October, 2001 to August 2003

Ford Foundation

The CBIK Small Grants for Conserving Nature and Culture was initiated in 1999. It aims to strengthen research capacity for young professionals in the field of conservation and development in . There were a total of 27 young researchers had been involved in the first cycle (from 1999-2000). Most grantees' capacity in community action-research has been significantly improved.Yunnan

The CBIK Small Grants Project II continues to support:

* Participatory Research and Action in conserving nature and enhance the indigenous institution building on community level;

* Capacity building for individuals and institutions in ;

* Developing partnership with different organizations;

* Supporting networking in .

* Inventory of indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) on biological resources through small research grants in both biological and cultural diversity rich areas, and therefore to understand the role of ITK in local livelihood and community based resource management;

* Developing participatory approaches for action research on culture based and community based resource management, conservation and conflict resolution;

* Enhancing research capacity for interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration among research individuals, institutions, government agencies and local communities;

* Indigenous initiatives on revival of indigenous knowledge, practices and innovations;

* Informal networking in for information and experience sharing.

This small-grants project consists of the following activities:

* Public announcement and application from October, 2001 to January, 2002.

l Selection of grantees in February of 2002.

* First training workshop to enhance the research capacity for young researchers on April, 2002.

* Case studies from April 2002 to July, 2003.

* Process workshop in January, 2003.

* Writing workshop will be hold in August, 2003.

* Case study reports

* Books and other publications

* Qualified young professionals for culture and biodiversity

* Developed local institutions and organizations