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Project Completed Successfully |
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Wayanad Social Services Society |
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"Conservation
of Biodiversity through Awareness Building, Documentation and
Preservation of Medical Plants in Wayand District" |
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Grant Amount :
Rs. 4,32,250/ - |
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The purpose of
the project was to collect, conserve, preserve and propagate
medicinal plants available in the proposed area of Wayanad
district. It was also intended to form a demonstration cum
conservation gene park, preparation of herbarium of various
species of medicinal plants, setting up of a herbal plants
mother nursery and supply of medicinal plants to the village
women groups and training and awareness of the village groups in
preparation of herbal medicines. |
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Contact Details:
Fr. Kuriakose Kunnarh
P.B.no. 16, Mananthavady, Wayanad,
Kerala-670645
Phone no(s): 0493-540314 Telefax: 0493 - 542 388
E-mail:
[email protected],
www.wsssindia.com
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Malanadu Development Society
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�Thulappally Micro Hydel Project� |
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Grant Amount: Rs.10,00,000 |
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A micro Hydel
project has been designed at Thulappally, a remote village in
Kerala. At Thulappally, about 70% of the periphery is reserve
forest where the chances of the State Electricity Board supply
to reach this area are very remote due to the long distance of
the existing supply mains. In addition to that, a lot of trees
are cut by the local people for firewood. The major activities
of the project included; formation of construction committee,
conducting a survey to identify the ideal location for the
project, construction of micro-hydel plant, electrical energy
generation, distribution of electricity, it�s maintenance, etc.
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Contact Details:
Fr.Mathew Vadakkemuryil
Pastoral Centre, Kanjirapally, Kottayam
district, Kerala- 686 507
Phone no(s): 0482 - 802 718/ 756, 890 256
Telefax: 0482 - 803 356
E-mail:
[email protected],
https://malanad.webjump.com |
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Centre for Environment and Development
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�Regeneration, Restoration and Eco-Development of Degraded
Mangrove Areas with Community Participation in Kalliassery
Panchayat of Kerala� |
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Grant Amount: Rs. 10,98,500 |
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The project
intends to achieve the objective of mangrove conservation
through field appraisal and preparation of maps, mobilization
and awareness programmes, seedling collection and establishment
of nursery, regeneration and protection of the area, land
preparation and planting operations, establishment of a mangrove
ecosystem resource center with community initiatives for
maintenance and monitoring of the project. |
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Contact Details:
Dr.Babu Ambat, Director
C.V.Raman Pillai road, Thycaud,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695 014
Phone no(s): 0471 - 233 8022, 233 8040
Fax: 0471 - 233 8040
E-mail:
[email protected] |
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Wayanad Social Service Society |
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�Conservation
of medicinal plants and promotion of indigenous knowledge and
local health traditions among rural communities in Wayanad� |
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Grant Amount : Rs.10,11,000 |
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The project
will launch an intensive campaign for awareness generation and
capacity building for the conservation of biodiversity with a
focus on herbal heritage in the region and its appropriateness
as an alternative healthcare strategy for the resource poor.
Community cultivation of medicinal plants will be arranged as a
part of the campaign besides seminars, workshops and training
programmes. Ex- situ conservation will be promoted by selecting
150 households who can collect, plant and conserve a minimum of
100 species. A mother-nursery of medicinal plants will be
established and maintained to support supply and promote
generation of new species. People will be trained on the use and
values of herbs to encourage them to set up a herbal garden in
their homes and there will be an Intensive Entrepreneurship
Development Programme training for farmers. A network of SHGs
and farmers will be formed to facilitate marketing and
commercial cultivation. A local treatment centre will also be
started where traditional physicians will provide low-cost
herbal treatment. |
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Contact Details:
Fr.Kuriakose Kunnath, Secreatary
P.B. Np 16, Manathavady, Wayanad - 670645, Kerala
Phone no(s): 04935 - 240 314; Fax: 04935 - 242 388
E-mail:
[email protected];
Website:
www.wsssindia.com |
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M.S.
Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) |
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�On-farm
conservation of Yam (Dioscorea sp) diversity in the Malabar eco-
region |
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Grant Amount: Rs. 14,00,000 |
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Most yam
varieties and species do not produce seeds and therefore cannot
be conserved in conventional seed gene banks. The morphological
characters of this group are highly variable which make it
difficult to draw boundaries of variations between the taxa. Yam
is a tuber rich in nutrients and lasts long and is therefore
helpful in areas where people face food insecurity. The project
will establish community seed banks of yam germ plasm and carry
out on-farm conservation of all the known cultivated gene pool
of Dioscorea. The NGO will also undertake to cultivate and
market on a large-scale, 2 species as raw tubers in powder form.
A Yam Conservation Corps will be formed and trained in the
relevant field and will function as catalysts for cultivation of
the selected superior strains and as the Seed Bank Managers.
Most importantly, traditional methods of cultivation will be
revitalized for yam cultivation. |
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Contact Details:
Dr.N.Anil Kumar, Programme Director
Community Agrobiodiversity Centre, Puthoorvayal P.O.,
Kalpetta,
Wayanad � 673 121 Kerala
Phone no(s): (04936) 204477, 207019, 204295
Fax: 204477, 207019,
E-mail:
[email protected] |