Illustrated Natural Asset Maps: Effective Tools to Convey Importance of Urban Diversity
Illustrated Natural Asset Maps are uniquely powerful visual tools that simplify, represent, and communicate information about complex ecosystem structures, functions, and services in a geographic area. ICLEI South Asia has developed such maps for the Indian cities of Kochi, Gangtok, Panaji, and Mangaluru under the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by the Federal Ministry for […]
Gangtok Gets New Tools, Illustrated Natural Asset Map to Mainstream Biodiversity Conservation
The Gangtok Municipal Corporation (GMC) has approved the City Biodiversity Index, Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP), and the Illustrated Natural Asset Map of Gangtok, developed by ICLEI South Asia as part of the INTERACT-Bio project. Mr. Arun Upreti, Hon’ble Minister for Urban Development, Government of Sikkim, recently released the tools and map, which […]
Kochi Develops its City Biodiversity Index
Kochi has become one of the few cities in India to have a City Biodiversity Index (CBI), after Hon’ble Mayor Mrs. Soumini Jain released the CBI report in September. The city has secured a robust score, following an evaluation of 23 indicators in the index. Kochi’s CBI has been prepared with support from ICLEI-Local Governments […]
Kochi Becomes First Indian City to Have Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
The Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) of Kochi, which has been prepared by ICLEI South Asia under INTERACT-Bio project, has been accepted by the City Council and released by Mrs Soumini Jain, Hon’ble Mayor, Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC). The project is being supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear […]
Gangtok’s LBSAP Emphasises Climate-Smart Development and Biodiversity Conservation
The city corporation of Gangtok has accepted the Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) developed by ICLEI South Asia under the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany. The LBSAP envisions a prosperous Gangtok that focuses on climate-smart development, while ensuring the conservation of its cultural and […]
Gangtok’s LBSAP Emphasises Climate-Smart Development and Biodiversity Conservation
The city corporation of Gangtok has accepted the Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) developed by ICLEI South Asia under the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany. The LBSAP envisions a prosperous Gangtok that focuses on climate-smart development, while ensuring the conservation of its cultural and […]
Kochi to Get a New ‘Butterfly’ Garden
Subhash Park in Kochi, Kerala, will soon be aflutter with butterflies and moths. ICLEI South Asia is setting up a pollinator garden there under the INTERACT-Bio project. This initiative has been launched in the month of September and coincides with the Big Butterfly Month. The INTERACT-Bio project is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the […]
Kochi becomes first Indian city to have biodiversity strategy and action plan
The Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) of Kochi, which has been prepared by ICLEI South Asia under INTERACT-Bio project, has been accepted by the City Council and released by Mrs Soumini Jain, Hon’ble Mayor, Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC). The project is being supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear […]
Kochi Puts Illustrated Natural Asset Map on Display at Key Locations
Hon’ble Mayor Mrs. Soumini Jain released the Illustrated Natural Asset Map of Kochi, developed by ICLEI South Asia under the INTERACT-Bio project, on the 18th of September 2020. The INTERACT-Bio project is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). Marshlands, mangroves, backwaters, open spaces, 17 dominant plant species, […]
Kochi Develops its City Biodiversity Index
Kochi has become one of the few cities in India to have a City Biodiversity Index (CBI), after Hon’ble Mayor Mrs. Soumini Jain released the CBI report in September. The city has secured a robust score, following an evaluation of 23 indicators in the index. Kochi’s CBI has been prepared with support from ICLEI-Local Governments […]