{"id":120759,"date":"2021-07-23T20:50:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=120759"},"modified":"2021-07-24T09:57:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T04:27:46","slug":"gudalurs-gene-pool-garden-is-an-example-of-participatory-forest-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gudalurs-gene-pool-garden-is-an-example-of-participatory-forest-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Gudalur\u2019s Gene Pool Garden is an example of participatory forest management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source<\/b>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/blog\/forests\/gudalur-s-gene-pool-garden-is-an-example-of-participatory-forest-management-78061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down To Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: The success of Gene Pool Garden highlights the need for Participatory forest management.<\/p>\n<h5><b>Introduction:<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>The Gene Pool Garden was established in 1989 under the Hill Area Development Programme at the Gudalur forest division in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About the Gene pool garden:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the Western Ghats, one of the 25 biological diversity hotspots of the world.<\/li>\n<li>The Gene Pool Garden was created with the following objectives:\n<ul>\n<li>In situ conservation of available endemic plant species;<\/li>\n<li>Ex-situ conservation of rare, endangered, and threatened plant species;<\/li>\n<li>Reintroduction and recovery of endangered plant species;<\/li>\n<li>Propagation of fast disappearing plant species and education, research, and awareness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The plant species collected from various parts had been assembled under different zones for easy identification. These included thalophytes, hydrophytes, etc.<\/li>\n<li>The forest department is also managing the center through the<strong> Eco-Development Committee (EDC)<\/strong> formed with the involvement of the local Paniya tribal community.\n<ul>\n<li>The tribal community has been made in charge of the cafeteria and other shops. Thus, the indigenous community will be benefited economically through the EDC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participatory forest management with the involvement of forest stakeholders is a real success in managing a special project like this.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Advantages of Participatory Forest Management:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The failure on the part of the forest department in managing the plant conservation center through the traditional method was overcome by the <strong>joint forest management model<\/strong>. This is a clear indication that forests can no longer be managed through Acts and Rules alone.<\/p>\n<p>Managing <strong>natural resources through people\u2019s participation<\/strong> is the right way forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0Down To Earth Relevance: The success of Gene Pool Garden highlights the need for Participatory forest management. Introduction: The Gene Pool Garden was established in 1989 under the Hill Area Development Programme at the Gudalur forest division in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. About the Gene pool garden: It is located in the Western Ghats,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gudalurs-gene-pool-garden-is-an-example-of-participatory-forest-management\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gudalur\u2019s Gene Pool Garden is an example of participatory forest management<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[59,8579,216],"class_list":["post-120759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-environment","tag-gene-pool-garden","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701996185},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}