Kochi Meeting Lays Groundwork for Biodiversity Action Plan
A Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) for Kochi will be one of the main outputs of the INTERACT-Bio project, supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Representatives from all the wards of Kochi attended a meeting in the city recently, with the aim of laying the groundwork […]
Mapping and Documenting Tree Diversity of Subhash Bose Park in Kochi
As part of the ongoing BMU supported INTERACT Bio project, a pictorial handbook of the trees of Subhash Bose Park has been developed. This handbook aims at communicating the significance of biodiversity to the citizens of Kochi. The handbook also consists of tree distribution maps of the Park. It was released on the 3rd of […]
Understanding the Mechanism of Value Addition for Bioresources in Goa
As part of the Goa State Biodiversity Board supported Value Chain Analysis project, discussions have been carried out with farmers, middlemen and processors to understand the entire mechanism of value addition for 9 bioresources (Kokum, Arecanut, Kalprasa, Prawn, Muscle, Mackerel, Jackfruit, Honey Pollen, Xylia xylocarpa). The primary data thus collected, along with related secondary data […]
Documenting Goa Villages’ Biodiversity
Continuing the work on development of People’s Biodiversity Registers in 10 villages in Goa, the team from ICLEI South Asia conducted extensive biodiversity surveys in all the villages. Through these surveys the biodiversity in these villages has been documented, along with traditional ecological knowledge associated with the various species. Focus was also given on documentation […]
Role of Cities in Biodiversity Conservation Discussed at CBD-COP14
ICLEI South Asia participated in the 6th Global Biodiversity Summit of Local and Subnational Governments at the CBD-COP14, UN Biodiversity Conference, organised at Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt. The Summit was organised by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, nr4SD, Secretariat of Convention of Biodiversity and Government of Egypt. The Summit deliberated on issues pertaining to biodiversity conservation across the […]
Documenting Goa’s Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge
As part of the ongoing project on development of People’s Biodiversity Registers in 10 villages in Goa, supported by Goa State Biodiversity Board, the first round of meetings was conducted in all the villages. During the meeting, the Village Panchayat, members of Biodiversity Management Committee and other residents were explained in detail about the process […]
Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development in Gangtok
ICLEI South Asia has recently initiated a project on mainstreaming biodiversity conservation into urban planning in the city of Gangtok. The project is supported by Gangtok Municipal Corporation. Situated in Eastern Himalayas – a global biodiversity hotspot, the city of Gangtok has been home to rich biodiversity, which is being lost due to rapid urbanisation. […]
People’s Biodiversity Register Project Begins in Goa
With support from Goa State Biodiversity Board, ICLEI South Asia has initiated a new project on development of People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) in 10 villages in Goa. As a thematic support group, ICLEI South Asia will build the capacity and support the Biodiversity Management Committees in these villages to develop the People’s Biodiversity Registers. A […]
Students attend Urban Biodiversity workshop on International Biodiversity Day
As part of the national outreach activities under the INTERACT: Bio project, supported by The Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) through the International Climate Initiative (IKI), a workshop on Urban Biodiversity was organised in Delhi on the 22nd of May. The event organised on International Biodiversity Day was held […]
Communicating biodiversity conservation with schools in Kochi
As part of the INTERACT Bio project, an initiative has been commenced from October 2017, which is aimed at communicating biodiversity conservation with the school children of Kochi. Ten schools in Kochi have been selected for this initiative. A set of activities (presentation on global biodiversity hotspots and significance of biodiversity, quiz competition, inter-school drawing […]