Programme Update
The year 2007, has seen an evolution of WWF's conservation programme both globally and nationally. At the global level, a new programme framework was developed that focused conservation delivery around a set of Network Initiatives (NIs) that call for concerted action of the network to deliver large conservation impacts. WWF-India has a significant role to play in many of these NIs, particularly those that are addressing the Living Himalayas (which will include our Eastern Himalaya landscapes), Saving Tigers in the Wild (which will include a large proportion of our existing tiger landscapes as well as some new ones), the New Global Climate Deal (which will include and scale up our ongoing work on climate negotiations), Market Transformations (which will include our work on thirsty crops, forest footprint and conversion and forest trade), and Energy Efficiency (which will include our people's power programme and other work related to energy issues).
At the national level, WWF-India's programmes have increasingly moved towards scaling up, integration and consolidation of existing work areas. This can be seen in a range of initiatives developed and implemented over the year that cut across programmatic and divisional boundaries. The river dolphin conservation work of WWF-India, has grown into a larger River Watch programme as well as forming a part of the Living Ganga programme which integrates freshwater, climate change, species conservation, and toxics. The wetlands conservation work initiated in Ladakh has not only expanded into Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh but is also being scaled up into a multi-country regional High Altitude Wetlands initiative. The Climate Witness initiative has evolved into an upscaled climate adaptation programme covering a number of vulnerable areas.
The integration of programmes has not been limited to a strategic level but has also been increasing at the field level. There have been a number of joint initiatives conducted across landscapes and field projects. This approach of working cross-sectorally on integrated conservation issues, is reflected in the programme section of the report which focuses on some of the larger integrated programmes that WWF-India has been implementing over the last year. We anticipate that this will lead to a stronger, more effective conservation programme that builds on the diverse strengths of the programme team within the secretariat and in the field offices.
At the national level, WWF-India's programmes have increasingly moved towards scaling up, integration and consolidation of existing work areas. This can be seen in a range of initiatives developed and implemented over the year that cut across programmatic and divisional boundaries. The river dolphin conservation work of WWF-India, has grown into a larger River Watch programme as well as forming a part of the Living Ganga programme which integrates freshwater, climate change, species conservation, and toxics. The wetlands conservation work initiated in Ladakh has not only expanded into Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh but is also being scaled up into a multi-country regional High Altitude Wetlands initiative. The Climate Witness initiative has evolved into an upscaled climate adaptation programme covering a number of vulnerable areas.
The integration of programmes has not been limited to a strategic level but has also been increasing at the field level. There have been a number of joint initiatives conducted across landscapes and field projects. This approach of working cross-sectorally on integrated conservation issues, is reflected in the programme section of the report which focuses on some of the larger integrated programmes that WWF-India has been implementing over the last year. We anticipate that this will lead to a stronger, more effective conservation programme that builds on the diverse strengths of the programme team within the secretariat and in the field offices.
