Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India
This policy brief highlights the outcomes and lessons learned from a landscape restoration initiative focused on dryland management in Central India’s Bundelkhand region. Through integrated and participatory resource management, anchored in the restoration of traditional rainwater harvesting systems...
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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| author | Anantha, K.H. Singh, Ramesh Venkataradha, A. Garg, K.K. Ram, Asha Harawa, Rebbie Jat, Mangi L. |
| author_browse | Anantha, K.H. Garg, K.K. Harawa, Rebbie Jat, Mangi L. Ram, Asha Singh, Ramesh Venkataradha, A. |
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| description | This policy brief highlights the outcomes and lessons learned from a landscape restoration initiative focused on dryland management in Central India’s Bundelkhand region. Through integrated and participatory resource management, anchored in the restoration of traditional rainwater harvesting systems and scientific monitoring, the project achieved significant improvements in groundwater recharge, cropping intensity, and rural livelihoods. A key innovation was the revival of the traditional haveli system, which had fallen into disrepair. Introducing an innovative masonry core wall concept and safe water discharge outlets, the restored havelis not only enhanced groundwater recharge but also strengthened a range of ecosystem services and supported productive post-monsoon agriculture, revitalizing previously abandoned lands. The Bundelkhand experience demonstrates that science based, community-driven approaches can address the major challenges of land degradation, water scarcity, and rural poverty in India’s dryland regions. The project calls for scaling similar models nationwide through coordinated, dedicated-funding, and evidence-driven policies. Such efforts would advance the country’s goals for climate adaptation, land degradation neutrality, water security, and rural prosperity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1779382025-11-15T02:10:21Z Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India Anantha, K.H. Singh, Ramesh Venkataradha, A. Garg, K.K. Ram, Asha Harawa, Rebbie Jat, Mangi L. water management land degradation climate change adaptation rural development livelihoods This policy brief highlights the outcomes and lessons learned from a landscape restoration initiative focused on dryland management in Central India’s Bundelkhand region. Through integrated and participatory resource management, anchored in the restoration of traditional rainwater harvesting systems and scientific monitoring, the project achieved significant improvements in groundwater recharge, cropping intensity, and rural livelihoods. A key innovation was the revival of the traditional haveli system, which had fallen into disrepair. Introducing an innovative masonry core wall concept and safe water discharge outlets, the restored havelis not only enhanced groundwater recharge but also strengthened a range of ecosystem services and supported productive post-monsoon agriculture, revitalizing previously abandoned lands. The Bundelkhand experience demonstrates that science based, community-driven approaches can address the major challenges of land degradation, water scarcity, and rural poverty in India’s dryland regions. The project calls for scaling similar models nationwide through coordinated, dedicated-funding, and evidence-driven policies. Such efforts would advance the country’s goals for climate adaptation, land degradation neutrality, water security, and rural prosperity. 2025-10-30 2025-11-14T20:33:02Z 2025-11-14T20:33:02Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177938 en Open Access application/pdf International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Anantha, K.H.; Singh, R., Garg, K.K., Radha, V., Ram, A., Harawa, R. and Jat, M.L. 2025. Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India. Policy Brief. Patancheru, India: ICRISAT. |
| spellingShingle | water management land degradation climate change adaptation rural development livelihoods Anantha, K.H. Singh, Ramesh Venkataradha, A. Garg, K.K. Ram, Asha Harawa, Rebbie Jat, Mangi L. Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India |
| title | Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India |
| title_full | Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India |
| title_fullStr | Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India |
| title_short | Ecosystem Restoration through Landscape Resource Conservation: Lessons Learned from Central India |
| title_sort | ecosystem restoration through landscape resource conservation lessons learned from central india |
| topic | water management land degradation climate change adaptation rural development livelihoods |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177938 |
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