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Name of the project: Capacity building of village councils for initiating Forest Landscape Restoration activities in degraded forests of Western Arunachal Pradesh

Program Area:

NRM

Country:

India (Arunachal Pradesh)

Project Length:

March 2009 - May 2011

Sponsor:

Department of Science and Technology

Contact:

jayahari@winrockindia.org

The project aims at training the Monpa tribal community on techniques of landscape restoration. Restoration will also be undertaken on a pilot scale in a degraded land area. The forests are facing tremendous pressure due to lopping and clearance for shifting cultivation. Restoration projects like this wherein the local community is trained will help in restoring the lost biodiversity of the are and also ensure long term sustainability of such restoration projects.

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