To minimise the impact of developmental activities on the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, the areas adjacent to these protected areas were declared as Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ), and were regulated by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
As per the notification issued by the ministry, we prepared the Zonal Master Plans for Bandhavgarh National Park, Panpatha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sanjay National Park & Sanjay Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary, Son Ghariyal Wildlife Sanctuary, and Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary to reduce pressure on the protected areas while enhancing resilience of the people living in the ESZ through participatory conservation management.
The Tourism Master Plan focused on regulating sustainable tourism around the protected areas through spatial plans and development of 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.
