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After the initial phase of project preparation the project activity began in December 1996. Following activities have been taken up so far:
Protected Area Management :
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Strengthening of the Sanctuary fence.
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Creation of artificial water holes for wildlife.
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Improvement in the staff residential and office facilities.
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Training to field staff in eco-development strategies, micro planning, PRA etc.
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Staff study tour for joint forest management activities.
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Habitat restoration, work eg. Removal of weeds, gully plugging, repair of old water point etc.
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Improvement of reserve. and non-reserve vidis through participatory approaches.
Village Eco-development :
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Organising meeting with the villagers of revenue villages, forest settlement villages and nesses.
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Formation of eco development committees in these villages.
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Three micro-plans viz. Krangsa, Natalia, Ghodawadi and one settlement dev. plan of Mindhaness have been approved by the World Bank and the work is on in these villages. A total of 80 micro-plans are prepared by the end of Mar. 2000. The work mainly consist of providing LPG connections, land leveling, parapet wall around wells, digging or deepening of wells etc.
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Training and exposure tours have been organised for the villagers.
Impact Monitoring and Research :
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More than twenty research topics have been taken up for field research.
Strengthening of P.A. management plan :
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A workshop was organiscd for eliciting views from various experts towards preparation of Gir Bioregion Plan. The work is ongoing.
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