SLM Database

The Kalpavalli Community Conservation Area (KCCA) is a 6,500-acre (2,630 hectare) expanse of community-regenerated arid land located in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Over thirty years, participatory efforts have protected and restored this savannah ecosystem, with direct and indirect benefits to the community. This community-centred conservation of …

• Compilador/a: Manisha Kairaly
• 20/10/2023 15:24

Van Panchayats or village forest councils are a impressive example of grassroots community management of natural resources, where a specific administrative unit is locally elected by community members who are responsible for the management of activities related to the forest.

• Compilador/a: Jaclyn Bandy
• 24/07/2019 16:34

Naulas are shallow, four-sided stepped wells designed to collect water from subterranean seepages or springs and are used to meet domestic water needs by the local communities. Naula management and conservation encompasses a range of activities that preserve their structure and function.

• Compilador/a: Jaclyn Bandy
• 27/07/2019 15:28

Government and NGO supported community protection of forested catchments, through village-based Hill Resource Management Societies.

• Compilador/a: Sumana Datta
• 20/01/2009 00:00

Market development and support through use of a brand name - Krishak Bandhu ('the farmer's friend') - to help ensure quality amongst manufacturers and suppliers of drip irrigation equipment.

• Compilador/a: Shilp Verma
• 20/01/2009 00:00

Participatory approach that includes a package of measures leading to empowerment of communities to implement and sustain watershed development.

• Compilador/a: David Gandhi
• 21/01/2009 00:00

Multigrain nutritional ball to 􀀍ght malnutrition and improve the health of rural communities especially during and after disasters like floods (and droughts).

• Compilador/a: MARIA ROSELIN
• 09/01/2017 12:14

SWC approach is a participatory methodology to empower the community to plan, implement, monitor, evaluate and manage the SWC technology to bring about sustainability

• Compilador/a: Pranesh Jahagirdar
• 21/01/2009 00:00

Participatory approach for holistic and intigrated development of the defined area on watershed basis involving all level of stake holders.

• Compilador/a: Srikanta Kumar Parida
• 21/01/2009 00:00

Sustainable livelihoods enhanced through people's organisations by linking with other resource organisations prticularly for resource poor.

• Compilador/a: Unknown User
• 20/01/2009 00:00