- A Survey of Critically Endangered Forest Spotted
Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) in Madhya Pradesh
- Four horned antelope Tetracerus quadricornis:
Habitat use and its role in forest herbivore community
- Status of fish biodiversity conservation in some
protected aquatic areas of Narmada basin
- Biodiversity Education Resource Material for Teachers
- Plant diversity of Chambal Region with special
reference to Conservation Strategy of Threatened Taxa
- Strategic plan for establishing/strengthening
botanical garden at Bhopal
- Building up a community based Conservation Education
Program for the globally threatened bird Lesser Florican (Sepheotides
indica) in Madhya Pradesh
- Status survey of some locally used medicinal plants
Vindhyan Eco-region
- Assessment of Status and role of sacred grooves
in conservation of biodiversity at different levels in MP
- Survey of Flora and Fauna of the Research and
Extension Center, Gwalior
- To study species diversity, their richness, conservation
thorough awareness and utilization pattern in ethono-medicinal
plants prevalent in tribal pockets of Satpura plateau in MP
- Inventorization of existing floral and faunal
elements in the proposed Biodiversity park area at Bargi hills,
Jabalpur (MP)
- Biodiversity of Fish species in aquatic ecosystem
of Rewa district
- MP Bird Vocalizations
- Floral Biodiversity of Ujjain Division, their
status, cataloging and documentation
- Faunal Biodiversity of Ujjain Division, their
status, cataloging and documentation
A Survey of Critically
Endangered Forest Spotted Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) in Madhya
Pradesh:
The project was initiated in January 2005 to conduct survey for
the Forest Spotted Owlet in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The duration
of survey was 6 months. The survey was very fruitful and two new
sites for the Forest spotted owlet was found that is Burhanpur divion
and Khandwa Division and a total of 21 individuals were observed
during the whole survey. Since teak bearing forest i.e. Betul Distrcit,
Chhindwara Disrict and Balaghat District was not covered during
the above project. An extension was given in the August
2005.
Dr.Jayant Kulkarni and Dr.Prachi Mehta, Envirosearch, Pune Maharshtra handle the
project.
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Four horned antelope Tetracerus quadricornis:
Habitat use and its role in forest herbivore community:
Project aims at study of home ranges and habitat preferences of
four horned antelope and collection of data on density and demography
for supporting population viability modeling. The study will also
provide details on significance of four horns in antelope's biology
and four horned antelope's importance in forest herbivore community
as primary consumer and prey. Project duration is nine months and
PI of the project is Shri. Kostubh Sharma, Research Analyst,
Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai
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Status of fish biodiversity conservation in
some protected aquatic areas of Narmada basin:
The primary objective of the project is documentation of aquatic
biodiversity in protected areas and conservation status of endangered
species. Awareness generation among students and common man and
networking of institutions are also secondary objectives of the
project. Project duration is eighteen months and PI of the project
is Dr. Vipin Vyas, Lecturer, Limnology Department, Barkutullah University,
Bhopal.
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Biodiversity Education Resource Material for
Teachers:
Project aims at compilation of existing resource material on biodiversity
and biodiversity education, Text book analysis to identify 'plug
points' for relating the extra curricular material to curricula,
develop a draft in Hindi, including a book, display material and
CDs. The target group is teachers of standards 6th-8th especially
related to eco-clubs, nature education. Dissemination of the material
is through NGC mater trainers' workshops, divisional level Mowgli
Utsav workshops and other workshops with teachers. The project duration
is 4 months and PI is Shri Kapil Sarastrabudhhe, Project coordinator,
Center for Environment Education, Pune.
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Plant diversity of Chambal Region with special
reference to Conservation Strategy of Threatened Taxa:
The project aims at achieving the tasks of survey of Phytodiversity
of the eco-region covering Chambal district including Gwalior, Bhind,
Morena, Datia, Sheopur, Shivpuri and Guna and identify RET and endemic
species and their current status in the eco region. It will also
give threat assessments to the survival of RET species in the eco-region
and survey of focal species (8-10 prioritized on the basis of significant
economic value and socio-cultural value) and ascertain their status.
Project duration is 3 years and PI of the project is Dr. A.K Jain,
Director, Institute of Ethobotany, Jiwaji University, Gwalior.
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Strategic plan for establishing/strengthening
botanical garden at Bhopal:
The project aims at achieving the tasks of survey of Phytodiversity
of the eco-region covering Central eco-region including Bhopal,
Vidisha, Raisen and Sehore and identify RET and endemic species
and their current status in the eco-region. It will also give threat
assessments to the survival of RET species in the eco-region and
survey of focal species (8-10 prioritized on the basis of significant
economic value and socio-cultural value) and ascertain their status
and also suggest list of representative and RET and endemic species
to be planted in identified areas for Botanical Garden species.
Project duration is of 18 months and Principal Investigator is Dr.Shahi
Rai, Principal, Sarogini Naidu P.G. Govt. Girls College, Bhopal.
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Building up a community based Conservation
Education Program for the globally threatened bird Lesser Florican
(Sepheotides indica) in Madhya Pradesh:
The project is basically the survey in the State of MP, to gather
baseline data to develop conservation program for the Lesser florican
and identify key stakeholders at finer level (the village level)
and gain some understanding of inter and intra community dynamics
at this level. While surveying preliminary communication with identified
stakeholder and community leaders will also be done and distribution
of initial education material will also be taken care of. Project
duration is four months and PI of the project is Dr. Avinish Kumar,
Project Coordinator (MP), Center for Environment Education, Bhopal.
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Status survey of some locally used medicinal
plants Vindhyan Eco-region:
The project aims at status survey collection, identification; taxonomic
characterization of locally used important medicinal plants of Vindhyan
eco-region and studies the conservation measures taken so far and
evaluation strategies for ex-situ and in situ conservation. Project
duration is one year and PI of the project is Dr. S.N. Mihra, HOD,
Botany Department, Govt. Science Model College, Rewa.
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Assessment of Status and role of sacred grooves
in conservation of biodiversity at different levels in MP:
In the first year of the project 2 districts of Madhya Pradesh i.e.
Mandala & Dindori will be studied for finding status of sacred
groove, inventorization of their flora and fauna, studying the status
of endemic, rare and threatened medicinal plants in these groves
and documenting traditional knowledge associated with the natural
resources found in these scared groves. The project is for one year
and will be extended every projectized for a period of 5 yrs so
that all the scared groves of MP can be covered. Dr.J.L Shrivastav,
State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur handles the project.
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Survey of Flora and Fauna of the Research
and Extension Center, Gwalior
Project aims at documentation of all the flora and fauna of the
area of 200ha. of reserved forest compartment No. 306, Gwalior and
record their status and also formulate strategies for management
of wild life in the study area. Project duration one year and Shri
Jasbeer Chauhan, Conservator of Forest, Research and Extension Circle,
Gwalior (MP) handles the project.
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To study species diversity, their richness,
conservation thorough awareness and utilization pattern in ethono-medicinal
plants prevalent in tribal pockets of Satpura plateau in MP:
Project aims at documentation of the traditional knowledge on ethno-medicinal
uses of plants from tribal community and utilization pattern of
medicinal plants and their parts in different formulations by traditional
healers of Stapura plateau. The project study will also provide
the channels involved in procurement of herbal plants as raw material
for preparation of finished products and their marketing. During
the study, pamphlets and technical bulletins and extension aids
for utilization by end-users; for creating awareness for conservation
of medicinal plants will also be done. Project duration is 5 years
and in the first year four districts of MP i.e. Mandla, Chhindwara,
Katni and Jabalpur will be covered. PI of the project is Dr.Rajiv
Rai, Scientist, Tropical Forest Research Institute of Forest,
Jabalpur.
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Inventorization of existing floral and faunal
elements in the proposed Biodiversity park area at Bargi hills,
Jabalpur (MP)
Project aims at inventorization of flora and fauna of Bergi Hills
Jabalpur. Dr.J.L Shrivastav,
State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur handles the project.
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Biodiversity of Fish species in aquatic ecosystem
of Rewa district
The objectives of the project are documentation of fish biodiversity
of the wetlands of Rewa district and also the documentation of water
resources of the same area. Identification of spawning area of fishes
and enlist the strategies for their conservation. Project duration
is one year and PI of the project is Dr. S.N Shukla, Department
of Zoology, Govt. Model College, Rewa.
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MP Bird Vocalizations:
The project is about making interactive audio CD of vocalizations
of birds of Madhya Pradesh with narration of necessary details about
birds in English and Hindi languages. The work aims to cover around
150 species found in major habits of the State.The project duration
is of 15 months and principal investigator of the project is Prof.
Pratap singh, Associate Professor, Faculty of Ecosystem Management
and Technical Forestry, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal.
Project duration is 4 months and PI of the project is Prof. Pratap
Singh, Associate Professor, Indian institute of Forest Management,
Bhopal.
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Floral Biodiversity of Ujjain Division, their
status, cataloging and documentation.
Project aims at finding status, cataloguing and documentation of
flora of six districts of Ujjain Division, Ujjain, Devas, Shajapur,
Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch with special reference to Ghanhisagar
sanctuary, Khivani sanctuary, Bagli regions, Surmadya regions, Agar
Chandan area and Onkeshwar regions. Project duration is four months
and PI of the project is Prof.VP Singh, Head of the Department,
institute of Plant Management and Sciences, Vikram University,
Ujjain.
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Faunal Biodiversity of Ujjain Division, their
status, cataloging and documentation.
Project aims at finding status, cataloguing and documentation
of fauna of six districts of Ujjain Division, Ujjain, Devas, Shajapur,
Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch with special reference to Ghanhisagar
sanctuary, Khivani sanctuary, Bagli regions, Surmadya regions, Agar
Chandan area and Onkeshwar regions. Project duration is four months
and PI of the project is Prof.SC Kothari, Head of the Department,
School of Studies in Zoology, Vikram University, Ujjain.
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