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WWF-India Annual Review 2006
WWF-India Annual Review 2006
Table of Contents1. Our Mission and Trustees of WWF-India 1
2. A word from the President 2
3. From the desk of Secretary General & CEO 3
4. WWF-India's National Network 4
5. Programme Update 5
6. Climate Change and Energy Programme 6
7. Forest Conservation Programme 8
8. Freshwater and Wetlands Programme 10
9. Marine Programme 12
10. Species Programme 14
11. Toxics Programme 16
12. Sustainable Livelihoods 17
13. Centre for Environmental Law 18
14. Environment Education Programme 20
15. Indira Gandhi Conservation and Monitoring Centre 22
16. Living Planet Report 2006 24
17. Corporate and other partnerships 26
18. Network Services and Supporter Relations 29
19. Human Resources 30
20. Library 31
21. Canon WWF Photo Contest 2006 32
22. Communications 33
23. Working together with the Army 34
24. Conservation Festivals 35
25. From Our National Network 36
26. Financial Highlights 40
Top image: Rushikulya is one of the
major sites for arribada (mass nesting) in Orissa;
Bottom image: Addressing human elephant conflict is the
major focus of WWF-India’s work in North Bank Landscape.
l Promotion of India's ecological security-restoring and
sustaining the ecological balance.
l Conservation of biological diversity
l Ensuring sustainable use of the natural resource base,
particularly land and water.
l Minimization of pollution and wasteful consumption.
l Promoting sustainable lifestyles among all segments of
the community.
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Our Trustees
President
Vice-President
Mr. Jamshyd N. Godrej
Dr. Divyabhanusinh Chavda
Mr. Tarun Das
Dr. Jamshed J. Irani
Mr Pratapsingh Rao Rane
Admiral (Retd) Madhvendra Singh
The WWF-India mission can be broken down into five broad programme goals:
Our Mission
The promotion of
nature conservation and
environmental protection as
the foundation for
sustainable and
equitable development.
Our Mission
The promotion of
nature conservation and
environmental protection as
the foundation for
sustainable and
equitable development.
It gives me immense pleasure in bringing to you the Annual Review 2006 of WWF-India. The Review spells out the growing work of the
organisation and addresses a wide variety of environmental issues in India.
There are numerous challenges in the way of working towards sustainability – our ecological footprint is larger than our bio-capacity - we
are exploiting our natural resources beyond the Earth’s threshold as outlined by our Living Planet Report 2006. More over, there is an
urgent need to balance the work on poverty-reduction strategies and economic growth with conservation efforts.
However, WWF-India with its nation-wide presence and a dedicated team of workers is in a unique position to address these challenges.
Our various programmes make a direct intervention and lead to conservation of our natural environment to ensure that ecologically
sustainable growth and livelihoods go hand in hand.
The year 2006 has been a year of growing partnerships. I greatly appreciate the efforts of our affiliates, local communities, government
agencies, educational and technical institutions which give us tremendous support in taking our mission forward.
Jamshyd N Godrej
President
WWF-India
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A word from the President
WWF-India’s work continues to grow, both in content and in geographical presence across the country. As challenges to conservation increase, get more acute
every year, as a result of globalization and the growth of the Indian economy, WWF-India rises to address some of these challenges. This is attempted mostly
in relation to the challenges reflected in contemporary India, yet within the dimension of the organisation to find some answers to the future.
Some salient points emerged on reflection of our work in 2006. First, we found that our strategy of simultaneous partnerships was successful. The positive
response that we received after forming some of these bonds were very valuable for conservation and policy delivery and in a way reflects the way ahead for a
number of conservation objectives. Secondly, our own capacities increased as a result of dedicated work of our teams, in a combination of leadership and field
experience. This, combined with the dedication of our conservationists and enhanced team work, gives us confidence that we can deliver results for
conservation in multiple locations and sometimes difficult circumstances. As a result of the above WWF-India's path on the dual strategy of field work combined
with policy recommendation continues to shape a lot of it’s future interventions and initiatives.
Given the foundation of our landscape level strategy, WWF-India initiated new projects in the Southern Western Ghats and in Sikkim and scaled up our
conservation work in the Nilgiri landscape. TRAFFIC India–the wildlife trade monitoring arm of WWF and IUCN was reintroduced within our programmes in the
last quarter of 2006. Our initiative for the Ganges river Dolphin, the initiation of a gharial conservation programme in partnership with three state governments,
institutions and individuals will bring a positive change for these and other riverine species. Our work for other flagship species – the tiger, the elephant and the
rhino is continuing together with the involvement of local communities and government agencies. Again, teamwork and networking with individuals and
agencies across India will make the underlying difference for conservation delivery and WWF-India will pursue this thread in all our programmes.
Another new area of our work has been the issue of sustainable trade and how the Indian corporate sector can rise to the challenges of managing profitability
and environmental concerns while addressing their quest for global leadership. This issue is addressed by our report – Indian Companies in the 21st Century –
which was released in New Delhi in December. A work of the Trade and Investment programme of WWF, the report elucidates how 21st century presents an
opportunity for Indian companies to bring about innovation in the way they conduct their business while ensuring sustainability. We also highlight our efforts for
the sustainable development of the Sunderbans – where we built a “School of Hope”, our work on the Gangotri Glacier, turtle conservation efforts in Orissa,
conservation festivals and other such initiatives. Education and creating awareness about the environment, the long running programme of WWF-India is
woven into all locations of our work, either in engagements with local communities or in student specific programmes.
The year also witnessed the launch of the Living Planet Report 2006 in Hindi. This was a first for WWF-India and with it we hope to reaffirm our commitment to
reach out to a broader section of civil society.
In all, the work of WWF-India is both varied and large in its coverage. The Annual Review highlights some specifics of our work and examples of conservation
delivery to bring to the reader an idea of our ongoing initiatives and the stories behind them.
The year 2007 brings before us new challenges to enhance our work, to reach out to new areas and to be more effective. In reaching out to a wider and higher
plane, our work of past years and the dedication of our team will leverage our targets for the future. As ever, my thanks and appreciation goes out to my team
that continues, despite tremendous challenges, to deliver towards our conservation mission.
Ravi SinghSecretary General and CEOWWF-India
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State Officesl Assam & Arunachal Pradesh (Guwahati)l Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad)l Bihar & Jharkhand (Ranchi)l Goa (Panaji)l Gujarat (Vadodara)l Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu)l Karnataka (Bangalore)l Kerala (Trivandrum)l Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
(Bhopal)l Maharashtra (Mumbai)l Orissa (Bhubaneshwar)l Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and
Himachal Pradesh (Chandigarh)l Tamil Nadu (Chennai)l West Bengal (Kolkata)
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Field/Project Officesl Aurangabadl Bharatpurl Bilaspurl Coimbatorel Darjeelingl Dehradunl Gangtokl Itanagarl Kotdwarl Lehl Mandlal Mount Abul Naroral Ootyl Pilibhitl Palial Ramnagarl Shimlal Tezpurl Warangall Sunderbans
The year 2006 saw many new, interesting and challenging
developments in the WWF-India conservation programme.
While we continued to consolidate our existing landscape
conservation initiatives in Assam, the Nilgiris, the Terai, Sikkim,
the Satpudas, the Sunderbans and in Western Arunachal, we
also initiated a new landscape conservation programme in the
Southern Western Ghats including the setting up of a
programme office in Coimbatore.
Our programme in the Eastern Himalayas continues to be one
of the cornerstones of WWF-India's conservation strategy,
bringing together work on species, forests, freshwater, climate
change, toxics, livelihoods, monitoring and education. This is
also a major focus of the WWF Network's support to this region
and, along with WWF-Nepal and WWF-Bhutan, we have
initiated the development of a Programme Implementation
Agreement (PIA) for the Eastern Himalayas. The PIA will lead
to enhanced coordination between the three countries and the
donors and to more effective implementation as well as impact
assessment of the overall Eastern Himalayas Conservation
Programme. As a part of the development of the PIA, detailed
long-term strategic plans were developed for each of the five
landscapes in this region that WWF-India is focusing on.
WWF-India's conservation programme has also evolved over
the course of this year to embrace the larger environmental
challenges that are emerging both nationally and globally.
These include an enhanced focus on “footprint” work, on
engaging with the private sector to influence the behaviour of
industry towards the environment and on exploring market-
based economic instruments as conservation incentives as
well as emerging programmes linking climate change and
freshwater ecosystems.
WWF-India is one of the few conservation organisations in
India that is examining the feasibility of Payments for
Environmental Services using specific case studies and
stakeholder consultations. We are also in the forefront of
attempts to understand and quantify the impacts of India's
forest footprint on tropical forests in Southeast Asia. WWF-
India's “thirsty crops” programme which addresses the linkages
between freshwater and agriculture is now entering a crucial
implementation phase. A new regional programme that focuses
around research on the impacts of climate change on glaciers
and river basins in order to develop appropriate mitigation and
adaptation measures has just been initiated.
The current scope of the WWF-India conservation programme
is broader than ever before, without losing its primary focus on
ensuring that our forests, wildlife and ecosystems are protected
and managed for posterity.
ProgrammeUpdate
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Left image: A herd of elephants in the Corbett National ParkRight image: A view of the Southern Western Ghats Landscape.
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The year gone by:
Glacier Monitoring
Peoples' Power
As part of the programme on the Himalayas, the team
continued to keep its focus on the two key glaciers in
Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh by direct field interventions
and awareness campaigns.
Along with organizations like the Birla Institute of Scientific
Research, field work was undertaken at the Gangotri glacier for
data collection, including GPS points at the snout of the glacier
as well as surrounding areas including the downstream river
discharge zones.
The Climate team has been working with the North Delhi
Power Limited (NDPL), an electricity distribution utility, on
promoting awareness on voluntary energy conservation
measures amongst its domestic consumers under the Peoples'
Power Campaign in Delhi. This is based on educating and
informing consumers about the merits of conserving energy in
their homes. Last year, numerous workshops, seminars and
energy audits were conducted in the service area of NDPL.
Coal Issues
Asia Pacific Ecoregion Climate vulnerability Map
It is widely known that coal emits far more greenhouse gases
per unit of energy when burnt in power plants/factories than oil
or natural gas. As a fossil fuel it is mostly responsible for the
rise in average global surface temperatures.
Cheap coal is the main enemy in the fight against global
warming because high oil prices are likely to encourage a shift
to coal in comparison to renewable energies like wind or solar
power. It is with a view to exploring opportunities for a
reduction in the share of dirty fossil fuel based energy systems
in favour of efficient and benign ones that the programme has
been engaged in the preparation of two reports:
l State of Coal Reserves in India
l True Cost of Coal Mining and Utilization in India
These will be published in soon and will be available for public.
In collaboration with the Indira Gandhi Conservation Monitoring
Centre of WWF-India, a series of maps have been developed
depicting ecoregion climate vulnerability in the Asia Pacific
region. It is a joint project with WWF-US. The maps used
primary and secondary threats to priority ecoregions including
temperature, rainfall and river flow sensitivities to show
potential climate impacts in the region.
Climate Changeand EnergyProgrammeAbout the programme
Since its inception in 2003, the Climate Change and Energy
programme has been involved in addressing various issues
related to climate impacts in the country. The issues are
addressed through strategic activities on impact/adaptation and
mitigation based interventions. The programme works at the
policy and community levels to raise awareness on climate
issues. It also lobbies with policy makers to highlight the issue
at international fora.
On assessing risks from different temperature rise scenarios, it
becomes clear that global average temperature rise must be
kept below 2° C in comparison to pre-industrial levels for
preventing dangerous climate change. WWF, through its global
presence, seeks to engage proactively for ensuring timely
adaptation to climate change, and increasing the resilience of
critical ecosystems to the effects of higher temperatures. WWF
also works towards promoting energy conservation and
improved energy efficiency while pushing for a cleaner energy
system for ensuring a sustainable growth pattern that is climate
neutral.
Left image: A street play being performed as an awareness activity in people's power campaign; Right image: From coal to clean- wind and solar power generation provides a
clean alternative for future generations.
United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCC)-International Negotiations under Kyoto
Protocol and Post 2012 Commitments:
The year to come:
WWF has played a key role in strengthening, coordinating and
informing civil society organisations and governments active on
climate issues over the years at the UNFCCC negotiations.
During 2006, with support through this activity, WWF-India
worked with project partners and other policy actors to develop
detailed and consistent positions regarding India's involvement
in the global regime specifically within the Convention process.
The ideas discussed with project participants were brought to
the attention of the Indian delegation as well as the
international team of colleagues from within the Climate Action
Network and WWF Network for discussion.
l As part of our work on the Gangotri Glacier, project
activities will be scaled up to focus on a larger regional
initiative which attempt a detailed understanding of climate
impacts on freshwater ecosystems in the Himalayas. This
will include development of adaptation processes in the
Ganga basin and related communications products.
l The programme will also continue to have a presence in the
Sunderbans through implementation of pilot adaptation
initiatives in selected islands where the impact of climate
change is being felt. This will be supplemented by an
awareness raising programme on potential climate impacts
for local stakeholders.
l In the coming year, the programme will approach the
industrial and large-scale consumers of NDPL to try and
explore the opportunity for implementing energy
conservation practices in this sector.
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The comparison of the snout condition of Gangotri Glacier in 2005 (top image) and 2006 (bottom image). The 2006 condition shows severe stress and cracks developed in the ice mass.
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About the programme
The year gone by:
Western Arunachal Landscape (WAL)
The Forest Conservation Programme of WWF-India has
focused its field-level activities on strengthening conservation
of forests and biodiversity in two priority landscapes - the
Western Arunachal Landscape (WAL) and the Southern
Western Ghats Landscape (SWGL). The policy component of
the programme has been exploring emerging approaches such
as Ecological Footprint (EF) and Payments For Ecosystem
Services (PES).
The action plan and strategy developed in the year 2005 for
WAL provided a framework for forest conservation activities are
being undertaken in the landscape. A number of activities are
operating in this landscape:
Organic farming for food security and biodiversity
conservation aims at improving the traditional methods of
replenishing soil fertility in the Dirang Valley, West Kameng
District. The project partners have enhanced their earnings by
using organic manure and increasing productivity. Additional
income by selling the earthworms has given a new impetus to
the conservation of natural resources. WWF-India has helped
in setting up of the organic manure unit located near Munna
Camp in Dirang district.
Improvement of fodder resources by documenting the
traditional fodder species utilized by the local communities of
western Arunachal Pradesh and promoting cultivation of locally
preferred fodder species in order to reduce the adverse
impacts of grazing on high altitude meadows. The high altitude
summer grazing area (known as jak brook) and winter grazing
areas (known as gung brook) have been mapped with the help
of local villagers. A fodder repository has been established in
collaboration with the Thembang Bapu Community Conserved
Area Management Committee to collect the seeds of important
fodder species for the interested farmers.
Rhododendron conservation for which two nurseries, one at
Baisakhi for high altitude rhododendrons and another at Army
Cantonment area, Sappar, for lower altitude rhododendrons
have been planned. Agro shade houses have been developed
in the land provided by 40 Mountain Brigade of the Indian
Army. During the last flowering season nine species were
marked for detailed investigation of the seed production
process. The Army has provided space to establish two
Rhododendron information centres.
Cultivation of tropical orchids is being promoted in degraded
jhum lands. Two demonstration sites have been established
and 1500 seedlings of Dendrobium hybrid have been planted
in each orchid house.
Community Conserved Areas are being set up based on the
successful model in Thembang village which has set aside 30
sq km of its traditional forest land for conservation.
The project ‘Save the Environment and Regenerate Vital
Employment’ (SERVE) was initiated in Darjeeling district of West
SERVE
ForestConservationProgramme
Starting from top: (first and second image) Assessing India’s Ecological Footprint is an integral part of WWF-India’s forest conservation programme;
(bottom image) WWF-India is working for the conservation of rare and endangered Rhododendrons in Arunachal Pradesh.
Bengal in 1993. The overall goal of the project is to restore the
ecology of Darjeeling Hills with the involvement of communities.
A conservation plan for the landscape is currently being
developed in collaboration with the Department of Forests of
the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and other stakeholders.
The threats to the landscape have been identified and a
preliminary action plan has been drafted. A GIS map for 1990
and 2006 was prepared for time series analysis. A programme
office has been established in Coimbatore as part of
strengthening field activities and effective coordination of
multiple programmes initiated in the landscape.
The project aims to promote organic cultivation of medicinal
and aromatic plants in Uttarkashi district of Uttaranchal for
income generation and sustainable development. The project
is being implemented in collaboration with the organisation
“Nature and People”. Nurseries have been developed in
Ranadi, Hitandu and Matholi for cultivation of three medicinal
plants viz. Coleus barbatus, Rauvolfia serpentina and
Pelargonium graveolens. Training programmes for farmers
have also been organised.
As part of the training series sponsored by the Ministry of
Environment and Forests (MoEF) for IFS officers, WWF-India
organised a national training workshop on ‘Integrating
Conservation and Management’. The objective of this training
was to enhance understanding and to share experiences on
key issues and challenges in integrating conservation and
development.
Southern Western Ghats Landscape (SWGL)
Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Western
Himalayas
Workshop for Indian Forest Services (IFS) officials on
Integrating Conservation and Development
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Biodiversity conservation in the Khangchendzonga
Landscape
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
Assessing India’s Forest Footprint
Timber Trade, Forest Footprint and Certification
As part of the conservation initiatives in Sikkim, a report on
‘People’s opinion on the impacts of ban on grazing in Barsey
Rhododendron Sanctuary' was released. A conservation
coalition with government department and Indian Army is
functional. GIS work and ground truthing for identifying wildlife
habitats is ongoing.
As part of the World Bank/WWF Alliance for forest
conservation and sustainable use, a project on ‘Economic
Instruments for Managing Forest Ecosystem Services in India'
has been undertaken in collaboration with the Institute of
Economic Growth (IEG). The project seeks to examine the
scope and opportunities for introducing suitable economic
instruments, including PES for forest conservation in India.
Stakeholder workshops to assess the feasibility of this
approach have been held in Munnar (Kerala) and Shimla
(Himachal Pradesh).
Preliminary results of a scoping study undertaken by WWF-
India in 2005 reveal that there is strong potential to engage
Business and Industry in India to address forest conversion
and ecological footprint issues associated with oil palm
production in Indonesia and Malaysia.
With the help of the Global Forest Trade Network (GFTN) and
the WWF Global Network, the Forest programme actively
participated and provided technical inputs to the Export
Promotion Council of Handicrafts in conducting several
supplier summits this year to promote forest certification in
India. A study on “Timber Trade and India’s Forest Footprint”
has been undertaken and will be published shortly.
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A patch of Shola forest in SWGL- A unique and fragile ecosystem
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About the programme
The year gone by:
Salim Ali Visitor Interpretation Centre, Keoladeo National
Park, Rajasthan
Army Orientation Pack – Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
The Freshwater and Wetlands Programme of WWF-India aims
to promote sustainable management of freshwater resources
and wetland habitats for biodiversity conservation and human
needs. The approach is to prioritize issues which are important
nationally and explore options with a global perspective. The
identified priority strategies are wetland conservation and
restoration, sustainable water resource management,
freshwater species conservation, water and agriculture,
integrated river basin management, equity and conservation.
On 17th January 2006, an interpretation centre dedicated to
Dr. Salim Ali, was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Governor of
Rajasthan Smt. Prathiba Patil. The centre has theme-based
exhibits and an auditorium- a facility that the visitors are liking,
and is working as an information hub for all.
The Indian Army has a big presence in the western Himalayas
especially Ladakh. The Army is a partner in WWF–India’s High
Altitude Wetlands conservation initiative. On its request WWF-
India developed an orientation pack which has information and
environmental guidelines for Army personnel posted in
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Ladakh. The pack was jointly released by WWF-India and the
Army and is being extensively used by the Army for informing
the officers about the fragile heritage.
As part of the initiative on the conservation of this highly
endangered crane, a report on the scientific findings of the five
year-long study was published jointly with the Department of
Wildlife Protection, Jammu & Kashmir. The report has been
welcomed by all as it offers comprehensive information on the
species as well as recommendations for its conservation.
Using sonar radiations, a unique way of assessing behavioral
pattern of the Ganges River Dolphin has been evolved in
partnership with the University of Tokyo and Indian Institute of
Technology Delhi. Incorporating latest technology for
conservation is the mandate of the programme.
A stranded dolphin was reported in the Budhabalanga river of
Orissa by local community members to WWF. The dolphin was
soon successfully translocated to a proper habitat in the same
river. This first-ever sighting of Ganges River Dolphin in Orissa
is being studied by WWF experts on the mammals’ distribution
and migration route.
WWF-India has stepped up its conservation work on
Demoiselle Crane – a CITES Appendix II listed bird, much
revered by local community in Keechan village of Rajasthan.
Conservation of Demoiselle crane is not only important to save
the bird, it's associated wetlands but also local community
practices.
Conservation of Black-necked Crane
Ongoing special efforts
Behavioral analysis of the Ganges River Dolphin
Rescue of Ganges River Dolphin, Orissa
Strengthening Conservation Management of Demoiselle
Crane
local partners and IKEA to address issues of water and
pesticide use in cotton cultivation. The participation of farmers
in the programme has been over whelming.
Six new Ramsar sites were notified by Government of India at
the Ramsar Conference of Parties meeting in November 2005
and were announced during the World Wetlands Day
celebrations at WWF-India in February last year.
Further to the consultative workshop in the year 2005 when the
framework for a National Wetlands Policy was developed and
submitted to MoEF, the Freshwater and Wetlands programme
has been in consultation with the state governments for
development of their State Wetland Policy/Guidelines. The
Sikkim government has already issued Wetland Management
Guidelines for Pokhri Sanrakshan. Using this as an example,
WWF is pursuing the Government of Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh for their state-level wetlands policy.
The programme aims to address cross-cutting issues such as
impacts of climate change on freshwater ecosystems and
people. This initiative aims to substantiate impacts of climate
change on the River Ganga, especially the impacts on
vulnerable communities, and develop adaptation strategies.
The work on environmental flows and the impacts of
infrastructure on the river ecosystem would remain an
important aspect especially in the Himalayas. The scope of the
water and agriculture programme would also be expanded to
address policy issues and market mechanisms.
As part of the Riverwatch initiative, WWF-India will enhance its
work on Gharial, Otter, and other freshwater species.
Ramsar Sites Designation
Wetlands Policy initiatives
The year to come:
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Starting on the facing page (clockwise): As part of the riverwatch initiative, conservation efforts for the highly-endangered gharial will be stepped up; A scenic view of the keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, where Dr. Salim Ali visitor interpretation centre was innaugurated; A capacity building session in progress of visiting group from Bhutan.
Civil Society Dialogue on Interlinking of Rivers in India
Catalyzing Conservation Work, Tsomgo Lake, Sikkim
Wetland Management Planning
Sharing Community Work, Ladakh
Water and Agriculture
National Civil Society Committee on Interlinking of Rivers
(NCSCILR), a process facilitated by WWF, continued the
dialogue process. An important output was the publication -
‘Interlinking Rivers in India - Overview and Ken-Betwa link'.
Tsomgo lake, a High Altitude wetland in the Eastern Himalayas,
impacted by unregulated tourism, is a pilot site where
conservation and management of the wetland is being
catalysed involving the local community.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has invited
WWF-India to facilitate, coordinate and technically assist in the
preparation of a management plan for Lake Tsomoriri, Ladakh.
In order to share community conservation work in Ladakh,
WWF facilitated a training programme for the local community
members from Bhutan. WWF organized a training programme
in Ladakh and exposure visit to Tsomoriri for the visiting
delegates where they interacted with members of Tsomoriri
Conservation Trust. The visit gave the Bhutanese delegation a
practical demonstration about how local community members
are organized to work for the conservation of this Himalayan
Lake.
As part of its ongoing initiative on establishing better
management practices of water resource utilization for
agriculture, WWF-India has established the programme with
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About the Marine Programme
The year gone by:
WWF-India’s Marine Programme works for the protection of
endangered marine species, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
and the promotion of sustainable fisheries. The programme’s
focus is on the conservation of marine biodiversity and creating
awareness about human impacts on the marine ecosystem.
Since 2005 special emphasis has also been given to Tsunami
response activities by engaging in a partnership project with
Wetlands International South Asia on ecosystem-based
livelihood reconstruction.
The year 2006 was declared as the “Year of the Turtle” by
Indian Ocean South East Asia (IOSEA). As an extension of the
world-wide efforts to campaign for the conservation of marine
turtles, the marine programme undertook a “T-shirt campaign”.
A project on marine turtles was also initiated in Gujarat as part
of the efforts to promote the marine turtle conservation
programme of WWF-India.
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Post Tsunami Response
The year 2006 was the second anniversary of the Tsunami that
left a trail of devastation and destruction in the island groups of
Andaman & Nicobar and the southern states of Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Under the aegis of the Green
Coast project, the Marine Programme continued focusing on
the environmental challenges post-Tsunami. The project is a
partnership between WWF, Wetlands International, IUCN and
Both Ends in all five Tsunami-impacted countries of South and
South East Asia.
As part of the policy component of this project policy briefs on
three critical areas - Shelterbelts, Fisheries and Reconstruction
were prepared. Further, the Green Reconstruction Guidelines
developed by WWF-Indonesia were modified and adapted to
the Indian context. The aim is to inform policy makers and fix
guidelines which are continuously evolving. Through this work
the marine programme is providing continued support and
policy advice in the fisheries and coastal management sectors.
Policy issues related to agriculture and aquaculture will be
subsequently addressed.
The focus of the marine turtles conservation work last year has
been Orissa - revolving around protecting the nesting beach of
Rushikulya. Marine turtle conservation work has also been
initiated in Gujarat.
Policy advocacy on Antarctica issues continued with the
Ministry of Earth Sciences (formerly the Department of Ocean
Development).
Marine reserves or protected areas are an effective showcase
for the conservation of marine biodiversity. The project focused
on evaluating the management effectiveness of two MPAs -
Marine Turtle Conservation
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, Orissa (east coast) and Gulf of
Kutch Marine National Park, Gujarat (west coast). This
evaluation was based on the World Bank score card that aims
to enhance the capability for adaptive management in MPAs.
The results from the two sites indicate that there is a scope for
improving management effectiveness supported by training of
the officers and sustained funding.
The year 2007 is being envisaged by the programme as a year
of various activities - from turtle conservation to by-catch to
addressing illegal trade in marine species. Palk Bay and Gulf
of Kutch will be the focus points for initiating various
conservation projects while the focal species will be turtles,
tuna and sharks.
To promote sustainable fisheries, efforts will be made to
include other coastal states and the islands as part of it pre-
analysis project, involving community-based certification
programme. Pre-assessment of potential marine fisheries that
could be considered for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
certification will also be taken up in the coming year.
The Marine programme also aims to work with the government
on creating awareness around the International Polar Year
(2007-09) and the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.
The year to come:
Facing page: The ‘T-shirt campaign’ launched to mark the IOSEA ‘Year of Turtle’ was a huge success.
Species ProgrammeAbout the programme
The year gone by:
The Species Conservation Programme of WWF-lndia is
involved in the conservation of tigers, elephants and rhinos as
flagship species for protection and management of their habitat
at a landscape level. Conservation interventions have an
integrated approach that includes supporting Protected Areas,
enhancing connectivity of habitats, promoting sustainable
livelihoods for communities living in and around critical wildlife
habitats and ensuring policy support for long term conservation
of wildlife.
WWF-India has been working in six key landscapes viz. Terai
Arc Landscape (TAL), North Bank Landscape (NBL), Satpuda
Maikal Landscape (SML), Kaziranga Karbianglong Landscape
(KKL), the Sunderbans Landscape and Nilgiris & Eastern
Ghats for conservation of tigers, elephants and rhinos.
In addition, WWF-India also has emerging programmes for the
conservation of other endangered species including the Red
Panda and Snow Leopard.
l In the Sunderbans, WWF-India worked with the villagers of
Chhoto Mollakhali to construct a school building. Popularly
referred to as the 'School of Hope', this is a part of the
overall conservation and sustainable development
programme in this region. It is anticipated that the proper
building will help villagers get recognition for their school
from the West Bengal Government.
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l WWF-India, in association with Centre for Bee Technology,
conducted training programmes for the villagers in the SML.
This effort is directed towards replacing conventional
practices, which are crude and have a severe impact on the
ecology of the forests, by new and sustainable methods of
honey collection.
l To promote conservation awareness among rural youth and
children, WWF-India has initiated special programme in
numerous schools and villages. The programme which
include activities such as poster making, essay writing
competitions, debate and quiz competitions, folk dances
and skits, interactive activities, games and meetings were
conducted. One major outcome was the formation of 'Youth
for a Living Planet' (YALP), a club of youth from Ramnagar
and the neighboring villages around Corbett Tiger Reserve.
l In partnership with the local villagers of Pilibhit in the Terai
Arc Landscape, WWF-India has set up an electric fence of
around ten kilometres for reducing human-wildlife conflict.
These villages have been suffering large-scale destruction
of crops by ungulates and wild boar that raid fields from the
surrounding forests.
l A camp of about 400 cattle and 12 shepherd families was
evacuated by the sensitized residents of Jhiriya village in
the SML Illegal cattle camps and grazing in forest land are
major issues in the forest villages of Kanha-Achanakmar
Corridor in this landscape.
l WWF-India continued to provide support to the respective
Forest Departments in the sites and areas around it’s key
landscapes by way of equipment, community cooperation
and augmentation of their anti-poaching work.
From top (clockwise): A tiger in Kanha National Park resting after a good meal; AREAS programme focuses on the conservation of Indian rhinos and Asian elephants; The Red Panda is a rare species, which is facing severe threat to its existence owing to habitat loss.
The Asian Rhinos and Elephant Action
Strategy (AREAS)
The year gone by:
WWF-India’s AREAS initiative for the conservation of the
mega-herbivores — Indian rhino and Asian elephant — is a
response to the recognition that long-term conservation of
these endangered ‘pachyderms’ is only possible through a
landscape-based approach that goes beyond isolated
protected areas and includes the surrounding landscapes and
related land use practices.
l Manas National Park in India celebrated its hundredth year
of existence in 2006. As part of the celebrations,
communities living around the park expressed interest and
enthusiasm in working on conservation issues. To make
Manas a self sufficient national park, WWF-India has been
helping the Forest Department in a number of ways that
includes infrastructural support. Detailed maps of the Park
have been prepared, which will not only help in the Rhino
translocation but also aid in better management of the
National Park.
l A discussion forum on the theme ‘Building an Alliance for
Conservation’ was organised jointly by Socio Economic
Rural Development Organisation (SERDO), Dharikati Ajon
Sayastha Kendra (DASK), Nameri Eco-Friendly
Development Organisation (NEFDO), Uttar Charduar Banik
Sanstha (UCBS) and WWF-India. Such an alliance of
like-minded organizations and individuals will help promote
work on conserving the Nameri-Balipara corridor in Assam.
This corridor is a passage for the movement of a healthy
population of elephants, tigers and other wildlife.
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC - the wildlife trade monitoring network, a
joint programme of WWF and IUCN has re-established
its office in India as a division of WWF. It is the only
wildlife trade organization with the expertise and
ability to bring together global data on various issues
to help regulate markets and inform governments and
the public.
l WWF-India’s NBL and KKL work was presented at
‘International Elephant Conservation and Research
Symposium’ organised by Copenhagen Zoo and the
International Elephant Foundation in Denmark. The
symposium concentrated on veterinary and behavioral
research and conservation of elephants in the wild.
Participation of WWF-India was essentially to highlight and
present the elephant conservation scenario in the North
East of India and to understand other elephant conservation
issues all across the world.
l Conservation programme of the Asian elephant and the
Indian rhino in Assam has now moved to addressing major
policy issues. The issue of reclaiming encroached elephant
habitats and securing critical linkages is being addressed on
a priority basis. The success on managing Human Elephant
Conflict (HEC) in NBL and the experience gained on it was
shared with managers of HEC from six range countries
through a workshop organised by WWF-India. The initiative
to translocate rhinos to Manas National Park under the
Indian Rhino Vision 2020 project is the first major win.
Strengthening Manas National Park is in progress.
l The WWF-India team in the Kanchenjunga landscape is
working towards the conservation of the Red Panda and
looking at larger conservation issues in the landscape
including illegal trade in wildlife.
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From top: A workshop for stakeholders from Pakistan in progress; a close-up of the Hudiara Drain; a pumping station on the bank of the Hudiara Drain.
About the programme
The year gone by:
Hudiara Drain Project
The Toxics Programme of WWF-India aims at reduction of toxic
wastes and industrial pollution. Of special importance is the
ongoing project on the Hudiara Drain that runs from India to
Pakistan. Involving all stakeholders - the Army, government,
local community, students - the project aims to reduce the
pollution load in the drain through active local participation and
Better Management Practices.
The study area of this project is located in Punjab covering the
districts of Gurdaspur and Amritsar, along the Indo-Pakistan
border. The focus of the study is on the ecological status of the
Hudiara drain that flows into river Ravi in Pakistan. The drain is
of strategic importance as it carries effluent load from Indian
industries situated on either side of the drain before merging
with the Ravi across the international border. The river is of
great economic value due to its irrigation and hydroelectric
power generation potential. The industries in Pakistan along
the drain add to the effluent load and contribute to the
deterioration of the water quality.
The study aims at assessing the ecological status of the drain,
specifically in terms of water quality and its probable effects on
the local community in the two countries. It further aims at
prescribing solutions for the communities under threat.
Samples were collected from five sites from January 2006 to
December 2006. Sample collection and subsequent laboratory
analysis were achieved as per the American Public Health
Association (APHA) guidelines. The analysis revealed the
presence of toxins such as heavy metals and also coliform
bacteria.
The impacts of pesticide use in tea plantations on the
environment and wildlife are little understood today. As part of
WWF-India’s overall conservation programme in the NBL, this
project aims to understand and suggest strategies to address
this important but neglected issue.
Analysis of soil samples as per Association of Official Analytical
Chemist norms reveal the presence of Endosulfan, in four out
of nine sampling sites. Endosulfan - an organo chlorine
compound - has been used since 1954 as an insecticide and
an acaricide for food and non-food crops, including tea and
cashew. WHO has classified it as a class II pesticide i.e.
moderately toxic to humans.
The focus for Toxics programme will be on agricultural
chemicals and industrial waste. Punjab, West Bengal and Gulf
of Kutch will be the areas for prospective projects.
The shipping industry will be looked into with a fresh
perspective. Ballast water management and the study of anti
fouling paints used in shipping vessels will be taken up on
priority. Oil and natural gas explorations along India’s coastline,
especially around turtle nesting beaches will be taken up with
concerned stakeholders along with WWF-India's Marine
Programme.
Pesticide use in Tea Plantations
The year to come:
Toxics Programme
notification. WWF-India’s positions on these were sent to
concerned authorities.
Along with six other national NGOs, WWF-India organised a
national consultation on the future of conservation in India.
About 50 delegates representing over 20 organisations
participated in this consultation. The main outcome of the
consultation was a statement which has been circulated widely
and sent to the Ministry of Environment and Forests with a
request to consider these recommendations in the
development of wildlife policies and programmes.
As part of the Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency funded Sustainable Development of Sunderbans
Project, WWF-India has been assessing human-wildlife
conflict, resource dependencies, and direct value estimation of
conservation costs and benefits to local communities. This will
enable us to initiate appropriate interventions related to
institutional strengthening and sustainable livelihoods and also
to assess impacts of the programme in an objective manner.
In a joint initiative with the Department of Science and
Technology (DST), WWF-India organised a workshop with 15
potential NGO partners working with local communities around
15 Protected Areas across the country. The workshop aimed at
helping the NGOs identify technologies that could be used to
support both sustainable livelihoods and conservation. This is
to be developed into a coordinated project to be supported by
DST.
Building on from the successful NGO collaboration workshop,
WWF-India has prepared a longer term initiative on Civil
Society Collaboration for Environmental Governance which
would be implemented over the next three years. This will
include policy research and documentation, communication
The year to come:
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Our work in Sunderbans focuses on sustainable livelihoods for local communities.
About the programme:
The year gone by:
The Sustainable Livelihoods Programme has been initiated to
provide strategic guidance and capacity building to existing and
ongoing field programmes. The programme represents WWF-
India on key dialogue platforms related to participatory
resource management, poverty and environment, governance
and policy/advocacy. It also assists the field staff in developing
and implementing mechanisms to measure the process and
impacts of community participation/sustainable livelihoods in
conservation
A major policy issue that emerged during 2005 was the Tribal
Bill and WWF-India has been actively involved in the review
and analysis of this Bill. A representation of WWF-India’s
concerns on this bill was sent to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
WWF-India was part of a consortium of NGOs that submitted a
note on this bill to the Joint Parliamentary Committee. WWF-
India co-organised a consultation on the draft Bill with Bombay
Natural History Society to initiate a dialogue process among
conservation NGOs/individuals and social activists.
Other key policy documents that were analyzed included the
Draft National Environment Policy 2005, the Tiger Task Force
report and the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
SustainableLivelihoods Programme
and advocacy to promote strengthened environmental
governance at local, state and national levels.
With the support of DST, WWF-India will aim to play a
coordination, monitoring and technical support role in the
People and Protected Areas programme. This will include
documenting lessons of successful sustainable livelihood
initiatives that support conservation and enabling the local
NGOs and community groups to learn and share experiences.
Centre forEnvironmentalLawAbout the programme
The year gone by:
The Centre for Environmental Law (CEL) was established in
1993 as an integral part of WWF-India. Apart from handling
WWF-India’s conservation work involving policy analysis,
campaigning and legal interventions on environmental issues,
CEL serves as a resource centre for teaching and research in
regional, national and international environmental laws.
CEL’s unique style of dovetailing research, education and
information dissemination with legal activism is along the lines
of the provisions under Agenda 21 of the outcome of the 1992
Rio Conference.
thLast year, CEL successfully completed the 13 Diploma in
Environmental Law. At the convocation, Justice Madan B
Lokur, awarded diplomas to the students and delivered the
Green Law Lecture on ‘Environmental Law: Its Development
and Jurisprudence’.
As part of the Diploma programme, several activities were
organised. To equip students with the basic understanding of
the justice delivery system and court procedures, the Centre
organised a visit to the Supreme Court. To understand the
issues on field, a field trip was organised to the Great
Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh.
CEL’s research on various enviro-legal issues has been
primarily aimed at overcoming shortcomings of laws and
regulations and to effectively integrate environment and
development in the politics and practices of the country. It also
recognizes the need to develop and implement integrated,
enforceable and effective policies taking into consideration
social, ecological and economic factors. Based on this, the
Centre is implementing a project on “Trade Liberalization,
Rural Poverty and Environment” focusing on policy implications
in relation to the aquaculture industry in the Sunderbans.
CEL continued with its internship programme encouraging
students to undertake research studies on environmental law
Policy Research
Internship Programmes
and policy. Last year, the Centre received many applications
from both national and international students for its internship
programme.
CEL, in collaboration with MoEF and Gtz, organised a training
series on ‘Eco-Tourism and Environmental Laws’ for
government officials representing State Pollution Control
Boards, Tourism Department, MoEF and representatives from
civil society.
CEL came out with three major publications last year:
In collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, WWF-India st
released a report - Indian Companies in the 21 Century - An
Opportunity for Innovations that can save the Planet - at an
international seminar at Delhi. This report is part of a series of
Training
Publications
Indian Companies in the 21st Century - An Opportunity for
Innovations that can save the Planet
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studies by WWF’s Trade and Investment Programme, which
aims to identify and co-operate with actors in the BRICS
(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) groups of key
emerging economies to champion sustainable international
trade and investment. The programme examines the scope for
these countries to become leading exporters of, and investors
in, sustainable goods and services, whilst emerging as key
actors in promoting a proactive international sustainable
development agenda..
CEL published the ‘Handbook on Citizen’s Environmental
Rights and Duties’ in collaboration with MoEF. The study is
based on various rights and duties conferred to the citizens by
the Constitution of India. This handbook is also available in
Hindi.
CEL submitted the final report on ‘Handbook of Multilateral
Environmental Agreements/Conventions and India’s
Compliance’. Approved by MoEF, this will be brought out as a
two volume handbook. Volume I will be the analysis and India’s
compliance pursuant to signing the MEA while Volume II will be
a compilation of the important international environmental
conventions. The research encompasses all the global
agreements as also the synergy between them.
Handbook on Citizen’s Environmental Rights and Duties
Handbook of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(MEAs) and India’s Compliance
The year to come:
Apart from the on-going research activities, the Centre will also
interface with areas of sustainable development like the
linkages between poverty and environment and transnational
conservation issues.
CEL will continue collaborating with government and other
agencies through initiating capacity building, policy and
advocacy issues for effective implementation of international
treaties, agreements and national laws.
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Field visit is an integral part of the diploma curriculum as this enables students to have a better understanding of the legal and policy issues on the ground.
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About the programme
WWF-India’s Environment Education Programme has aimed to
take forward the responsibility of bringing to people’s mind the
need to act for a sustainable future.
We are living in the United Nations’ Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development (2005-2014). It is increasingly being
recognized that education and communication are important
tools to raise awareness, build partnerships with communities
and have a vision for bringing about a change in our lifestyles -
a change that is sustainable and compatible with the available
natural resources of the earth. Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD) must begin with examining our own
lifestyles and improving our living standards to reduce our
ecological footprint on the earth.
In its endeavour to create ambassadors for conservation,
WWF-India continued to work in the area of awareness
generation, teacher training, nature education, camping and
production of resource materials. Nature camps were
conducted across the country. Through our network of state
and field offices, WWF-India undertook environment education
activities in various educational institutions on a regular basis.
A series of environment education initiatives with corporate
sector were also conducted.
The year gone by:
ECOmmunity Week
Green Canopy School Education Programme
In October 2006, WWF-India's Environment Education
Programme partnered with GE Money for awareness activities
across the country. Numerous programmes aimed at educating
people about environment were organised in Kerala, Gujarat
and Madhya Pradesh among other states.
The Programme helped Delhi Government build a Nature Trail
and an Interpretation Centre at the Delhi Chief Minister’s
official residence. To initiate the Green Canopy project, a two-
day Teachers’ Training Workshop was organised to put into
perspective some concepts in outdoor conservation education.
It is hoped that the teachers in turn will propagate this learning
to their students thereby ensuring dissemination of
environment awareness through outdoor education tools.
The World Wetlands Day (February 2) celebrations were
organised together with the Freshwater and Wetlands
Programme of WWF-India. Through a state-level essay
competition organised in Delhi, the message of importance of
wetlands and their conservation was shared with school
children.
Last year, WWF-India celebrated the World Earth Day in
association with MoEF and Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
Activities included street plays, students’ forum, and debate,
which saw participation from a large number of school and
college students.
World Wetlands Day
World Earth Day
A street play being performed as part of the World Earth Day celebrations. Facing page (from top clockwise): Ravi Singh, SG and CEO, WWF-India, speaking
at the inauguration of the Interpretation Centre and Nature Trail at the Delhi CM’s residence; Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister, Delhi interacting with teachers at the
inauguration of the Interpretation Centre at her residence; (Others) As part of environment education programmes, WWF-India conducted a number of
workshops and events at various educational institutions.
EnvironmentEducation Programme
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The year to come:
The environment component in the school text-books has not
lead to effective action for conserving the environment.
Therefore, the further course of study in Environment
Education should emphasize the emotional and attitudinal
aspects of the learner’s personality along with the cognitive
components available in the text-books. WWF-India’s
Environment Education Programme has endeavored to take
this initiative further.
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About Indira Gandhi Conservation and
Monitoring Centre (IGCMC)
IGCMC of WWF-India uses sophisticated techniques such as
Geographic Information System (GIS) to provide scientific
investigations, resource management, asset management,
Environmental Impact Assessment, Urban planning,
cartography, criminology, history, sales, marketing, and route
planning to WWF-India’s conservation programmes.
Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system of capturing,
storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes
which are spatially referenced to the earth.
The year gone by:
The programme has been involved in a number of projects
where remotely-sensed images and other data were used for
mapping and monitoring changes in land cover and condition
with special reference to forest cover change.
In the year 2006, IGCMC undertook spatial and non-spatial
database generation of the SWGL - preparation of maps
depicting the forest cover change and the development of a
technical report summarizing the purpose, methodology and
final output of the entire project using remote sensing and GIS.
Besides this, the programme is also handling two other major
GIS projects for TAL and SML.
Details of the projects undertaken by IGCMC are as follows:
l Digital Image Processing work for Singrauli & Sidhi District
coal field region: For this project interpretation of Landuse
and Landcover was carried out and Time Series analysis
from three sets (1970, 1990 and 2006) of satellite imageries
using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques was made.
l Satellite image-based forest mapping and GIS database
creation for Red Panda Habitat Mapping in Sikkim and
Darjeeling.
The Centre regularly publishes reports on Environment in the Indian Parliament
GIS and Information Management
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l The Centre compiles a quarterly newsletter to keep various
readers updated with the Centre’s major activities. The
newsletter has been revamped and made more focused on
subject areas designated to the Centre.
l The Centre has been regularly updating database on
environmental NGOs in India for its upcoming publication -
Environmental NGOs in India - A Directory.
l At the National Workshop for ENVIS Centres conducted by
the MoEF in October 2006, the Centre was designated as
the second best ENVIS Centre (out of 78 centres) in the
country.
l SML: Database generation for this particular landscape for
forest management and wildlife conservation is currently
ongoing.
l SWGL: Mapping existing forest/vegetation cover of the
landscape using Remote Sensing and GIS.
l TAL: Creation of baseline maps of the study area using the
comprehensive Remote Sensing and GIS techniques.
The major achievement of the programme last year was
publishing of a book titled - Vegetation Types of the Southern
Eastern Ghats - A Remote Sensing Perspective. The book was
prepared with a view to documenting the land use and land
cover pattern of the Eastern Ghats region through development
of spatial databases using Remote Sensing and GIS.
The ENVIS Centre recognizes the important role of
environmental information in sound decision-making, provides
services such as information-based comprehensive data by
serving as an information resource repository in the concerned
subject areas – NGOs, Parliament and Media.
The highlight of ENVIS’s work last year was publication of the
parliamentary reports - 'Environment in the Indian Parliament:
An Analysis - Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha 2005' covering the
Budget, Monsoon and Winter Sessions.
l Other important activities included the computerization of
database generated by the Centre. This data is selectively
updated in the comprehensive interactive website for online
coordination with all its network partners as well as
dissemination of information to the users whenever
required.
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Living Planet Report - WWF’s biennial update on the state of
the planet’s health - describes the changing state of global
biodiversity and the pressure on the biosphere arising from
human consumption of natural resources. The Living Planet
Report 2006, released in Beijing and New Delhi, confirms the
trend noticed in the previous year’s report: we are putting
more pressure than what the planet can sustain.
The report is based on two key indices - the Living Planet
Index and the Ecological Footprint Index – and shows that
the rate at which we (human beings) are consuming the
resources, we will require five planets to survive.
Living Planet Index. This shows the trends in the populations of
terrestrial, marine and freshwater vertebrate species. It
declined by 29 per cent from 1970 to 2003.
Humanity’s Ecological Footprint. This estimates how much of
the productive capacity of the biosphere people use.
Three Ecological footprint scenarios. Two may lead to
sustainability.
The report also illustrates three scenarios – business-as-
usual, slow shift and rapid-reduction – that show what will
happen to the planet if we continue to live and work without
bringing about a change in our consumption pattern.
As part of our endeavor to take the message of conservation to
a larger section of Indian society, the report was translated in
Hindi and launched at New Delhi. The launch, and subsequent
discussions based on the report, has evinced strong interest in
a India-specific report and the footprint work that our Forest
conservation programme is working on.
Living Planet Report 2006 – in Hindi
Living Planet Report 2006
WWF-India participated in the global launch of the Living Planet Report 2006 by simultaneously launching the report in Hindi in New Delhi
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Russian Federation 631 4.4 6.9 2.5
Japan 556 4.4 0.7 -3.6
Brazil 383 2.1 9.9 7.8
Germany 375 4.5 1.7 -2.8
France 339 5.6 3.0 -2.6
United Kingdom 333 5.6 1.6 -4.0
Mexico 265 2.6 1.7 -0.9
Canada 240 7.6 14.5 6.9
Italy 239 4.2 1.0 -3.1
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WWF-India believes that business, trade and commerce can
play a dominant role for the cause of conservation. Through
the Business Development (BD) team, we engage with
Business and Industry (B &I) to develop partnerships, stimulate
green innovations and challenge environmentally harmful
business practices. Our mandate is to endorse good business
practices and bring about a mindset change through
partnerships. We endeavor to bridge the existing gap between
the corporate world and the development sector and create
opportunities so that synergistic alignment of corporate
business goals with environmental requirements can become a
reality.
Corporate andother partnerships
The year 2006 has been a year of several co-initiatives
between WWF-India and B & I. Corporate such as Infosys,
Godrej, Turtle Apparels, Swarovski, and The Taj Group of
Hotels, Ogilvy & Mather, Tata Trent, Genesis Colors, Satya
Paul and American Express have been furthering support for
WWF’s conservation work.
Initiatives by the BD team in 2005, materialized into several
joint ventures in 2006. Co-branding, creating WWF properties,
new product launches, corporate and media partnerships,
outreach programmes, celebrity involvement and membership
in business fora are the milestones of team's work in 2006.
Major highlights of last year's work are:
Dorabjee Tata Fund: WWF-India was awarded a grant for
strengthening community-based forest management in western
Arunachal Pradesh.
Turtle Apparels: WWF-India partnered Turtle Apparels for a
co-branding initiative to strengthen the turtle conservation
programme of WWF-India in selected stretches of the Gujarat
coast. This partnership aims to enhance knowledge and
awareness of different stakeholders and involve local
communities and field forest staff in nest protection.
Endangered Species Wildlife Brand: WWF-India has created
an exclusive wildlife brand with an aim to create awareness
about ten endangered species. Prioritised by WWF-India for
conservation, these are lesser known but equally vulnerable
and critically endangered.
The year gone by:
This brand will have a multitude of educational and awareness-
generation activities spanning the next two years as well as
fund-raising initiatives through co-branding and events.
To launch this brand, WWF-India in partnership with American
Express showcased the Endangered Species Collection, an
apparel line by Satya Paul, at an exclusive event. This initiative
has brought about a partnership of diverse business groups - a
fashion house, a multinational corporate, a leading hotel, a
reputed bank and a well known creative house - all joining
hands with WWF towards the common goal of conservation.
The Endangered Species Collection initiative provides wide-
scale distribution of this signature apparel collection through
Satya Paul stores across the country.
The Godrej Group: The Godrej Group has been supporting
conservation in India for decades. Each generation of Godrej
family has been deeply committed to environmental matters.
This promise to conservation is renewed every year through
support of WWF-India's initiatives, strengthening the bonds
between businesses and stimulating green innovation.
Swarovski: The Austrian crystal company Swarovski
supported the development of Dr. Salim Ali Visitor
Interpretation Centre in Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur.
Swarovski's campaign to support key environmental causes
(and its ongoing support to water conservation globally) is a
result of the company's recognition to protect exceedingly
vulnerable environment.
Taj Group of Hotels: The Tata Corporate philosophy rests on
sustainable development and concern for environment and
society alike. The Taj Group of Hotels has exhibited excellence
in conservation as our hospitality partners by supporting WWF-
India's awareness drives through hosting the launch events.
This association will also be marked by the release of the
Macchan CD with original music of the restaurant composed by
Ananda Shankar, announcement of a Macchan wildlife
photography contest for creating the Macchan Coffee Table
Book, with the proceeds of sales going towards conservation.
Ogilvy & Mather: Our global creative partner Ogilvy & Mather
supported WWF's vision through several successful
promotional campaigns.
The Majestic Tiger: An exclusive WWF-India 2007 black and
white calendar set showcases the work of artists of the
Ranthambore School of Art. A collection of 12 charcoal
drawings, the calendar captures exquisite details of
Ranthambore's tigers in all their glory. 'The Majestic Tiger'
provides a link between the natural world, village artists and
corporate institutions, supporting the cause to save the tigers.
The proceeds from the sales will go towards WWF
conservation programmes and an Emergency Fund.
Call of the Wild: This collection of amazing photographs on
conservation by WWF-India has contributions by renowned
photographers from across India. The collection has been
exhibited by WWF-India, Ministry of Tourism, Indo-German
Chamber of Commerce and India Habitat Centre. The Call of
the Wild was successfully organised in Bangalore and Mumbai
also.
Dolphin Ambassador: Shweta Nanda continued her
association with WWF-India as the “Dolphin Ambassador” for
the Freshwater and Wetlands Programme. The BD team
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Bottom left image: WWF-India launched the Endangered Species Collection at a major event at Taj Mansingh Hotel.
“The Song of the River Dolphin”.
I am alive...
Man straightens the curves of the Ganga,
swarming her banks like bees in a hive,
greed and need destroy an ancient nirvana,
how long i don’t know but I am alive...
Tumbling, gamboling in mother Ganga’s shawls
now under, now over, now in joyous jive,
lost lovers separated by tall concrete walls,
lost parents, lost children, still, i am alive...
New poisons, new killers arrive everyday,
how long and how deep can one dive and dive,
my flesh, my oils, my guts, yes you may,
my spirit, never, and as yet i am alive...
Showcasing works of the artists from the Ranthambore School of Arts
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launched a major awareness drive in 2006 for schools students
of Delhi. She spearheaded a major educational awareness
drive in top schools of Delhi.
Green Conservation bands: The Green Conservation bands
crossed national borders with the international launch in the
Philippines. With another 5000 bands sold, the support for
environment awareness and conservation has gained further
momentum.
Elder Pharmaceuticals: Elder Pharmaceuticals has come
forward to help conservation of species including the tiger.
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WWF-India have been striving to increase the constituency
base of our individual supporters through our Individual
Affiliates programme. This programme aims at sensitizing
individuals to align with the cause of conservation as the
backing of these individual supporters helps us tremendously
in sustaining our conservation-related efforts.
In order to explore potential supporter bases, a specialized tool
of Indian Postal Service was utilized to garner more support for
the cause of conservation. This initiative also helped in
reducing the cost of reaching out to new supporters.
Leading Fundraising agencies are assisting WWF-India to gain
more and more supporters for our conservation work.
In order to spread consciousness about the environment-
related issues and to reach out to more people on an
organizational level, WWF-India this year initiated ‘Institutional
Affiliation’ programme. Many business houses have shown
interest in this programme and have aligned themselves with
WWF-India’s work.
Direct Post Programme
Fund Raising Initiatives
Institutional Affiliation Programme
Network Servicesand Supporter Relations
To initiate kids early into the cause of conservation, a special
workshop for the kids of the employees of Canon India, our
global conservation partner and an institutional affiliate, was
organized. As an outcome of this workshop, children became
more sensitized to the need of conserving water, electricity and
protecting wild life.
In order to spread awareness about WWF-India and the
causes it stands for, co-branded credit card with Deutsche
Bank was launched. Additionally the SBI Social Responsibility
Card launched last year, has helped WWF take its message to
over 25,000 people across the country.
To cut down the usage of paper, WWF-India, along with
Citibank, is promoting e-statements to Citibank’s cardholders.
Co-Branded Credit Cards
E-statements
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WWF-India regularly celebrates national festivals like Republic Day and Independence Day with great zeal.
WE MISS YOU!
Demise of Pankaj Sarmah, a member of the North
Bank Landscape (NBL) team of the Asian Elephant
and Rhino Conservation Programme (AREAS)
programme came as a shock to all of us at WWF-
India and the larger conservation community. Pankaj,
30, succumbed to cerebral malaria. He was
associated with NBL conservation work since 2001
and was one of the earliest recruits in the
programme. Pankaj dedicated his work towards
mitigating Human-Elephant conflict in Assam and did
the first studies for WWF-India in the NBL area and
the Kaziranga landscape. He was also instrumental
in forming the Manas Conservation Alliance, a
coalition of 20 NGOs and individuals committed to
conserving Manas Reserve. Pankaj’s positive
attitude, good nature, sincerity, cheerfulness and
courage will be missed by all his friends and
colleagues.
The Human Resources Division makes continuous
efforts for the welfare of the dedicated staff of WWF-
India and to get the best possible human resources to
work for conservation in the country.
To acknowledge the hard work of those who have
served the organisation with commitment and
integrity, the newly-instituted ‘WWF-India Meritorious
Service Award’ was given to Mr. Raj Pal Bakshi who
works as Subscription Officer in the Network Services
and Supporter Relations Division.
One of our senior staff members, Tariq Aziz,
Associate Director of Species programme and head
of AREAS programme in India, won the prestigious
WWF International Staff Award for Outstanding
Service 2005. This global award recognizes his
enormous commitment to wildlife conservation in
India, particularly his fieldwork in elephant and rhino
conservation and his ability to communicate WWF’s
work.
Last year, we bid adieu to Mr. Rati Giri, who retired as
the security head at the WWF-India Secretariat, after
16 years of service. For his unswerving service to the
organization, Mr. Giri won the WWF-International
Staff Award for Outstanding Service in 2004. Highly
recognized for his work, Mr. Giri’s loyalty and
dedication is an example for generations to follow.
HumanResources
LibraryMaharaja Fatesinghrao Gaekwad Library and
Documentation Centre
Established in 1989, the Maharaja Fatesinghrao Gaekwad
Library and Documentation Centre has emerged as a major
research and information centre on environment and wildlife
related topics. The centre provides reference services to the
media, NGOs, researchers, students, and nature club
members. Over the years, with considerable support from the
programme units, the centre has established a position of
strength to provide value-added information service to the
users. The library has over 12,000 volumes on diverse range of
subjects such as forests, wetlands, oceans & marine systems,
flora & fauna, pollution & toxics, climate change, environmental
education, environmental law and cases, wildlife trade,
protected areas, watershed management and other subjects
on environment. The library maintains a computerised
database of its holdings.
The library subscribes to about 75 journals and receives over
250 complementary newsletters from India and abroad every
year. The library also subscribes to 20 major national dailies.
These are regularly scanned for environment-related news,
which in turn are classified and filed for easy retrieval. The
Library also has a collection of publications from other
organisations like IUCN, UNEP, UNDP, World Bank, World
Watch Institute, World Resource Institute.
Realising the need for presenting environmental news in a
coherent manner, the library brings out Nature News, a digest
of the environment-related news on the Internet. Nature News
is a compilation of all significant environmental news,
appearing on the Internet. The library also brings out an annual
compilation of Nature News which serves as an indispensable
resource for students and researchers alike.
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Left: The Maharaja Fatesinghrao Gaekwad Library is regularly visited by students, researchers and media persons
Through the Canon WWF
Photo Contest 2006 we have
harnessed the impact of visual
imagery to communicate and
advance the message of
freshwater conservation.
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CommunicationsThe Communications division of WWF-India actively supports
various conservation programmes in reaching out to
stakeholders. The division also works to create awareness all
around about conservation using all media tools.
Through numerous public-engagement activities and tie-ups,
the message of conservation was brought out in the larger
public domain. All our activities have been woven around the
central theme of “Get Involved” i.e. engaging all members of
the society.
The new look PANDA: WWF-India’s newsletter, PANDA, was
revamped to make it more reader-friendly. The contents were
increased and new features introduced.
The year gone by:
Canon WWF Photo Contest 2006: WWF-India joined hands
with Canon to launch the first Canon WWF Photo Contest
2006. The contest received overwhelming response from all
and helped convey the conservation message.
Launch of the Living Planet Report 2006: Living Planet
Report 2006 was translated in Hindi for the first time and was
launched in a major event at WWF-India Secretariat coinciding
with the international launch. The report attracted the attention
of all key stakeholders to the “clear and present danger” that
our planet is facing.
Planet Action Eco Reality Series: The eco-reality series –
Planet Action – premiered in India in March last year. The
series is a result of the successful partnership between
Discovery Networks International and WWF International. In
this six-episode series, the WWF experts mentored globally-
selected volunteers in real conservation challenges in different
WWF sites around the world. The series was well received by
all as it brought out a new angle to the reality programming
while apprising the audience about the tough conditions in
which ground-level conservationists work.
The Communications division will strengthen its outreach
activities by investing in journalism and focusing on New
Media.
The year to come:
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WWF-India continued working with the Indian Army to
further strengthen the grounds for conservation across the
country. The Army and WWF-India share a symbiotic
relationship: presence in the countryside where the
conservation challenges lie.
Indian Army provided constant support to WWF for its
initiatives for the conservation of wetlands in Ladakh (read
more on page no.10 & 11) and Rhododendrons
conservation in Arunachal Pradesh (read more on
page no.8).
Additionally through numerous outreach activities and
Conservation Festivals, WWF continued to increase
awareness levels among the Army jawans.
We are proud to be associated with the Army and
gratefully acknowledge all the support and cooperation we
have received from them.
Working together with the Army
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As part of its long-standing partnership with the Army, WWF-India, developed informative posters on Rhododendrons.
One of the most innovative and participative ways of involving
young men and women in conservation is Conservation
Festivals of WWF-India. Conservation Festival – as the name
suggests – is all about celebrating the nature, its importance
and the importance of saving it. This method of education and
awareness-generation has been adopted in schools and
colleges across the country.
Rashtriya Indian Military School, Dehradun; Indian Military
School, Chail; Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee; National
Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, are some of the
notable institutions where the festivals have been organized.
We also celebrated the conservation festival at St. Stephen’s
College, New Delhi.
These festivals - a series of events like quiz competitions,
debates, audio visual presentations etc - involve and engage
young students in the cause of conservation.
'Adopt a Plant campaign' that was started in 2005 by Shri. I.K.
Gujral, former Indian Prime Minister, by planting a sapling at
WWF-India Secretariat, is an important component of the
Conservation Festival. One highlight of the campaign, last year
was planting of tree saplings in Chail, near the world’s highest
cricketing ground during a conservation festival held there.
Besides these outreach activities, WWF-India also participated
in a number of Flower Shows in 2006 and won many prizes. From (top clockwise): WWF-India’s representative, Mahesh Pandey addressing students at a conservation festival; most of the conservation festivals were celebrated at Army institutions; children planting saplings as part of the Adopt a Plant campaign; communication material being distributed at a conservation festival site.
Conservation Festivals
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restoration through de-silting. Tanks are an important feature of
the landscape of Andhra Pradesh that not only provide water to
the arid Deccan landscape but are also home to many aquatic
animals. These tanks have never been studied before.
APFO has been playing an important role in the
implementation of the projects rolled out by the Secretariat.
The field office has been working towards strengthening
community based forest management practices in the form of
community conserved area. The field office is also working on
the improvement of fodder resources in western Arunachal
Pradesh.
The field office undertook the conservation of Rhododendrons
with community participation and the conservation of high-
altitude wetlands of western Arunachal Pradesh.
The office works on coordinating policy issues and logistics for
the NBL and the KKL. The office also assisted in the Kaziranga
Centenary initiatives and is supporting the Species
programme.
The office has been coordinating meetings of like-minded
individuals and institutions in and around Ranchi to take the
conservation movement forward.
The Arunachal Pradesh Field Office (APFO)
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh State Office
Bihar & Jharkhand State Office (BJSO)
From Our National NetworkAndhra Pradesh State Office (APSO)
APSO’s biodiversity survey of the ICRISAT’s campus in
Patancheru, Hyderabad, is being compiled into a fully
illustrated book. APSO plans to study wilderness areas in and
around Hyderabad which are in danger of being lost to the
ever-expanding city.
In order to bridge the information gap about the endemic
biodiversity of Andhra Pradesh, APSO is publishing a book on
common birds and mammals. Aimed at young students and
amateur naturalists, this is perhaps the first in the series of
books to describe the natural heritage of the state.
APSO has also conducted a brief study of the avi-fauna of
tanks in Warangal district that had been taken up for
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Through our network of state and project offices, WWF-India conducts a number of environment education activities like (from left, clockwise) bird watching trips in
Himachal Pradesh, Earth Day Celebrations in Tamil Nadu, cycle rallies in Andhra Pradesh and plantation drives in West Bengal.
activities are also being carried out for the officers and jawans
of the Indian Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
WWF-India, in association with the Army, initiated a major
environment education and awareness campaign for the
school children of Rajouri and Poonch districts. As part of these
activities nature clubs were formed in various remote areas
where the Army has its presence. Indian Army's Romeo Force
has taken up this conservation work in schools. They are also
working for the conservation of species like Himalayan markhor
and musk deer.
JKSO conducted a workshop on ‘Solid Waste Management’ at
the Jammu University Campus. The workshop was part of its
National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) in
association with the MoEF. The workshop saw participation
from more than 60 representatives from NGOs, social activists
and enthusiasts from almost every district of the state.
The Jodhpur Office has been regularly conducting activities like
slide shows, plantation drives and nature club activities. As part
of the environment education, the office trained seven students
from Gujarat National Law University who prepared a project
on Deer Protection in Rajasthan under WWF's guidance.
KSO initiated several activities aimed at awareness generation
on environmental issues. The office also helped the BD team in
organising a photographic exhibition.
Jammu and Kashmir State Office (JKSO)
Jodhpur Divisional Office
Karnataka State Office (KSO)
Dehradun Field Office
Goa State Office
Gujarat State Office (GSO)
High Altitude Wetlands Project Office, Ladakh
The newly set-up Dehradun field office of WWF-India has been
involved in a number of outreach activities involving students
from prestigious educational institutions like the Welham Boys
School, the Heritage School and the Brooklyn School among
others. The conservation festival organised in Rashtriya Indian
Military College witnessed large participation from students and
teachers alike. (Read more about the Conservation Festival on
page 35)
The office conducted activities like film and slide shows, nature
camps and field trips, lectures and quizzes, plantation drives,
crocodile rescue and survey work. The office is located on
Miramar Beach and works closely with various institutions to
promote and initiate matters relevant to the state. The office
also helped CEL in organising their workshop on eco-tourism.
Support was also provided for WWF-India's conference on
product development and outreach strategy.
GSO organized a 12-day trekking programme to Manali in May.
On the occasion of the World Environment Day, GSO
inaugurated a Herbal Medicinal Garden; GSO also celebrated
the International Day for Biological Diversity.
The Ladakh project office has been working for the
conservation of High Altitude wetlands of Ladakh - actively
involving all the stakeholders for the collaborative
management. Specially designed education and awareness
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Kerala State Office (KLSO)
Kolhapur Divisional Office
Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh State Office (MP & CSO)
KLSO undertook the afforestation in the Sainik School
Campus, under the aegis of National Green Corps (NGC)
programme, last year. MoEF has appointed WWF-India KLSO
as the implementing agency of the NGC programme in the
state keeping the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology
and Environment as the nodal agency.
The office conducted local education awareness activities on a
regular basis. These activities included quizzes, debates,
presentations, discussions and other field activities like nature
trails and walks.
The State Office celebrated occasions like World Environment
Day, World Ozone Day, Vanmahotsav and Wildlife Week. All
these events saw huge participation from students, local
communities and dignitaries. Further, the office also organized
workshops to sensitize the field staff of national parks and
sanctuaries about the provisions of Wildlife (Protection) Act,
1972. The State Office has also published a book on Wildlife
(Protection) Act, 1972 (with commentary) in Hindi.
The other programmes included a two-day ecological seminar
for nearly 650 National Cadet Corps Cadets (NCC) from
School and colleges of M.P. Workshops on Solid Waste
Management were also conducted last year. The main
objective was to sensitise the rural masses and youth on the
adverse impacts of application of chemical fertilizer,
insecticides in agriculture and to make them aware about the
environmental pollution.
MSO conducted number of outreach activities involving
students, parents and teachers. These activities included
monthly meetings on various topics, nature orientation camps,
teacher training workshops, plantation drives, film screenings
and slide shows in different educational institutions and nature
trails to different sanctuaries and National Parks.
Also, last year MSO celebrated the ‘Panda Festival of
Environment’ which got good response from supporters who
actively participated in events like puppetry, face painting and
street play.
Through Mount Abu Field Office, WWF-India has stepped
forward to promote nature tourism for conservation of unique
ecosystem of Abu hills. It is hoped that through our efforts we
will be able to influence planners, conservationists and
business community to think for the long-term protection of
environment of Abu hills and to decide the strategies for its
sustainable development through eco-tourism.
OSO focused its efforts around turtle conservation as last year
was the Year of Turtles. OSO joined hands with the State
Forest Department in the census of the turtle nesting, patrolling
of the rookery and rescue/release of the hatchlings. A
temporary Turtle Interpretation Centre was also set up in a
Maharashtra State Office (MSO)
Mount Abu Field Office
Orissa State Office (OSO)
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cyclone shelter near the beach which catered to the local
community and the visitors.
As part of conservation efforts in the Bhima Shanker Wildlife
Sanctuary, the office undertook a series of clean-up activities
which involved local and international students. Conservation
efforts also included interaction with local communities to focus
on alternative income-generating options to reduce
dependency on forest resources.
The Pune divisional office also undertook the study of the
pollution of the Mula Mutha rivers of Pune. Many students,
corporate employees undertook clean-up and eco-restoration
activities on roads, bridges and other areas surrounding the
rivers in three phases.
SFO undertook a project on “Community participation on
Ecotourism as a sustainable source for livelihood”. The main
objective of the project was to build capacity of local
communities to create harmony between tourism and
environment.
Other activities includes celebration of World Earth Day, World
Environment Day, Himalayan Ecology Fair in collaboration with
HIMURJA, Rajeev Gandhi Akshay Urja Divas and Wild Life
Week. SFO, in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh Tourism
Department, organized a Bird Watching Training Programme.
Pune Divisional Office
Shimla Field Office (SFO)
Tamil Nadu State Office (TNSO)
Udaipur Divisional Office (UDO)
Valsad Divisional Office
West Bengal State Office (WBSO)
In collaboration with Madras School of Social Work, TNSO
launched a programme ‘Youth for conservation education in
Rural Schools’. This initiative took the message of conservation
to the rural Tamil-medium schools.
UDO organised walks and treks to wildlife parks and
sanctuaries to generate awareness about wild flora and fauna.
As a part of National Wildlife Week celebrations, UDO
organised a skating rally which saw participation of students
from various educational institutions.
The office conducted various activities to generate awareness
amongst local communities that highlight the cause of
conservation.
The activities included live demonstrations to generate
awareness about snakes, plantation drives, seminars, flood
relief work in Surat, Environment Day celebrations and water
harvesting.
WBSO has been focusing on the sustainable development of
Sunderbans. Efforts of WBSO in the Sunderbans have been
focused around Human-wildlife conflict and Climate Witness
Initiative among others.
Educating and involving children and other communities is an integral part of our efforts across the country.
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Financial Highlights
The Year Ended 31st March 2006
Salient Balance Sheet Figures
For the Year Ended 31st March 2006
Funds and Liabilities Rs '000s Property and Assets Rs '000s
TOTAL 147,206 TOTAL 147,206
Trust Funds or Corpus 43,579 Fixed Assets 13,550
Earmarked and Other Funds 25,651 Investments 22,594
Current Liabilities 77,977 Current Assets 111,062
* Audited
Income Rs '000s
Total Income 111,823
Total Expenditure 111,001
Fundraising and Subscription 5,621
Donations 4,389
Project Grants 60,984
Other Income 40,830
Expenditure Rs '000s
Conservation Expenditures on Objects of the Trust 79,924
Other Expenses / Operating Costs 31,077
* Audited
AbbreviationsAREAS : Asian Rhinos and Elephant Action Strategy
CITES : Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of wild Flora and Fauna
EF : Ecological Footprint
EHEC : Eastern Himalayas Ecoregion Complex
EIA : Environment Impact Assessment
GFTN : Global Forest Trade Network
GIS : Geographic Information System
HEC : Human Elephant Conflict
IOSEA : Indian Ocean South East Asia
KKL : Kaziranga Karbianglong Landscape
MEA : Multilateral Environmental Agreements
MoEF : Ministry of Environment and Forests
MPA : Marine Protected Areas
MSC : Marine Stewardship Council
NBL : North Bank Landscape
NGC : National Green Corps
PES : Payment for Ecosystem Services
SWGL : Southern Western Ghats Landscape
TAL : Terai Arc Landscape
TIP : Trade and Investment Programme
WAL : Western Arunachal Landscape
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Cover Page: Pankaj Chandan/WWF-India; Table of Contents
page (top): Michael Peters/WWF-India (bottom) Species
Programme/WWF-India; p1: Priyanka Singh; p5: (left) Sejal
Worah/WWF-India; (right) Sejal Worah/WWF-India; p6: (left)
Climate Change and Energy Programme/WWF-India; (right)
WWF-Canon/Adam Oswell; p7: All photos credit: Climate
Change and Energy Programme/WWF-India; p8: (top)
T.R.Manoharan/WWF-India; (middle) T.R.Manoharan/WWF-
India; (bottom) Pijush K Dutta/WWF-India; p9: Sejal
Worah/WWF-India; p10 (from top anti-clockwise) Ansar Khan;
Sandeep Behera/WWF-India; p11: Phuntsog Tashi/WWF-India;
p12: WWF-Canon/Jurgen Freund; p14: (anti-clockwise) Ravi
Singh/WWF-India; Dipankar Ghose/ WWF-India; WWF-Canon/
Michel Gunther; p16: (top) All pictures credit: Anjana
Pant/WWF-India; p17: Vishaish Uppal/WWF-India; p19: (left)
WWF-Canon/ Gerald. S. Cubitt; (right) Moulika Arabhi/WWF-
India; p20: (left) Environment Education Programme/WWF-
India; (right) Anshuman Atroley/WWF-India; p21: All photos
credit: Environment Education Programme; p22: Maps credit;
IGCMC/WWF-India; p24: Communications/WWF-India; p27: All
photos credit: Business Development/WWF-India; p30: (left) G.
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credit: WWF-India.
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Tsokar in Ladakh, is a reflection about the fact that how productive High Altitude himalayan wetlands are. This
wetland is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. During summer months Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis)
and Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) breed here. The wetland also sports mammal species like Lynx (Lynx
isabellina), Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) and Tibetan Wolf (Canis lupus chanko).
WWF-India is working on the ground for the conservation of this High Altitude himalayan wetlands since 2000.
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