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Team Leader for GIZ Indo-German Project on Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation
Proportion of the area of the contribution comprising Key Biodiversity Areas: 100%
Title: Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India Commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Lead executing agency: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change State Forest Department of Karnataka, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Project Brief: The project takes the approach of harmonious coexistence, by ensuring that both – human and wildlife – are protected from conflicts. This approach follows the modern wildlife conservation principles to balance the needs of people with the conservation of nature. The project follows a holistic approach to addressing human-wildlife conflicts (HWC) by considering a thematic triangle’ of driver-prevention-damage mitigation at national, state, and local levels. The Centre for Environment Communication (CEC) was responsible for planning and Implement Awareness and Communication Measures, Community and other stakeholders' engagement, at National Level, States and Pilot Sites under “Human Wildlife Conflict Project” for GIZ.
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
Absolute value (STAR)
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.