FERAL: Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning

Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning

Building capacities for Implementing Watershed Management Activities

Submitted by bhalla on Thu, 05/07/2015 - 02:08
Objectives

 

  1. To train village apprentices in planning and monitoring watershed projects
  2. To conduct socio-economic and bio-physical surveys.
  3. To prepare GIS based maps as a tool for planning, managing and monitoring activities on these watersheds.
  4. To prepare protocols for implementing similar watershed development programs

 

Status

The project was successfully completed.

 

  • Apprentices trained in various survey tools.
  • Detailed information base created for the villages.
  • Protocols devised for a PRA-GIS hybrid system.

 

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Project Information

FERAL Team

R.S. Bhalla
Principal Investigator

Project Information

Budget:₹998,900
Project Area: Villupuram Dt. Tamil Nadu. Kalivelli watershed.

Duration: to

Funding Agencies:

Department of Science & Technology - New Delhi

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Exclusion fence to estimate biomass extraction by grazing. Demonstrating soil sample collection. Village volunteers and resource persons interact during a workshop. Tapezoidal weirs put up along outlet channels from irrigation tanks to measure outflows.
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