Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Robert Oates (TRT), Manoj Misra (PEACE), Dr Asghar Nawab (WWF India)
October, 2012
Programme sites
1. River Yamuna 2. Upper Ganges
1400 km long Key tributary of Ganga States of UKD HP, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, MP, UP
Village Merapur, Hamirpur, UP Village Siyach, Batesar, UP Monthly monitoring is on at various GRIDS and records are maintained
Eco-san toilet, Ova Restored village well, Gadaya Solar light, Siyach Activities include Plantation; GW Recharge well; Pond and Well restoration; Solar lamps; ecosan toilets etc Plantation on river bank, Ekdala GW recharge well, Ramra
Capacity Building
5 WS have been held on subjects like Eco-Sanitation (Ramra); Natural Farming (Kanalsi); Soil and Water testing (Hamirpur); Soil Conservation and Renewable Sources of Energy (Katapathar); Bee-keeping and livelihoods (Gadaya)
Ekdala GRID
Conserving the Critically Endangered Gharial crocodile Gavialis gangeticus in Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary, Upper Ganges: Promoting better coexistence for conservation
Endangered to Critically Endangered!
Only survivors of the Gavialidae family Living fossils (320 mya) Endemic to Indian subcontinent, once abundant and common total breeding population in the world is now estimated to be less than 200 individuals making Gharial a critically endangered species (IUCN 2007)
180km
Gharial released 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2009
2010
2011
2012
Year
Resource dependency
10% of 238 villages [n=24] comprising of 4181 households surveyed in the study stretch (combining both Eastern and Western banks) Schedule Caste and Other Backward Class are dominating Communities Sugarcane is the main cash crop although river bed agriculture [Palaze] is also extensively done Fishing is done for personal consumption Infrastructural capital includes 11 Panchayat community meeting rooms, 22 Aganwadi center for women, 11 Primary health care units, 7 Veterinary hospitals, 18 Government Primary and 9 Government Junior Schools and 8 Government Inter Colleges Encourage environmental sensitivity an important driver of conservation!
Socio-economic surveys conducted to understand the dependency of the riparian communities on freshwater resources
Bridging the Gap facilitate the mechanism and process to strengthen the implementation of various Government Development Schemes for the riparian communities
Location of turtle nests in Palaze areas in the study stretch along River Ganga.
Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in River Yamuna: Current findings and future potential
Survey site
c. 194km [Bateshwar Ghat, Agra to Panchnada, Etawah]
Sampling duration
Winter [January 2012] Summer [June 2012] Monsoon [September 2012]
S.R Taigor
Water pollution
Sewage Treatment Plant
Project activity
Build check dam/oxidation ponds to facilitate the water conservation activities at different sites coming from the domestic to Yamuna.
Sources of domestic pollution recorded along River Yamuna in the study stretch.
WWF India shall replicate the water conservation work initiated by the Forest Department in other parts of the River Yamuna.
Fisheries protection and restoration workshop to promote alternative livelihood at Gopiakhar Village, Etawah, Lower Yamuna
Fisherman sharing his experience and thoughts about the project with other participants.
Palaze [riverbed cultivation] in the study stretch along the Yamuna riverbanks.