1. Action in specific protected areas:
* In sariska, Tarun Bharat Sangh has taken the responsibility of helping the Forest Department to shift two villages from the core area, as part of a larger process of exploring joint management possibilities. Contact: Rajendra Singh, Tarun Bharat Sangh, Bhikampura-Kishori, via Thanagazi, Alwar 301002, Rajasthan.
** Similarly, the Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC) and Shankar Narayan have sent proposals to IDRC for JPAM follow-up in Gir. Contact: Bharat Pathak, Gujarat Ecology Commission, Geri campus, Race Course Rd. , Vadodara 390007, Gujarat.
*** For Bhimashakar, at the request of Ekjoot Sanghatan, the Forest Department has agreed to organise a meeting between the officials and villagers, possibly sometime in December.
2. Regional Meetings:
* Meeting have been held or are scheduled to be held at various regional centers. For Gujarat and Rajasthan, CCE has proposed a meeting in December for coordination and follow-up in these two states. Oral proposals about such meetings have also come up from Karnataka, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh. Contact for Gujarat/Rajasthan meetings: Sachin Sachdeva, Centre for Environmental Education, 24 Jawahar Nagar, Sawai Madhopur 322201, Rajasthan; Kiran Desai, Centre for Environment Education, Taltaj Takra, Ahemedabad 380054, Gujarat.
3. Research projects:
* B.M.S Rathore (WII), G.Raju (VIKSAT), and Vinod Risi (MoEF) have volunteered to help in the documentation of past experiences in JFM in their respective states. Seema Bhatt (WWF) has expressed interest in working on expanding the concept of protected areas, while B.J.Krishnan (Save Nilgiris Campaign) has Volunteered to look into the legal and policy changes required for JPAM. IIPA has proposed research on institutional and policy arrangements, and to analyse the experiences from other countries.
4. Coordination between Government Agencies in /around PAs:
* Sachin Sachdeva (CCE) has agreed to coordinate with B.M.S.Rathore and Praveen Pardeshi (Collector, Latur), in exploring possibilities of integrating various governmental programmes and agencies with PA management activities.
5. Protect Forests Protect Forest Dwellers Yatra
A Yatra has been proposed along some national Parks and Sanctuaries in Western India, to conduct a dialogue between local people of various areas, and between these people and the Forest Department. Invitations for this yatra, along with the proposed schedule, have already been mailed off. Contacts: Rajendra Singh (as above); Anand Kapoor, Ekjoot Sanghatan, P.O. Narodi, Tal. Ambegaon, Dist. Pune 410503, Maharashtra; Ashish Kothari (IIPA).
6. Follow-up Coordination
An informal meeting was held at IIPA on October 28 regarding steps needed to facilitate and coordinate the various follow-up actions emerging from the September Workshop. Persons who were present: Dr.H.Ramachandran (LBSNAA), Ashok Chaudhary (VIKALP), Sachin Sachdeva (CCE), Seema Bhatt (WWF), Vinod Rishi (MOEF), Ashish Kothari, Saloni Suri, and Neena Singh (IIPA), and Michael Loevinsohn (IDRC). It was felt that a small steering group would help in this coordination. Proposed members for this group are: Vinod Rishi/ Kishore Rao (MOEF), Representative of WII, Representative of WWF, Bittu Sehgal (IPT), Ashok Chaudhary (VIKALP), Kiran Desai (CCE), H.Ramachandran (LASNAA), Rajendra Singh (TBS), Ashish Kothari (IIPA), Seshagiri Rao (IISc), and Michael Loevinsohn (IDRC). The LBS Academy has also proposed to host a small secretariat for this coordination work, and to hold a corpus fund which could be tapped by those involved in the follow-up activities. Comments and ideas on this would be greatly appreciated.
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JAPM Update 1 was prepared By Neena Singh, Saloni Suri, and Ashish Kothari. Ideas and comments may please be addressed to Ashish Kothari, Indian Institute of Public Administration, I.P. Estate, New Delhi 110002. Ph: 3317309; Fax:3319954; Email:akothari@unv.ernet.in.
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