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The SAGE Impact Leaders will be both Indian and International students registered at participating institutes. For information on the Junior and Senior Ambassadors, please see: https://sites.google.com/echonetwork.in/sagereport2023/home. The PhD SAGE Fellows will be selected through National and International calls in early 2024. The projects will be supported for three years (a typical PhD fellowship period).
Host Institute: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
Host Academic Supervisor: G. Ravikanth, Senior Fellow - 2 (Professor), Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
Co-Project Supervisors:
Sourya Das, Assistant Professor, Rural Management, Xavier Institue of Social Service (XISS)
Vijai Dharmamony, Associate Director, Marine Conservation Program World Wide Fund for Nature - India (WWF India)
Advisors:
Subir Ghosh, Independent Consultant and Wetlands Expert
Y.D. Imran Khan, Senior Researcher and Thematic Lead - Ecology, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Saurabh Purohit, Senior Researcher - Ecology, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Aim
Aim
To develop a democratic and dynamic model for valuing ecosystem services in Raichur/West Sikkim communities.
Key Objectives
Key Objectives
Develop a participatory model to engage stakeholders and ensure accurate assessment of ecosystem services and inputs to the resulting model.
Create a knowledge base on the ecosystem services provided and the values placed by various stakeholders, particularly understudied regulating and cultural services
With the help of academic and community experts, assess criteria of valuation based on context and needs.
Use capacity-building tools to inform and assess a valuation model to aid decision-making in target communities
Key Outcomes
Key Outcomes
Context-specific database of ecosystem services and valuation criteria
Participatory models for engaging stakeholders
Valuation model assessment and improvement
Training modules for capacity building amongst various stakeholders.
Resources Needed
Resources Needed
Entry Participants
Entry Participants
Communities from the targeted ecosystem and other neglected ecosystems
Decision-making bodies
Academic and community experts
Organizations working in this field.
Entry Resources
Entry Resources
Existing literature on economic and non-economic valuation
Existing frameworks on democratic models
Academic and community experts
Access to targeted communities in the study area
Data on the ecosystem services provided by the targeted ecosystem and values that stakeholders place on these services
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