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Summary

Critical wildlife corridors often pass through land under different types of ownership. This includes government-owned forests, individual landowners and company-owned estates. Restoring/maintaining connectivity in areas under the control of the Forest Department is easily achieved. However, doing so on privately owned areas needs alternatives especially when outright purchase is not an option. 

Objectives

1. To explore an alternative approach to habitat management and maintaining connectivity by encouraging large plantation and estate owners to manage their land in a wildlife-friendly manner.

Status

Completed
• A booklet on ecologically sustainable land-use practices for rubber plantations was completed and made available to the plantations in the study landscape and also online. 
• A website (https://www.feralindia.org/ecoag) on ecologically sustainable practices for rubber plantations was developed and maintained for five years. 
• Using natural vegetation as wind barriers that also act as corridors for wildlife was explored, leading to a  booklet on the same. 
• A report on market for Eco-certified rubber and rubber wood was compiled.
• A report on the Current ecological and social status of rubber estates in the Shencottah Gap was completed.
• A handbook on key ecological indicators for developing standards for certification of natural rubber was published. This was shared with the Indian Rubber Research Institute and the International Rubber study group which had just initiated the Sustainable natural rubber initiative.