AHADS

Attappady Hill Area Development Society

VISION

• Optimum development of natural and human resources.

• Sustainable development of local communities.• Good governance of resources.• Empowerment of local communities for

effective participation in the overall development programmes.

MISSION

• Eco-restoration and social development through watershed and participatory approach.

• Creating sustainable livelihood opportunities.• Empowerment of local people.

OBJECTIVES

• Ecological restoration of degraded wastelands in Attappady• Development of replicable models of participative eco-

restoration.• Prevent further degradation• Promote sustainable method of livelihood for the local

people (with special emphasis on tribal population) in harmony with resource base.

• Scio-economic development of weaker section particularly tribes (The components for such developments were incorporated with original project on 2002.)

Programmes

• JFMJoint Forest Management

• THDPTotal Hamlet Development Programme

JFM

AHADS + TRIBALS ENVIRONMENT

•BIO MASS CONSERVATION•AFFORESTATION•CHECK DAMS

JFM Activities

• Afforestation• Bio Mass Conservation• Check Dams• Anti Ganja Campaign• Cross Safety Lines• Fire Protection Lines

Check Dams

Fencing

THDP

AHADS TRIBALS

• HOUSING• LIVELIHOOD

etc……

•LABOUR• LAND

THDP COMPONENTS

• Housing• Hygiene• Electrification• Landscaping• Access paths• Smokeless chulhas• Livelihood

• Infrastructure • Cattle shed • Sustainable farming • Rainwater harvesting• Literacy• Health

Sustainable Farming

Rain Water Harvesting

Literacy Drive

Housing

IMPACTS

SOCIAL IMPACTS• Just wages• Starvation deaths (no starvation deaths after

1999)• Malnutrition (considerable reduction in the

incidence of anaemia cases)• Employment (3.45 million man days of

employment)• School dropouts (reduced by half)

Ecological Impacts

• Forest Regeneration works completed in around 8500 ha of forest land

• Rejuvenation of water streams(improved annual discharge levels of water)

• Increase in ground water availability(water levels in dry wells increased by 5-40 feet)

• Overcoming Drought(no severe drought after 2002)

Thank You!!!

Cyano Warner Chandni