Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Kondhpungar Village

It is well documented that during the last three decades in many villages across the country both domesticated and wild biodiversity has alarmingly depleted. The depletion has severely negatively impacted the villagers in particular the poor-tribal, dalit, other backwards communities etc. They face innumerable problems in accessing even the basic subsistence needs of fuel wood, fodder, small timber, food, medicine, etc. The materials contained in this book are the result of dedicated and sincere efforts of a number of men, women and youth from Kondhpungar and IRDWSI and several organisations. The book in seven chapters gives details of the objectives of the study, various concepts and methods used, introduction to the village Kondhpugar, biodiversity bearing areas in the village, the nature and extent of flora and fauna found in the village, their status, historical changes in biodiversity and its contribution to sustainable livelihoods and aspiration and future vision of the people of Kondhpungar. The book, it is hoped will encourage CB0s, NGOs and academics to initiate similar efforts in other parts of the country for the preparation of several more PBRs. It is hoped that this book will be of use to individuals and organisations working at micro level, particularly in the field of management of natural resources and sustainable livelihoods.