Indo-German Biodiversity Programme, Biodiversity conservation, Business and biodiversity, Biodiversity evaluation, Ministry of Environment and Forests, BMUB, BMZ, GIZ

Goal 1: HWC mitigation is integrated into overall development planning as well as programmes, plans, policies and legislations of key relevant sectors

Goal 2: All development activities are sensitive to potential HWCs

Goal 3: Comprehensive and integrated land use planning ensures that wildlife habitats are protected from loss, fragmentation and degradation

Goal 4: Humans are enabled in working on their risk perception, improving their tolerance and enabling co-existence with wildlife in the same landscape

Strategic Priority B: Reducing the direct pressures that lead to a conflict situation

Goal 5: Critical wildlife corridors, migratory routes and movement paths of key wildlife species in conflict are identified, assessed and secured

Goal 6: Livelihood dependence of humans on protected areas, corridors, forests and other natural habitats is reduced

Goal 7: Incidences of wild animals entering or co-occurring in human-dominated areas are reduced, by applying, inter alia technological innovations, effective and wildlife-friendly preventive measures

Goal 8: Efficient and effective response teams are developed in each forest division and protected areas at the HWC hotspots in India

Goal 9: Wildlife habitat within protected areas and forests is restored

Goal 10: Sustainable waste management and HWC-safe food storage in and around protected areas and at HWC hotspots

Strategic Priority C: Making available information and data on HWC to decision makers and field response teams for effective mitigation

Goal 11: Wildlife research in the country addresses critical issues related to HWC mitigation

Goal 12: Effective and wildlife-friendly and evidence-based HWC mitigation measures are designed, implemented and customized for site-specific needs

Goal 13: A national database facilitates the assessment and monitoring of the HWC situation and formulation of the most effective HWC mitigation measures in the country

Goal 14: States, agencies and other stakeholders systematically share information, experiences and knowledge with each other to co-create long-term solutions for HWC mitigation

Strategic Priority D: Reducing the negative impacts of HWC on humans and wildlife

Goal 15: Reduced vulnerability of humans

Goal 16: Reduced vulnerability and enhanced occupational health and safety of field teams responsible for HWC mitigation

Goal 17: Reduced vulnerability of wild animals through animal welfare measures

Goal 18: Most vulnerable sections of the society, such as economically weaker groups, youth and women participate in the planning, development and implementation of mitigation measures

Strategic Priority E: Effectively implementing the national, state and local HWC mitigation plans, by strengthening financial and institutional structures

Goal 19: Institutional capacities in forest and other key relevant sectors are strengthened, for effective implementation of HWC mitigation in the country

Goal 20: Individual competencies in forest and other key relevant sectors, including frontline staff, mahouts and daily wage workers are strengthened

Goal 21: State-level HWC Mitigation Strategy and Action Plans (HWC-SAP) are developed, implemented and regularly updated in all states and Union Territories of India, taking a landscape approach

Goal 22: Division-level HWC Management Action Plans (HWC- MAP) in all states and Union Territories of India are developed, implemented and regularly updated

Goal 23: Finance and infrastructure are available for implementing national, state and divisional plans

Goal 24: Measures are in place for fostering partnerships between key stakeholders, for sustainability and for greater outreach in HWC mitigation efforts

Relevance to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Relevance to Post-2020 Biodiversity Action Targets of CBD

Target 1: Ensure 50% of land and sea areas globally are under spatial planning addressing land/sea use change, retaining most of the existing intact and wilderness areas, and restore degraded freshwater, marine and terrestrial natural ecosystems, and connectivity among them.

Target 2: Protect and conserve at least 30% of the planet, focusing on high-biodiversity areas, through well-connected and effective systems of protected areas and other conservation measures.

Target 3: Ensure active management actions to enable wild species of fauna and flora recovery and conservation, and reduce HWC.

Target 4: Ensure that the harvesting, trade, and use of wild species of fauna and flora is legal, at sustainable and safe levels.

Target 5: Manage and control pathways that lead to the introduction of invasive alien species, reducing new introductions by 50%, and eradicate invasive species in at least 50% of priority sites.

Target 6: Reduce pollution from all sources, including reducing excess nutrients, biocides, and plastic waste to safe levels for biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and human health.

Target 7: Increase contributions to climate change mitigation adaption and disaster risk reduction from nature-based solutions and ecosystems-based approaches, ensuring resilience and minimising any negative impacts on biodiversity.

Strategic Priority B: Meeting People’s Needs Through Sustainable Use and Benefit-Sharing

Target 8: Ensure benefits, including nutrition, food security, livelihoods, health and well-being, for people, especially for the most vulnerable through sustainable management of wild species.

Target 9: Support the productivity, sustainability, and resilience of biodiversity in agricultural and other managed ecosystems through conservation and sustainable use, reducing productivity gaps.

Target 10: Ensure that nature based solutions and ecosystem approach contribute to regulation of air quality, hazards, and extreme events and quality and quantity of water for people.

Target 11: Increase benefits from biodiversity and green/blue spaces for human wellbeing, including doubling the proportion of people with access to such spaces, especially for urban dwellers.

Target 12: Increase benefits shared for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity by ensuring access to and equitable sharing of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.

Strategic Priority C: Tools and Solutions for Implementation and Mainstreaming

Target 13: Integrate biodiversity values into policies, regulations, planning, development processes, and poverty-reduction strategies, mainstreaming biodiversity across all sectors.

Target 14: Achieve prevention of at least 50% damage to biodiversity by ensuring sustainable production practices and supply chain operations.

Target 15: Eliminate unsustainable consumption patterns, ensuring people everywhere understand biodiversity, thus choosing responsibly, in line with the 2050 biodiversity vision.

Target 16: Establish measures to prevent harm on biodiversity or human health due to biotechnology.

Target 17: Redirect or eliminate incentives harmful for biodiversity, ensuring that public and private economic incentives and regulatory incentives are either positive or neutral for biodiversity.

Target 18: Increase financial resources from international and domestic sources to meet the goals and targets and implement strategy for capacity building, technology transfer, and scientific cooperation to work towards implementing the post-2020 biodiversity framework.

Target 19: Ensure that quality information, including traditional knowledge, is made available to decision makers and public to effectively manage biodiversity by promoting awareness and research.

Target 20: Ensure equitable participation in decision-making related to biodiversity and ensure the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, women, girls, and youth over natural resources.

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Sectors and Cross-Sectors

Stakeholders Engaged

Scale of Implementation

Species Involved

The phase of HWC Mitigation Measure

Contribution to National Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Strategy and Action Plan (HWC-NAP)

Relevance to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Relevance to Post-2020 Biodiversity Action Targets of CBD