The Network for Conservation Central (NCCI) India brings together stakeholders from central India from diverse backgrounds- Scientists, managers, NGOs, conservationists, citizens, policymakers, educators, lawyers, the tourism sector, and many more with the aim of establishing a more direct method for communicating news and resources relevant to management and conservation in the Central Indian Landscape.
It aspires to be a network dedicated to maintaining the ‘Jugalbandi’ of people and nature in the central Indian landscape by linking knowledge with action.
Some of NCCI’s programmes and initiatives:
- Last Mile Effectiveness: NCCI is currently evaluating pilot interventions by NGOs to increase millets production around Kanha National Park. The evaluation aims to provide evidence for assessing the interventions and enabling scale-up to other locations.
- Connectivity Working Group (CWG): The CWG at NCCI furthers consensus on spatial analyses of tiger corridors in central India and creating outreach tools to get the information to stakeholders and decision makers.
- Project Spotlights: NCCI’s project spotlights cover the latest science in central India that tackles conservation and development themes, member profiles, and field notes.
- DBF Grants: Flagship small grants administered by the NCCI for the DeFriesBajpai Foundation – supporting research that aims to balance people and wildlife needs in central India.
- Central Indian Landscape Symposium: Organised biennially, the Central Indian Landscape Symposium (CILS) provides a forum for researchers, managers, and those working in NGOs to think together about the future of the unique and iconic Central Indian landscape.
To know more about NCCI’s work, please visit: https://www.conservingcentralindia.org/