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Kadar Indigenous Community based conservation and monitoring of Hornbill nest trees
Contributing IUCN constituents:IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2021-2025IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025
Project Details
| Name | Kadar Indigenous Community based conservation and monitoring of Hornbill nest trees |
| Description | Dr. Amitha Bachan KH, in collaboration with the local indigenous community, the Western Ghats Hornbill Foundation, and the Forest Department, has initiated a voluntary effort to conserve and monitor hornbill nest trees in the Vazhachal forest division of Kerala, India. Since 2005, the initiative aims to preserve the natural environment, mitigate threats, and engage local communities in ongoing monitoring efforts. The study focused on the riparian forests of the Chalakkudy River basin within the Anamalai landscape of the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. The forests of Vazhacal and surrounding regions are recognized as the most significant habitat for hornbills in the Western Ghats. The initiative has led to a notable rise in hornbill populations and the recognition of community forest rights. This has resulted in policy advancements, research initiatives, and conservation efforts. |
| Contributing IUCN Constituent | IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2021-2025IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025 |
| Start Date | 12/31/2004 |
| End Date | 5/30/2019 |
| Conservation Actions | 2.3 Habitat & Natural Process Restoration |
| Needed annual budget | $6,300.00 |
| Total annual budget | $2,000.00 |
| Staff | ♀ 6 | ♂ 12 |
| Beneficiaries | ♀ 18 | ♂ 72 |
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
This stacked bar chart 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.
% Contribution of threats to species extinction
1.64%
3.2 Mining & quarrying
2.40%
3.3 Renewable energy
2.90%
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
2.92%
7.1 Fire & fire suppression
3.19%
7.3 Other ecosystem modifications
4.52%
2.2 Wood & pulp plantations
4.61%
5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
4.64%
4.1 Roads & railroads
4.98%
1.1 Housing & urban areas
5.33%
7.2 Dams & water management/use
10.67%
5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
12.07%
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
37.19%
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
Threat type