The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India is implementing an Indo-German Cooperation Project on “Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India” commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) jointly with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as the key implementing agency.

The project aims at providing technical support at the National level and in selected partner States for effective implementation of Human-Wildlife Conflict mitigation measures. In order to achieve this objective, the project focuses on three Output areas: Support in development of strategy and action plan, SOPs and database; Pilot application of a holistic approach and instruments for the mitigation of human-wildlife conflict in partner States; and Facilitating capacity development of key stakeholders for mitigating human-wildlife conflict in India. The project takes the approach of harmonious coexistence, by ensuring that both – human and wildlife – are protected from conflicts. This approach follows the modern wildlife conservation principles to balance the needs of people with the conservation of nature.

The project is being implemented under three Output areas and Work-packages as follows:

• Output 1: developing a national strategy to mitigate human-wildlife conflict, SOPs for managing HWC for key species, and support to states for developing state-level level action plans
• Output 2: pilot application of mitigation instruments for the management of human-wildlife conflict at local level in few selected states
• Output 3: facilitating capacity development of institutions and individuals for mitigating human wildlife conflict at National level and at state-level.