Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Nature Based Project Governance
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Project brief
The aim of the larger study is to conduct Regional Assessments to understand the role of IPLC governance and knowledge in nature-based projects. These reports will lead to development of a white paper providing insights and guidelines on effective and legitimate IP&LC governance for biodiversity credit markets.
Type of Project
Research/ study
Project area
Odisha & Nagaland
Thematic area
Forest/ Commons/ Stewardship
Project status
Completed
Assignment brief
Conduct a regional assessment in India, particularly in tribal dominated pockets to understand if and how IPLC/tribal communities traditional governance and knowledge were integrated in nature-based projects
About
Type of Project
Research/ study
Project area
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha
Thematic area
Forest/ land
Project status
Completed
Forest right act and the need for digitization
In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the need to improve tenure security, especially for customary and unrecorded rights, through tenure documentation.
Digitization is seen as a strategic pathway for tenure formalization, offering efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency at a low cost, while also providing easy access to formal financing and public entitlements.
About
Type of Project
Research/ study
Project area
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha
Thematic area
Forest/ land
Project status
Completed
Forest right act and the need for digitization
In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the need to improve tenure security, especially for customary and unrecorded rights, through tenure documentation.
Digitization is seen as a strategic pathway for tenure formalization, offering efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency at a low cost, while also providing easy access to formal financing and public entitlements.
Key findings
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Communities key to be equal partners in any kind of nature-based project.
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Financial devolution to community institutions is must for decentralized project implementation.
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Along with an ecological baseline, it is crucial to have a stewardship baseline to ensure communities traditional governance and knowledge systems are effectively integrated and not replaced
Approach
Methodology
Secondary
Primary
107
Papers reviewed
Key informant Interviews
25
FGDs
5
Contact
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Richa Joshi
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Arman Mohanty
Data, coding, cleaning, index, web application related information
Himanshu Baranwal
Community health, FGDs, COVID case data, reporting
Omkar Modak
Survey, relief work
Contact
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Pranab Choudhury (Lead)
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Anjali Aggarwal
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Pentile Thong
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