Opening – Foundation For Ecological Security (FES)

 Foundation For Ecological Security (FES) works towards the ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources in ecologically fragile, degraded and marginalised regions in India, through the collective efforts of village communities.

We work towards the ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources, in conserving the uplands and other eco-fragile, degraded and marginalised zones of the country and to set in place the processes of co-ordinated human effort and governance to achieve this objective.

Spread across diverse ecological and social geographies, FES works towards conservation of nature and natural resources through collective action of local communities. The crux of FES efforts lie in locating forests and other natural resources within the prevailing economic, social and ecological dynamics in rural landscapes.

Globally, FES hopes to see an increasing influence on two fundamental issues in governing shared natural resources a socio-ecological systems approach and a Commons paradigm, which together could have far-reaching impact on world views on development.

FES presently works with 36,400+ village institutions in 100 districts across 12 states, and assists the village communities in protecting 11.38 million acres of common lands including revenue wastelands, degraded forest lands and Panchayat grazing lands, positively impacting 22 million rural people across India.

We support Panchayats and their subcommittees, Village Forest Committees, Gramya Jungle Committees, Water Users Associations and Watershed Committees in order to improve the governance of natural resources. Regardless of the form of the institution, we strive for universal membership and an equal access of women and poor in decision making.

FES is looking to fill in new positions at its Naya Raipur Office in Chhattisgarh for the implementation of a 4-year project that aims to strengthen the livelihood of NTFP collector households through meeting specifically defined objectives.

Openings

Capacity Buliding General

Capacity Bulilding, Women Leadership Specilazation

Non- Timber Forest Products Experts

Monitoring & Evaluation Technical (IT) expert

Location: Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh

The 4- year project aims to strengthened the livelihood of NTFP collector Households through the specific objectives that are mentioned as follows

Program Objectives

• Improve the  pre and post harvesting practices of NTFP collection from the forest and non non forest landscapes to enhance sustainable economic returns.
• Empower village level actors, especially women leaders of SHG’S and strengthen their role in supply chains
• Enhance economic opportunities from forest – based livelihood and increase household incomes by 50% in four to five years

Write in to careers@fes.org.in with the mentioned positions as the subject line to apply.