High Range Mountain Landscape (HRML) in the Western Ghats mountains of peninsular India is a globally significant biodiversity region. Its key attributes are: a) high levels of endemism and biological diversity; b) Important Bird Area; c) presence of globally threatened species of fauna and flora; d) part of one of the five viable breeding centre of tiger in India; e) harbour the largest global population of Nilgiri tahr and a significant population of Grizzled Giant Squirrel (both threatened species); f) catchment of three major river systems of peninsular India; g) strong eco-cultural affinities; and h) support important economic sectors like cardamom, tea and tourism. At present, HRML is a complex mosaic of land uses where conservation, economic production and livelihood requirements assume equal primacy and profoundly influence each other. These contribute to competitive use of natural resources and affecting vital ecological processes. The rapidly altering developmental context, demographic contours, resource use configurations place a challenge for HRML’s long term ecological sustainability and livelihood security. The existing planning and policy framework, as well as the institutional arrangements in HRML are inadequate to address biodiversity conservation from a landscape perspective. The project aims to put in place a collaborative governance framework for multiple-use management of HRML. The project will attempt a paradigm shift from current sector based planning to an approach for integrated multiple-use management of mountain landscapes to deliver global environmental benefits. The project aims to achieve this through the following Outcomes: a) Effective governance framework for multiple-use mountain landscape management in place; b) Multiple-use mountain landscape management is applied securing the ecological integrity of HRML; and c) Strengthened capacities for community based sustainable use and management of wild resources.
The project region covers 3,000 sq. km spread across three districts of Kerala viz. Idukki, Ernakulam and Thrissur in Kerala.
GoI-GEF-UNDP Project ‘India High Range Landscape Project (HRML): Developing an Effective Multiple use Management Framework for Conserving Biodiversity in the Mountain Landscape of the High Ranges, the Western Ghats site in Kerala’ project will appoint a Technical Officer in New Delhi. The Technical Officer under the direct guidance of the National Project Director, MoEFCC, State Project Coordinator and overall guidance of the Programme Analyst, UNDP in New Delhi.
The Technical Officer will ensure coordination amongst all technical agencies engaged under the project to produce best results in the State as specified in the GEF-GoI-UNDP High Range Mountains project document, to the required standards of quality and within the given time and cost specifications. Therefore, the Technical Officer will assist NPD, the State Project Coordinator and Programme Analyst, UNDP to ensure that:
The State, within the overall project design, sets goals and adopts strategies, which are consistent with the State’s policy environment and ground reality;The project delivers on its objectives in the State with best quality technical inputs;The project is able to leverage technical expertise in order to achieve the planned results;The project’s lessons are documented and made available to all stakeholders and used for replication purposes.View the original article here
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