In order to minimise the impact of developmental activities on National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries, area adjacent to these protected areas have been declared as Eco- Sensitive Zones (ESZ) deemed to be regulated by separate notified issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC). Under this notification, we prepared the Zonal Master Plans for Bandhavgarh National Park, Panpatha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sanjay National Park & Sanjay Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary, Son Ghariyal Wildlife Sanctuary & Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary to reduce pressure on the protected area while enhancing resilience of the people living in the ESZ through participatory conservation management.
A tourism master plan focused on regulating sustainable tourism around the protected areas through spatial plans and development control regulations as well as building tourism as an alternate livelihood for the local communities. Other project proposals focused on designing livelihood opportunities, resource conservation & regeneration, man-animal conflict management, protection of biodiversity, provision of infrastructure, monitoring & sustainable co-management.
