Kerala and Tamil Nadu Using freshwater KBAs for informing conservation and development policy and action in Kerala and Tamil Nadu Results from the ‘Refining and validating freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) for Kerala and Tamil Nadu’ workshops IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) May 2014 (workshops: 3-14 March 2014, Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu) Funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) www.cepf.net The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International, the European Union, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank. A fundamental goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation. Contents 1. Key terms in regional languages ......................................................................................................... 3 2. Background ......................................................................................................................................... 6 3. Participants ......................................................................................................................................... 8 4. What is a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA)? ............................................................................................... 9 5. Results of KBA delineation and validation workshops ........................................................................ 9 6. KBA data informing policy and action ............................................................................................... 15 7. Recommendations for future work .................................................................................................. 16 8. KBA data availability .......................................................................................................................... 16 9. References: ....................................................................................................................................... 22 Annex I. Example of KBA data sheet – Periyar KBA .............................................................................. 23 Annex II. KBA trigger species................................................................................................................. 28 Molluscs ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Odonata ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Shrimps ............................................................................................................................................. 28 CRABS ................................................................................................................................................ 29 Plants ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Fishes ................................................................................................................................................ 30 Annex III. KBA potential site champions and stakeholders .................................................................. 31 Annex IV. Non KBA specific stakeholders ............................................................................................. 34 Annex V. a) Conservation projects; b) Development projects relevant for KBA data .......................... 37 Citation: IUCN. 2014. Using freshwater KBAs for informing conservation and development policy and action in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Results from the ‘Refining and validating freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) for Kerala and Tamil Nadu’ workshops, May 2014. IUCN, Cambridge, UK. Photo on cover page: Pykara Water Falls, Tamil Nadu (in the Moyar KBA) If you have any questions regarding the data and outputs presented in this report, please contact the IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit ([email protected]) 1. Key terms in regional languages Translators: Malayalam - Sreedhar Vijayakrishan; Tamil - P. Jeganathan; Kannada - Sanjay Gubbi; Hindi - Sameer Kumar Pati. Kerala Tamil Nadu Karnataka Hindi (Malayalam) (Tamil) (Kannada) Biodiversity fêÀªÉÊ«zsÀå Aquatic plants ൾ ¤Ãj£À°è ¨É¼ÉAiÀÄĪÀ VqÀUÀ¼ÀÄ Freshwater fish ¹»¤Ãj£À «ÄãÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ ൾ Molluscs ªÀÄÈzÀéAVUÀ¼ÀÄ Odonata (dragonflies & MqÉÆ£Ál (KgÉÆÃ¥ÉèÃ£ï – damselflies) amÉÖ & qÁªÀiï¸É¯ïì) Shrimps ൻ ¹ÃUÀr Crabs Kr IUCN Red List of LAiÀÄĹJ£ï PÉA¥ÀÄ Threatened Species ¥ÀnÖAiÀÄ°ègÀĪÀ C¥ÁAiÀÄPÉÆ̼ÀUÁzÀ ¥Àæ¨sÉÃzÀUÀ¼ÀÄ Critically Endangered ർ wêÀæªÁV (IUCN Red List Category) C½«£ÀAa£À°ègÀĪÀªÀÅUÀ¼ÀÄ (LAiÀÄĹJ£ï PÉA¥ÀÄ ¥ÀnÖ ªÀUÀð) Endangered C½«£ÀAa£À°ègÀĪÀªÀÅUÀ¼ÀÄ (IUCN Red List Category) (LAiÀÄĹJ£ï PÉA¥ÀÄ ¥ÀnÖ ªÀUÀð) Vulnerable C¥ÁAiÀÄPÉÌqÉAiÀiÁUÀ§®èAx (IUCN Red List Category) Á (LAiÀÄĹJ£ï PÉA¥ÀÄ ¥ÀnÖ ªÀUÀð) Data Deficient ªÀiÁ»w PÉÆgÀvÉ (IUCN Red List Category) (LAiÀÄĹJ£ï PÉA¥ÀÄ ¥ÀnÖ ªÀUÀð) Freshwater Key ജല ¹»¤Ãj£À ªÀÄÄRå Biodiversity Areas (KBA) fêÀªÉÊ«zsÀå ¥ÀæzÉñÀUÀ¼ÀÄ ൾ (PÉ©J) ( Kerala Tamil Nadu Karnataka Hindi (Malayalam) (Tamil) (Kannada) KBA Criteria KBA PÉ©J ¤zsÁðgÀPÀ CA±À KBA Criteria ൽ PÉ©J ¤zsÁðgÀPÀ CA±À Criterion 1: A site is ¤zsÁðgÀPÀ CA±À 1: known or thought to hold MAzÀÄ CxÀªÁ ºÉaÑ£À a significant number of ¸ÀASÉåAiÀÄ°è ¥Àæ¥ÀAZÀzÁzÀåAvÀ one or more globally threatened species or C¥ÁAiÀÄPÉÆ̼ÀUÁzÀ other species of CxÀªÁ ¸ÀAgÀPÀëuÁ zÀȶ֬ÄAzÀ ªÀĺÀvÀéªÁzÀ conservation concern. ¥Àæ¨sÉÃzÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ºÉÆA¢gÀĪÀ CxÀªÁ ºÉÆAzÀ§ºÀÄzÁzÀ ¸ÀܼÀ KBA Criteria PÉ©J ¤zsÁðgÀPÀ CA±À Criterion 2: A site is ¤zsÁðgÀPÀ CA±À 2: known or thought to hold ൽ GvÀÛªÀÄ ¸ÀASÉåAiÀÄ°è non-trivial numbers of MAzÀÄ CxÀªÁ ºÉaÑ£À one or more species (or ൾ (CxÀªÁ ¥Àæ¨sÉÃzÀQÌAvÀ infraspecific taxa as / PɼÀªÀÄlÖzÀ ¸ÀÆPÀÛ appropriate) of restricted ªÀVÃðPÀgÀt) ¤§ðA¢üvÀ ªÀ®AiÀÄzÀ ¥Àæ¨sÉÃzÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß range. ºÉÆA¢gÀĪÀAxÁ CxÀªÁ ºÉÆAzÀ§ºÀÄzÁzÀ ¸ÀܼÀ KBA Criteria PÉ©J ¤zsÁðgÀPÀ CA±À Criterion 3: A site is ¤zsÁðgÀPÀ CA±À 3: ¸ÀÆPÀÛ known or thought to hold ൽ fêÀ¨sËUÉÆýPÀ WÀlPÀ CxÀªÁ WÀlPÀUÀ½UÉ a significant component of the group of species «ÄwUÉÆAqÀ ¥Àæ¨sÉÃzÀUÀ¼À ഉൽ UÀÄgÀÄvÀgÀ ¨sÁUÀzÀ that are confined to an appropriate UÀÄA¥À£ÀÄß ºÉÆA¢gÀĪÀAxÁ CxÀªÁ biogeographic unit or ºÉÆAzÀ§ºÀÄzÁzÀ ¸ÀܼÀ units. KBA Focal Areas ൾ PÉ©J PÉÃA¢æÃPÀÈvÀ ¥ÀæzÉñÀUÀ¼ÀÄ KBA Trigger species PÉ©J PÁAiÀÄð ¥ÉæÃjvÀ ¥Àæ¨sÉÃzÀUÀ¼ÀÄ Kerala Tamil Nadu Karnataka Hindi (Malayalam) (Tamil) (Kannada) Conservation actions ¸ÀAgÀPÀëuÁ PÁAiÀÄðUÀ¼ÀÄ ൾ Threats ൾ C¥ÁAiÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ Stakeholders കർ ൾ ¨sÁVÃzÁgÀgÀÄ 2. Background In 2013, CEPF funded IUCN to build upon the IUCN Red List Assessments of freshwater biodiversity (published in 2011, see Molur et al. 2011) by working with relevant stakeholders to identify and validate Key Biodiversity Areas for Kerala and Tamil Nadu (see Figure 1 for the project region). The aim of this project was to better inform conservation and development activities in the region by providing reliable and accurate data on important sites for freshwater biodiversity, and to identify policy (and conservation action) relevant opportunities. To engage with relevant stakeholders and experts three workshops were ran in March, 2014 at the Keystone Foundation in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu (details below in Table 1.). The first two workshops (‘KBA delineation & validation’ - one for Kerala and one for Tamil Nadu), focused on delineating the KBA boundaries and identifying the threats, conservation needs and ‘site champions’ (stakeholders) for the KBA sites. The resulting freshwater KBA’s of Kerala and Tamil Nadu were then reviewed at the ‘end use and application’ workshop, where opportunities for incorporating the KBA data into existing conservation and development planning activities, policy and other processes were discussed. Table 1. Workshops Workshop KBA delineation & validation KBA delineation & validation KBA end use & data Kerala Tamil Nadu application Dates Mon 3rd – Wed 5th Fri 7th – Sun 9th Thu 13th – Fri 14th (3 days) (3 days) (2 days) KBA delineation and validation workshop for Kerala © Kevin Smith Figure 1. The KBA project region, defined by catchments delineated by the HydroBASINS sub-catchment layer (Lehner and Grill 2013) 3. Participants KBA delineation & validation - Kerala Left – right: Emma Brooks (IUCN); Sanjay Molur [back] (Zoo Outreach Organisation & IUCN SSC South Asian Invertebrate SG); Rajeev Raghavan [front] (Conservation Research Group & IUCN SSC Freshwater Fish Specialist Group); Anvar Ali (Kerala State Fisheries Department & Conservation Research Group), K.A. Subbramanian (Zoological Survey of India); Latha Anatha (River Research Centre); K.H. Amitha Bachan (Western Ghats Hornbill Foundation); T.R. Vinod (Centre for Environment and Development); K.V. Jayachandran [front] (Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies); [back] P.O. Nameer (College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University); Neelesh Dahanukar (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research). Not in photograph: Kevin Smith (IUCN) KBA delineation & validation - Tamil Nadu Left – right: Emma Brooks (IUCN); Priyanka Iyer (Zoo Outreach Organisation); Emma Steigerwald (Zoo Outreach Organisation); Keerthi Krutha [front] (Zoo Outreach Organisation); Neelesh Dahanukar [back] (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research); Sanjay Molur [front] (Zoo Outreach Organisation & IUCN SSC South Asian Invertebrate SG); Rajeev Raghavan [back]
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