Community-Based Biodiversity Management South Asia Programme
Objective : To strengthen capacity of farming communities in South Asia to conserve, utilize and benefit from their genetic resources through appropriate technical support, institutional mechanisms and policy interventions. Specific Objectives : To enable farming communities to document, conserve and utilize their genetic resources and associated knowledge in a sustainable manner. To strengthen capacity of farmers and farming communities, local institutions and other stakeholders for conservation and sustainable utilisation of genetic resources. To establish institutional mechanisms to organize and protect farmers’ rights and secure access and control over their genetic resources. To analyze implication of existing policies and laws for conservation of genetic resources and promotion of supportive policy environment. To promote exchange of knowledge, experiences and genetic resources among organisations and farming communities of South Asia.
Major Activities :  Participants during consultation and planning workshop Scoping study to identify potential organisations with experience and interest to collaborate in the project. Potential organisation preparing a country status report on the conservation and utilisation of biodiversity in their respective countries. Partnership and project conceptualisation workshop in Nepal for South Asian partners. Preparation of the South Asian "Community–based Biodiversity Management South Asia (CBM-SA)” project proposal Develop modalities for implementation, coordination and management of project activities, both in-country and regional. Initiate South Asia network of NGOs with interest and capacity for implementation of CBM-SA project in their respective countries. Document and share good practices on CBM being practised in South Asia and build on this for further promotion of CBM approach for biodiversity conservation in the region. Organise capacity building programme to enable partner organisations in developing and implementing CBM-SA programme in their respective countries. Fund searching and creating donor consortium as necessary.
Geographical Coverage : Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Tibet-China. Collaborators : Green Foundation, India; Green Movement of Srilanka, Srilanka, UBINING, Bangladesh; TAAAS, Tibet-China. Duration : December 2012 to 2016
Funding Support: The Development Fund, Norway Project Team : Rachana Devekota, Pratima Rana
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