Topics

1. Concept of Environment and Ecology
   - Concepts of environment and ecology
   - Concepts of Natural Resources-Forest, Water, Watershed etc.
2. Global, National and State Policies related to Natural Resources
   - State, National and Global policies related to Natural Resources
   - Conventions on Sustainable Development(SD)
   - Government Policies for SD-Forest Development Agency Programme
3. Concept and Approaches and tools for Participatory Development
   - Group dynamics - group formation, common goal setting, pluralism and conflict resolution, fund raising, strengthening weak institutions, Process of sensitization.
4. Developing mechanism for Monitoring (Social, Ecological, and Economic)
   - Concept of Participatory Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation. (PAME).
   - Developing mechanism for PAME (Social, Ecological, and Economic).
   - Participatory vegetation monitoring.
   - Technical inputs on participatory biodiversity assessment.
5. Technical inputs for -
   - Sustainable Agriculture
   - Value addition of products originating from NTFP.
   - Scientific Harvesting of NTFP.
   - Community Seedbank; Concept & implementation
   - Concept of sustainable development (SD)
6. Participatory Resource Management
   - Community Managed Health System
   - Micro water management. (MWM)
7. Project Work

Study material

Printed study material in form of books is provided by IBRAD for enabling the participants to prepare for the course.

Fieldwork (FW)

Fieldwork sessions and hands on training is an integral part of the course. It is a must for the students to attend the field work sessions in order to complete the course. 100% attendance is mandatory in these field sessions. All students will have to submit their Fieldwork assignments in time after each semester to their respective interactive Centres.

Duration of the course

The duration of the course is 6 months.