Making Biodiversity A Community Resource, The People’s Biodiversity Register: A “How-To” Manual

The “How-to” manual emerged from a need expressed by the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB). So as to document the local biodiversity in the many project villages, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) simplified the methodology and modified the formats to collect practical and precise data on biodiversity. These reworked formats along with the detailed process of People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) development are put together in this Manual. It is prepared such that a facilitator who does not have knowledge on the subject can easily develop capacities of rural communities to establish PBRs in their villages.