Principal Investigator: Arun Kanagavel
Grant Term: 04/13-03/15

The proposed project involves improving the management of forest areas and forest-based livelihoods at Theni Forest Division and Palni Hills, two CEPF priority sites in the Anamalai Corridor of the Western Ghats Hotspot, India. It also involves continuing to promote the establishment of the proposed Theni Conservation Reserve as per the previously undertaken project supported by CPEF-ATREE “Establishing Community Conservation Reserves in the Anamalais”. Establishment of protected areas has usually resulted in overlap with lands occupied and utilized by Indigenous People. This document explains how the project supports Indigenous peoples and other non-indigenous communities and activities that could enhance local communities support from protected area management and forest-based livelihoods in the proposed region. We also list the provisions made for evaluating the potential impacts on the indigenous community in question and site-specific action plan for Theni and Kodaikanal.

Ecotourism Workshop Report - Kotagudi Panchayat (Theni)