GOVERNMENT OF KERALA THIRTEENTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN (2017-2022) WORKING GROUP ON BIODIVERSITY REPORT AGRICULTURE DIVISION STATE PLANNING BOARD THIRUVANANTHAPURAM MARCH 2017 CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Twelfth Five Year Plan- An Overview .................................................................................................. 2 Brief Review of Status of PBR and Plan Funding ............................................................................................. 2 Salient Achievements during 12th Five Year Plan ............................................................................................ 3 Chapter 3 Conservation of Biodiversity - Kerala.................................................................................................... 4 Biodiversity Scenario of Kerala ............................................................................................................................ 4 Floral Diversity ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Endemic Species of Kerala ............................................................................................................................... 5 Faunal Diversity of Kerala ................................................................................................................................ 5 Marine Biodiversity of Kerala .......................................................................................................................... 6 Agro Biodiversity ............................................................................................................................................... 6 Recommendations of Working Group ................................................................................................................ 8 Conservation of Floral and Faunal Diversity ................................................................................................ 8 Mapping, Management and Restoration of Unique and Degraded Ecosystems ..................................... 9 Below Ground Biological Diversity (BGBD) ............................................................................................. 10 Invasive Species Management........................................................................................................................ 11 Coastal Ecosystem ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Wetland Ecosystems ........................................................................................................................................ 12 Agro Ecosystem ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Urban Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Chapter 4 Sources of Data and Data Sharing ....................................................................................................... 15 Sources of Data ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Recommendations of Working Group .............................................................................................................. 16 Creation of a Biodiversity Cell for Local Knowledge-Science -Policy Interface ................................... 16 Data Sharing Policy ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Biodiversity Information System ................................................................................................................... 17 Chapter 5 State Biodiversity Strategies, Action Plan and Indicators ................................................................. 18 National and State Scenario ................................................................................................................................ 18 Recommendations of Working Group .............................................................................................................. 18 Outcome Area 1: Dynamic Conservation of Biodiversity ........................................................................ 19 Outcome Area 2: Cultivation of Biodiversity (Promotion of Bio-diverse/Eco-Agriculture) ............. 19 Outcome Area 3: (Sustainable) Consumption of Biodiversity ................................................................. 19 Outcome Area 4: Commerce (with conscience) of Biodiversity ............................................................. 19 Outcome Area 5: Biodiversity Management and Implementation .......................................................... 19 State Biodiversity Targets (2017-2022) .............................................................................................................. 19 Outcome Area 1: Dynamic Conservation of Biodiversity ........................................................................ 19 Outcome Area 2: Cultivation of Biodiversity .............................................................................................. 21 Outcome Area 3: (Sustainable) Consumption of Biodiversity ................................................................. 22 Outcome Area 4: Commerce (with conscience) of Biodiversity ............................................................. 23 Outcome Area 5: Indicators for Biodiversity Management Planning and Implementation ................ 23 Way Forward .......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Chapter 6 Role of LSG and BMC in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Utilization ....................... 25 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 Present Structure of LSG in Kerala .............................................................................................................. 25 KSBB Study of BMCs ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Recommendations of Working Group .............................................................................................................. 27 Strengthening Institutional Structure of BMC ............................................................................................ 27 Model BMC ...................................................................................................................................................... 32 Landscape Level Approach to Conservation through Joint BMC .......................................................... 35 Chapter 7 Peoples Biodiversity Register- Decentralized Planning .................................................................... 38 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 Applications of Knowledge Recorded in PBR................................................................................................. 40 Recommendations of the Working Group ....................................................................................................... 41 Periodic Updation of PBR for Participatory Biodiversity Monitoring and Reporting ......................... 41 Documentation and Database of Best Practises in Uncodified Traditional Knowledge ..................... 42 PBR Digitization for Data Management and Analysis .............................................................................. 43 PBR as a Text Book and Panchayat as a Classroom .................................................................................. 43 PBR and Biodiversity Heritage Sites ............................................................................................................. 44 PBR and LSG ................................................................................................................................................... 44 Chapter 8 Biodiversity And Livelihood Enhancement ........................................................................................ 45 _Toc484165450 Community Seed Banks for Ex Situ Conservation of Local Landraces ...................................................... 45 Integration of Biodiversity and Agro Production System .............................................................................. 46 Integration of Conservation of RET (Rare, Endangered and Threatened) Trees in Coffee Agro System ................................................................................................................................................................ 46 Integration of Biodiversity and Agro-Aqua Production Systems ............................................................ 47 Sustainable extraction of Non-Wood Forest Resources (NWFR) .......................................................... 49 Chapter 9 Access