Green Defenders
Kashmir was created in January 2003 as a conservation initiative of
esro Kashmir and partnership formed with, national and international
organizations, committed to initiate catalysis action for
conservation and protection of Kashmir's forest, curtailment of
forest exploitation, by providing media, educational, legal,
technical, and other forms of support and advocacy.We are committed
to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to forests and to promote
forest conservation policies that advance the well being of both
forests and people. Help us in promote mass awareness about
ecological importance of floral biodiversity and sustainable
development approach, community participation with eco sensitization
and documentation & disseminating success stories.
Green
Defenders Kashmir Programme Components :
To prepare a
comprehensive State of Forest Report (SFR) including Forest
Vegetation Map (NVM) every year.
To collect,
store and retrieve necessary forestry and forestry related data
for national and state level planning and to create a computer
based Regional basic Forest Inventory System (RBFIS)
To design
methodologies for Vegetation mapping including thematic maps
through use of satellite imagery/aerial photographs. Ground with
verification and Growing stock and volume assessment.
To undertake
work in regard to preparation of forest inventory.
To impart
training in modern forest survey techniques to NGO's .
We inform and
educate the public through the media, internet, and publications,
about significant issues and legal battles that need immediate
attention and support, and we monitor, generate, and disseminate
media coverage of important forest protection issues. We research,
analyze, and write about controversial issues that the public needs
to mobilize against to protect forest and forest produce resources
from further degradation and depletion.
Green Defenders Kashmir provides resources, strategic, substantive
advice and expertise, to organizations. We help grassroots activists
develop and implement legal, organizing, media, and lobbying
strategies to achieve their goals. We can achieve greater protection
for forest in the courts, legislatures and the regulatory agencies,
when the public is educated and mobilized to fight against the
degradation of forests.
Green Defenders of Kashmir uses the knowledge, experience, and
expertise of its staff and Board members to help grassroots
organizations pursue, support, and win long-lasting conservation
benefits for animals habitat and the planet.
The mission of Green Defenders Kashmir, esro Kashmir concern, is
also to monitor trade in flora in Kashmir and support enforcement
measures for control of illegal trade into and out of Kashmir. This
is done through trade studies, market monitoring, information
gathering.
Objectives To restore the existing degraded forests and increase
overall green cover. To promote mass awareness about QPM Plantation
and sustainable development approach. Community participation with
eco sensitization. To maximize the benefits accruing to rural people
including Tribals. Documentation for disseminating success stories.
Green Defenders
of Kashmir, partnership formed with national and international
organizations, to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to forests
and to promote floral welfare and conservation policies that advance
the well being of both forests and people. The team comprises of
prominent environmental scientists and individuals from across the
State who have made significant efforts to protect forests of
Kashmir. Small, but effective, seeking to prevent further
destruction of Kashmir's forests and floral diversity and level the
playing field by infusing resources and broad-based support into
campaigns to protect forests, medicinal plants, endemic floral
species, and forest rehabilitation.
Forests are at the strategic core of
the management of natural resources, and health and well being of
all life in this region. The status of water resources, moisture
regimen and land use patterns are critically dependent upon the
health of the forests. Since our inception, Green Defenders Kashmir
has sought to work with local communities on village commons.
In terms of impact, over 6 million
saplings have been planted in about 40 square kilometres of degraded
forest in 45 villages. Villagers are involved, and encouraged to
take ownership of every stage of this programme. Tree seedlings,
mostly of local fodder and fuel species, selected by the local
community are grown. Nurseries are small in size, so as to maximise
local involvement, and are usually run by women. Voluntary labour is
encouraged, both to reduce costs and more importantly to increase
the feeling of local ownership.
Every
effort is made so that the forest is perceived as a local asset - to
be managed by and for the local community.
Fragile Kashmir Let the Fact Speaks Itself
1
The recorded
forest area in the State occupies only 20182 sq. km i.e 19.95 %
of its 222235 sq. km geographical area. As per the National
Forest Policy, 1988, hilly regions like that of Jammu & Kashmir
should aim at a forest cover of 66 % against the prescription of
33 % suggested in NFP for the plain regions of the country.
Further, about 46 % of the reported cover is between crown
density of 10- 40 % , leaving only about 11000 sq km of good
forest with crown density of more than 40 % .The State has
already lost more than 13 per cent of its forest area in the
last four decades. Going by official figures, on an average, the
State has lost 74.37 sq.km. of its forest area every year in the
last 40 years.
Report any instances of Timber
Smuggling, Forest Fires, Forest Disease to Green Defenders
Kashmir - esro Kashmir Chapter. Refuse purchase of smuggled
timber. Do not temper or hunt plants when you visit an protected
Area Network. Plant trees as many as you can in your vicinity.
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Green Defenders Kashmir was created in January 2003 as a conservation initiative of esro Kashmir and partnership formed with, national and international organizations, committed to initiate catalysis action for conservation and protection of Kashmir's forest, curtailment of forest exploitation, by providing media, educational, legal, technical, and other forms of support and advocacy.We are committed to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to forests and to promote forest conservation policies that advance the well being of both forests and people. Help us in promote mass awareness about ecological importance of floral biodiversity and sustainable development approach, community participation with eco sensitization and documentation & disseminating success stories.
Green Defenders Kashmir Programme Components :
To prepare a comprehensive State of Forest Report (SFR) including Forest Vegetation Map (NVM) every year.
To collect, store and retrieve necessary forestry and forestry related data for national and state level planning and to create a computer based Regional basic Forest Inventory System (RBFIS)
To design methodologies for Vegetation mapping including thematic maps through use of satellite imagery/aerial photographs. Ground with verification and Growing stock and volume assessment.
To undertake work in regard to preparation of forest inventory.
To impart training in modern forest survey techniques to NGO's .
We inform and educate the public through the media, internet, and publications, about significant issues and legal battles that need immediate attention and support, and we monitor, generate, and disseminate media coverage of important forest protection issues. We research, analyze, and write about controversial issues that the public needs to mobilize against to protect forest and forest produce resources from further degradation and depletion.
Green Defenders Kashmir provides resources, strategic, substantive advice and expertise, to organizations. We help grassroots activists develop and implement legal, organizing, media, and lobbying strategies to achieve their goals. We can achieve greater protection for forest in the courts, legislatures and the regulatory agencies, when the public is educated and mobilized to fight against the degradation of forests.
Green Defenders of Kashmir uses the knowledge, experience, and expertise of its staff and Board members to help grassroots organizations pursue, support, and win long-lasting conservation benefits for animals habitat and the planet.
The mission of Green Defenders Kashmir, esro Kashmir concern, is also to monitor trade in flora in Kashmir and support enforcement measures for control of illegal trade into and out of Kashmir. This is done through trade studies, market monitoring, information gathering.
Objectives To restore the existing degraded forests and increase overall green cover. To promote mass awareness about QPM Plantation and sustainable development approach. Community participation with eco sensitization. To maximize the benefits accruing to rural people including Tribals. Documentation for disseminating success stories.
Green Defenders of Kashmir, partnership formed with national and international organizations, to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to forests and to promote floral welfare and conservation policies that advance the well being of both forests and people. The team comprises of prominent environmental scientists and individuals from across the State who have made significant efforts to protect forests of Kashmir. Small, but effective, seeking to prevent further destruction of Kashmir's forests and floral diversity and level the playing field by infusing resources and broad-based support into campaigns to protect forests, medicinal plants, endemic floral species, and forest rehabilitation.
Forests are at the strategic core of the management of natural resources, and health and well being of all life in this region. The status of water resources, moisture regimen and land use patterns are critically dependent upon the health of the forests. Since our inception, Green Defenders Kashmir has sought to work with local communities on village commons.
In terms of impact, over 6 million saplings have been planted in about 40 square kilometres of degraded forest in 45 villages. Villagers are involved, and encouraged to take ownership of every stage of this programme. Tree seedlings, mostly of local fodder and fuel species, selected by the local community are grown. Nurseries are small in size, so as to maximise local involvement, and are usually run by women. Voluntary labour is encouraged, both to reduce costs and more importantly to increase the feeling of local ownership.
Every effort is made so that the forest is perceived as a local asset - to be managed by and for the local community.
Fragile Kashmir Let the Fact Speaks Itself
The recorded forest area in the State occupies only 20182 sq. km i.e 19.95 % of its 222235 sq. km geographical area. As per the National Forest Policy, 1988, hilly regions like that of Jammu & Kashmir should aim at a forest cover of 66 % against the prescription of 33 % suggested in NFP for the plain regions of the country. Further, about 46 % of the reported cover is between crown density of 10- 40 % , leaving only about 11000 sq km of good forest with crown density of more than 40 % .The State has already lost more than 13 per cent of its forest area in the last four decades. Going by official figures, on an average, the State has lost 74.37 sq.km. of its forest area every year in the last 40 years.
Report any instances of Timber Smuggling, Forest Fires, Forest Disease to Green Defenders Kashmir - esro Kashmir Chapter. Refuse purchase of smuggled timber. Do not temper or hunt plants when you visit an protected Area Network. Plant trees as many as you can in your vicinity.
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Western Himalaya
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