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The research/study component of ATI is oriented to firstly complement
the existing implementation initiatives. Research also supports our
training work, by providing appropriate direction and inputs for the
activity. The need for a research component has been felt as there are
few credible sources we can turn to in our search for approaches to
development related problems that the region is faced with. The
component is not in the purely academic mould, but more to complement
the existing implementation related initiatives.
The research/studies we undertake can be classified under the
following broad heads:
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Assessing availability of biomass: Determining the carrying
capacity of regions for undertaking economic activities.
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Regeneration: Socio-economic and ecological studies to promote
natural regeneration and plantation related activities. As part
of this ATI is studying the following:
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Nurse Species:
Determining nurse species for a given area that will aid natural
regeneration.
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Fire Protection:
Ascertaining socio-economic and cultural reasons for intentional
forest fires, with a view to designing an appropriate training
programme for its prevention.
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Monitoring Systems:
Creating a community based biodiversity monitoring system, with
the objective of developing an index that will depict the health
of an ecosystem. The components of the system would include
species identification, mapping, criteria for selection of a
species for industry, resource assessment techniques and the
effects of intervention of other species.
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Documentation of
Ethnobotany and folk taxonomy
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The need for a
research component has been felt as there are few credible
sources we can turn to in our search for approaches to
development related problems that the region is faced with. As
stated the research component is not in the purely academic
mould, but more to complement the existing implementation
related initiatives that we are undertaking. |
Economic Activities
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Research |
Training
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