Name of CCA

Ecosystem Type

Area (ha)

Legal Status 

Location

Administrator

Land Ownership

History

Village

Sacred Landscape

Data Source

Country

References

Information Provider

License

Use this questionnaire to capture detailed information about the CCA. It contains both multiple choice questions as well as descriptive type questions.

In case the entire CCA is not known by a single name, please specify the names of village/s involved.

Panchayat

Please specify the type of ecosystem, its current health and any special geographical features.

Ecosystem - further details

A DEFINED CCA is a territory that fulfils the 3 criteria: 
1) The community is the main decision-maker. 
2) There are systems, rules and regulations in place for conservation. 
3) The effort is leading towards conservation.

A DISRUPTED CCA may include:
 - A territory under control of local communities that is in a poor state of conservation
 - A well-conserved territory where communities have been removed and deprived of management control
 - A territory which is a de facto CCA on ground but where there is no way of accommodating local communities under existing national legislation

A DESIRED CCA could include new or reconstituted communities that have developed a common identity for themselves and for their territory as a CCA. (For e.g., a territory of a community relocated onto new land, working to develop a bond with it and to form a governing mechanism and positive practices)

Category of CCA

Which communities live in these areas? What are the population demographics? Describe the occupations and socio-economic status of the people living there. 

Communities

The number should include any households who are involved with the CCA in any way.

Number of households

The number should include anyone who is involved with the CCA in any way.

Number of people

Description

Origin

How has the area been used throughout history?

Year of Formation

Livelihoods include both subsistence and economic benefits.
Ecological functions or ecosystem services include water security, soil and water conservation.
Self empowerment includes land ownership and access security.
Religious/cultural sentiments includes sacred groves and other sacred landscapes.
Wild Biodiversity conservation includes conservation of natural habitat, wildlife as well as specific species.
Response to external threats includes resistance against mines, dams etc.

Motivations

Please give any other details about the motivations for initiating the conservation efforts.


Motivations - further details

Origin and Establishment

Collective of CCAs

Collective of CCAs - further details

Who are involved in the initiative? Describe the structure and functioning of the decision-making body.
Are women, youth, and disadvantaged sections of the society also involved in the initiative? How is their involvement ensured?
Describe the involvement of external agencies (government or non-government), if any.

People and decision making

Gram sabha can be the assembly of a single village, pada or hamlet or individual settlement.
Panchayat is defined under the Panchayati Raj System.
Resource users include pastoralists, fishers and adivasis who may be part of a larger community.
JFM committee is a forest protection committee formed under the Joint Forest Management Programme.
CFR committee is a community forest resource management committee formed under the Forest Rights Act.
PESA committee is a committee formed under the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act.
Women’s committee is any formal or informal committee formed of only women members. This may include women SHGs, Mahila Samuh etc.
Youth committee is any formal or informal youth group including Students Union.
Forest protection committee can be any informal committee set up for conservation.
Van Panchayat is as defined under the Van Panchayat Act
Council of multiple villages is where many villages collectively constitute a body for conservation.
Members of a clan/sub clan can be spread across multiple villages and panchayats.
Traditional system of elders of one or more villages.
Others (please specify)

Decision Making Body

Formal rules may be written or unwritten.
Informal rules include rules that are part of cultural systems. 

Rules and Regulations

1. Describe the community practices and the rules and regulations towards resource use, management and conservation.
2. Has the community defined areas within the CCA that are no-take (where extraction of resources is prohibited) or no-go (physical presence of people is prohibited)?
3. How are violations dealt with? Have violations occurred so far?

Rules and Management Practices

Fire Management includes making fire lines, controlling fire inducing activities etc.
Regulation of harvest includes non-timber forest produce, fish, grass, etc.
Soil and water conservation  included making check dams, trenches, terracing etc.
Fencing includes constructing walls, live fences and other types of barriers
Removing encroachment includes illegal construction, farms etc.
Ex-situ conservation is the conservation of any plant or animal outside its natural habitat. It includes nurseries, breeding animals, seed banks etc.
Others (please specify)

Community activities through the year

Include information/statistics on area revived, species protected and any other achievements.

Ecological Restoration and Biodiverstiy Conservation

Governance, Management and Conservation Systems

WLPA is Wildlife Protection Act 
BDA is Biological Diversity Act 
IFA is Indian Forest Act
CFR is Community Forest Resource Rights under Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act
PESA is Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Act 
Van Panchayat as declared under the Van Panchayat Act
State specific laws include special constitutional status
LR Code is land revenue code"

FRA is Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act

FRA Applicability 

If FRA is not applicable, please leave blank.

Community Forest Resource Rights (CFR)

If FRA is not applicable, or CFR claims have not been filed, please leave blank.

Date of filing CFR claim

Level of CFR claim 

If CFR claims have not been recognised, please leave blank.

Date of recognition of CFR claim

CFR - further details 

Management plan status

Others under government owned includes universities and defence land
Contested land includes land where ownership is disputed between the government and community, multiple government departments or multiple communities

Ramsar Sites are Wetlands of International Importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention
OECMs are Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures described under Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Biodiversity Hotspots are as defined by Conservation International
Others could include Awards of merit given by NGOs, government agencies etc.

Other Recognised Status 

Sacred groves are patches of trees that have special religious importance for the local communities. They are usually inviolate zones where hunting and logging and sometimes even collection of produce are not permitted. In most cases, communities believe in the presence of a deity within the grove. There are also ecosystems other than forests that are considered sacred by several communities.

Legal and Other Recognitions- further details

Legal and Other Recognitions

Impact on Livelihoods and Subsistence

Social Impacts

Ecological services include water supply and soil fertility

Ecological Impact

How has the initiative impacted the local flora and fauna of the region over time?
Describe any social, economic, cultural or political impact that the conservation initiative has had on the community.

Impact - further details

These could include effective legal policies, help from an NGO or government programme, financial help etc.

Opportunities 

Internal Threats and Challenges

Restrictive laws and policies could include protected areas overlapping, lack of recognition of customary rights, etc.
Unwanted development pressures are changes brought about by current model of development, including urbanisation, industrialisation, consumerism
Extraction refers to activities such as hunting, quarrying, logging or fishing by outsiders
Decline in biodiversity includes decline in both quality and quantity of biodiversity and ecosystem
Climate change impacts include rapidly changing temperature and precipitation patterns, sea level rise, extreme weather events, etc.
Mega-development projects include big dams, highways, solar and wind farms, mining etc.

External Threats and Challenges

Threats and challenges - further details

This could include financial, legal, technical, educational and other types of support. Or it could be a need for collaborating and communicating with other CCAs.

Needs

Future Plans

Impact and Learnings

'From publicly available sources' indicates that data is curated from previously published works available in the public domain.
'By community members' indicates that information is given by one or more community members, without the participation and consent of the entire community.
'By external entity' refers to information given by an external individual or organisation with the permission of one or more community member/s, but without the participation and consent of the entire community.
'Through participation and consent of entire community' means that documentation is done with the participation and free, prior, informed consent of the entire community.

Year of Study

Data Contributor

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Gursikaran Forest (20 villages)

Description

Origin and Establishment

Governance, Management and Conservation Systems

Legal and Other Recognitions

Impact and Learnings

Data Contributor

References and Glossary

Multimedia, News and Updates

Country	India
Area (ha)	178
Ecosystem Type	Forest
Category of CCA	-
Number of households	-
Number of people	-

Gursikaran Forest (20 villages)

Description

Village

Panchayat (No Data)

Location

Ecosystem - further details (No Data)

Communities (No Data)

Origin and Establishment

History

Motivations - further details (No Data)

Governance, Management and Conservation Systems

Collective of CCAs - further details (No Data)

People and decision making (No Data)

Rules and Management Practices (No Data)

Ecological Restoration and Biodiverstiy Conservation (No Data)

Legal and Other Recognitions

CFR - further details (No Data)

Legal and Other Recognitions- further details (No Data)

Impact and Learnings

Impact - further details (No Data)

Opportunities (No Data)

Threats and challenges - further details (No Data)

Needs (No Data)

Future Plans (No Data)

Data Contributor

Information Provider

References and Glossary

Glossary of Vernacular terms (No Data)

References

Multimedia, News and Updates

News and Updates (No Data)

Multimedia (No Data)