Government of India and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are pleased to announce nomination call for the India Biodiversity Awards. The awards of INR 100,000 and citations will be given to outstanding cases of biodiversity management that have been in existence for at least 5 years in the four categories given below.

 

 

1. Community stewardship - Community-led biodiversity management by autonomous community institutions

 

2. Decentralized governance - Biodiversity management by local

self-governments and local level statutory institutions

 

3. Co-management - Biodiversity management by Joint Forest Management

Committees, Eco-development Committees and similar Government-supported community institutions

 

4. Protected Areas - Effective and innovative management practices by

management agencies of Protected Areas

 

The awards will be presented during the 11th Conference of Parties (CoP11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which will be held in October 2012 in Hyderabad.

 

 

The last date for receiving nominations is 10th June, 2012.

 

Call for Nomination and Nomination Format is attached with this mail and can be downloaded from www.nrmcindia.co.in/announce.php or

 

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