Project proposal shirkoli

Adhiwas Resource Station, Village Shirkoli Panshet Catchment

Proposal by,

Watershed Work

Documentation

in Mutha catchment

Adhivas Training & Resource Center

Biodiversity Park & Nursery

Watershed Work • Bunds on streams

• Ground water mapping will be done simultaneously to assess the results and the same will be published and the techniques can be conveyed to various groups through trainings.

Year I 11,50,000

Year II 8,62,760

Year III

Year IV 0

0

Year V

Total

4,54,300

24,67,060

• Fence for ‘Rahal’ - A Community Reserve (60 acre)

Year I

Year II

Year III

Year IV

Year V

Total

6,70,000

4,03,760

3,77,800

2,48,800

2,85,800

19,86,160

Biodiversity Park + Nursery (3 acre) • Plantation of Rare and Endemic species from Sahyadri and its maintenance for 5 years •

•

Species which grows in nearby Sacred Groves will be propagated and planted. e.g.Dhup, Uud, Garambi, Phasada, Ran Jayphal, Tamalpatra etc.

Biodiversity Park + Nursery (3 acre) • Native plants from Sahyadri – Northern Western Ghats, will be propagated.

• Nursery will have mix of all plants right from common to rare.

• A variety of species will be made available. E.g. flowering, fruiting, medicinal etc.

• Plants suitable for various habitats will be packaged together. E.g. plants for river or stream sides, food plants for birds and butterflies etc.

Year I

Year II

34,83,200 2,135,510

Year III

Year IV

Year V

Total

5,85,800

5,88,800

8,35,600

76,28,910

Adhiwas Training and Resource Station •

• •

•

This center would have facility to study, document and monitor the ecosystems around. Experts would guide the interns or volunteers to take short term or long term projects.

Exposure visits of various groups, from local area or distant areas, who are interested in watershed work or restoration work, can be organized.

Training for local people, farmers, groups can be conducted to reach out to masses. There are 25 villages in Panshet catchment, and almost equal number in neighboring Varasgaon and Velhe catchment, which can be invited for exposure visits and take training in watershed management.

Nisarg shala program can be conducted for local school children.

Year I

Year II

Year III

Year IV

Year V

8,68,800 27,81,160 37,76,400 15,98,400 16,55,800

Total

1,06,80,560

The detailed planning for resource center will happen in Year 1, while construction will be undertaken in 2 phases in Yr 2 & 3.

Documentation of Mutha catchment •

•

Mapping of all common lands within Mutha catchment on satellite image : Govt. forest, gayran, sacred groves etc. which would be useful in watershed management and planning for future and can lead to actual restoration of these lands.

Three sub-catchments : Mutha, Moshi, Ambi.

Pune Mutha Moshi

Ambi

Year I

Year II

12,40,800 11,73,160

Year III

Year IV 0

Year V 0

Total 0

24,13,960

Benefits and Opportunities • Sets an example for ecological restoration and watershed management in an holistic way.

• Looking at the current rate of degradation of forests, biodiversity park would serve as live museum of species found in Sahyadri.

People also would be able to buy saplings which initiates ex-situ conservation of the same species.

• Adhiwas Resource Station will offer facility to do research on many aspects of Sahyadri, Northern Westerns Ghats, which is very important source regions of most of the big rivers in Maharashtra.

• This project offers direct & indirect employment opportunities for local people as well as researchers from city. (In the first year, 46 % of the budget will be utilized towards local employment and 37 % on urban employment, directly or indirectly.)

After 5 years • After this project period of five years, we intend to continue Biodiversity Park, Nursery and Training as income generating activities to support sustenance of the resource centre. • Also, we plan to associate with other national or international institutes to continue research and training and / or get funding from them.

Key Performance Indicators • Water levels within the watershed • Growth of saplings and change in overall biodiversity within biodiversity park area with respect to soil temperatures, moisture and species composition • Number of plant species collected, planted and propagated • Plants distributed or purchased through the nursery • Villagers copied this concept • Number of visitors • Number of private land owners implemented this technique

Budget Expense per work Watershed work

Year I

Year II

Year III

Year IV

Year V

Total

11,50,000 8,62,760

0

0

4,54,300

24,67,060

6,70,000 4,03,760

3,77,800

2,48,800

2,85,800

19,86,160

34,83,200 21,35,510

5,85,800

5,88,800

8,35,600

76,28,910

8,68,800 27,81,160

37,76,400

15,98,400

16,55,800

1,06,80,560

Documentatio n of Mutha catchment

12,40,800 11,73,160

0

0

0

24,13,960

Total

74,12,800 73,56,350

47,40,000

24,36,000

32,31,500

2,51,76,650

Fence for Rahal Biodiversity Park & Nursery Adhiwas resource station

Thank you !

Ecological Society • The Ecological Society (ES) is a NGO founded in 1982, by the ecologist Prakash Gole and now operated by Dr Mrs Swati Gole along with core team : Ajay Phatak, Gurudas Nulkar, Manasi Karandikar and Ketaki Ghate.

• ES’s mission is to promote environmental awareness and nature conservation through one year postgraduate program named ‘Sustainable Management of Natural Resources & Nature Conservation’ & other awareness programs • ES have conducted a number of research projects & restoration projects and has published reports and books on the same. One research journal is published annually.

• ES have also done pioneering work in the field of Ecological restoration, first project initiated in 1986 with Irrigation department. www.ecological-society.org