JPAM UPDATE News on Action Towards Joint Protected Area Management No’s 1 -17 September 1994 - July 1998 ...\ak\jtmng\update\final\onefile.doc Notes: • This file version does not follow page numbering, page layout, fonts, etc. as they appear in hard copies of the Update • The entire file has been reduced to GeoSlab703 Lt BT font in 10 point. (This will appear as Times New Roman in systems where GeoSlab is not installed) 1 Ashish Kothari Project Director 23 November,1994 Dear Friend, As was decided in our September meeting on Exploring Joint Protected Area Management, we shall be starting with a regular Update to inform you of all the activities being undertaken within the purview of joint or participatory management of protected areas. Enclosed please find the first of these Updates. This Update is based on the information received or gathered by us since the workshop in September. It is possible that we have missed out on other follow-up being carried out by some of you; please inform us immediately so that we can include it in the next Update. Your comments on the Update are also eagerly awaited. Most important, however, PLEASE DO KEEP INFORMING US OF RELATED ACTIVITIES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH YOU THINK WOULD BE OF USE TO OTHERS AND WHICH SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE ISSUES. Mean while, I hope you have received the notice and invitation to the Protect Forests Protect Forest Dwellers Yatra that some of us are proposing to hold in January-February. If you have not already responded, Please do so immediately, as planning time is very short. Thanking You, with regards, Sincerely, (Ashish Kothari) ak\jtmng\update.ltr 2 JPAM UPDATE No. 1 November 1994 analyse the experiences from other countries. 1. 4. Action in specific protected areas: Coordination between Government * In sariska, Tarun Bharat Sangh has taken the Agencies in /around PAs: responsibility of helping the Forest Department to shift two * Sachin Sachdeva (CCE) has agreed to coordinate villages from the core area, as part of a larger process of with B.M.S.Rathore and Praveen Pardeshi (Collector, Latur), exploring joint management possibilities. Contact: Rajendra in exploring possibilities of integrating various governmental Singh, Tarun Bharat Sangh, Bhikampura-Kishori, via programmes and agencies with PA management activities. Thanagazi, Alwar 301002, Rajasthan. 5. ** Similarly, the Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC) Protect Forests Protect Forest Dwellers and Shankar Narayan have sent proposals to IDRC for JPAM Yatra follow-up in Gir. Contact: Bharat Pathak, Gujarat Ecology A Yatra has been proposed along some national Parks Commission, Geri campus, Race Course Rd. , Vadodara and Sanctuaries in Western India, to conduct a dialogue 390007, Gujarat. between local people of various areas, and between these people and the Forest Department. Invitations for this yatra, *** For Bhimashakar, at the request of Ekjoot Sanghatan, along with the proposed schedule, have already been mailed the Forest Department has agreed to organise a meeting off. Contacts: Rajendra Singh (as above); Anand Kapoor, between the officials and villagers, possibly sometime in Ekjoot Sanghatan, P.O. Narodi, Tal. Ambegaon, Dist. Pune December. 410503, Maharashtra; Ashish Kothari (IIPA). 2. Regional Meetings: 6. * Meeting have been held or are scheduled to be held Follow-up Coordination at various regional centers. For Gujarat and Rajasthan, CCE An informal meeting was held at IIPA on October 28 has proposed a meeting in December for coordination and regarding steps needed to facilitate and coordinate the various follow-up in these two states. Oral proposals about such follow-up actions emerging from the September Workshop. meetings have also come up from Karnataka, Assam, and Persons who were present: Dr.H.Ramachandran (LBSNAA), Uttar Pradesh. Contact for Gujarat/Rajasthan meetings: Ashok Chaudhary (VIKALP), Sachin Sachdeva (CCE), Sachin Sachdeva, Centre for Environmental Education, 24 Seema Bhatt (WWF), Vinod Rishi (MOEF), Ashish Kothari, Jawahar Nagar, Sawai Madhopur 322201, Rajasthan; Kiran Saloni Suri, and Neena Singh (IIPA), and Michael Desai, Centre for Environment Education, Taltaj Takra, Loevinsohn (IDRC). It was felt that a small steering group Ahemedabad 380054, Gujarat. would help in this coordination. Proposed members for this group are: Vinod Rishi/ Kishore Rao (MOEF), 3. Research projects: Representative of WII, Representative of WWF, Bittu Sehgal (IPT), Ashok Chaudhary (VIKALP), Kiran Desai (CCE), * B.M.S Rathore (WII), G.Raju (VIKSAT), and Vinod H.Ramachandran (LASNAA), Rajendra Singh (TBS), Ashish Risi (MoEF) have volunteered to help in the documentation Kothari (IIPA), Seshagiri Rao (IISc), and Michael of past experiences in JFM in their respective states. Seema Loevinsohn (IDRC). The LBS Academy has also proposed Bhatt (WWF) has expressed interest in working on expanding to host a small secretariat for this coordination work, and to the concept of protected areas, while B.J.Krishnan (Save hold a corpus fund which could be tapped by those involved Nilgiris Campaign) has Volunteered to look into the legal and in the follow-up activities. Comments and ideas on this policy changes required for JPAM. IIPA has proposed would be greatly appreciated. research on institutional and policy arrangements, and to --------------------------------------------------------- JAPM Update 1 was prepared By Neena Singh, Saloni Suri, and Ashish Kothari. Ideas and comments may please be addressed to Ashish Kothari, Indian Institute of Public Administration, I.P. Estate, New Delhi 110002. Ph: 3317309; Fax:3319954; Email:[email protected]. ak/jtmng\update1 Ashish Kothari Project Director 20 January, 1995 Dear friends, 3 As was decided in our September meeting on Exploring Joint Protected Area Management (JPAM), we shall be sending a regular Update to inform you of all the activities being undertaken within the purview of joint or participatory management of protected areas. Enclosed please find the second of these Updates. Your comments on this and the first Update are eagerly awaited. Most important, however, PLEASE DO KEEP INFORMING US OF JPAM RELATED ACTIVITIES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH YOU THINK WOULD BE OF USE TO OTHERS, AND WHICH SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE ISSUES. Thanking you, with regards, Sincerely, (Ashish Kothari) ak\jtmng\update2.ltr 4 JPAM UPDATE No. 2 January 1995 1. Action in specific protected areas As you may recall from Update1, a fund Steering Committee Though there appears to be action on the ground in some of was to be set up to deliberate on the proposals received on the six PAs discussed at the September 1994 workshop, no JPAM. An initial list of 9 members had been proposed, specific details are available. P.R. Seshagiri Rao, Indian namely Vinod Rishi/ Kishore Rao (MOEF), Representative Institute of Science has reported that, independently of this of WII, Representative of WWF, Bittu Sehgal (IPT), Ashok initiative, there is a move towards joint management of Chaudhary (VIKALP), Kiran Desai (CCE), H.Ramachandran Nagarahole National Park. He has promised to send details, (LBSNAA), Rajendra Singh (TBS), Ashish Kothari (IIPA), or request the concerned forest officers and NGOs to send us Seshagiri Rao (IISc), and Michael Loevinsohn (IDRC). a write-up. Under a proposal entitled " New Directions in Conservation of Wild Habitats", Prof. Ramachandran from LBSNA had outlined 2. Regional Meetings the structure and functions of Steering Committee. IDRC has given an initial grant of Rs. 23 lakhs for JPAM work, which a. The Centre for Environment Education and other groups in this Committee is to disburse. This fund has been called the collaboration with the Forest Department had planned a "New Directions in Conservation Fund (NDCF)". regional workshop on joint management in early January, at Sawai Madhopur. However, due to the upcoming elections, it There was a meeting of the Steering Committee in Dehra Dun was felt that many people may not be able to participate. The on January 3, 1995 in which the following proposals for meeting has been postponed to mid-February; exact dates are funding were discussed. not yet fixed. Contact: Sachin Sachdeva, Centre for Environment Education, 25 Jawahar Nagar, Sawai Madhopur, i. Shankar Narayan's proposal on " Protected Area Rajasthan. Ph: 07462-20210. Management Strategy for the Gir National Park, in Gujarat " (no amount specified). b. A proposal for a regional meeting in the North-east has ii.The Gujarat Ecological Commission's proposal of initiating a been made by Dhrupad Choudhry of the G.B. Pant Institute. pilot Environmental Awareness and Communication programme This is to be considered by the funding Steering Committee for Junagadh (Gir). GEC says it can take up JPAM for the (see below) in March. Dates and venue are yet to be fixed. area due their strong existing networking of NGOs in Gir and Contact: Dhrupad Choudhry, Scientist-in-Charge, G.B Pant surrounds (Rs. 32 lakhs). Institute of Environment and Development, North-eastern Unit, iii.IIPA's proposal on " Towards Participatory Management of OB 49 Naga Shopping Arcade (Supermarket complex), Protected Areas", which includes research and networking as a Dimapur - 797112, Nagaland. follow-up to the September workshop (Rs. 11 lakhs). iv. Dr. Ramachandran's proposal to produce a newsletter on 3. Jungle Jivan Bachao Yatra JPAM, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy, Mussoorie (Rs. 2 lakhs). The Jungle Jivan Bachao Yatra, which was reported in the v. Ashish Kothari's proposal for part funding of the Jungle first Update, and about which two circulars have been sent to Jivan Bachao Yatra (Rs. 60,000). readers, has commenced from Sariska National Park on January 15. As reported earlier, this Yatra is being taken with While the last two were accepted in principle, revisions of the the primary purpose of initiating a dialogue between local other proposals have been sought before a decision is taken. people of various areas, and between these people and the A formal note on this is awaited from Dr.