Policy & Litigation Support
Aligning engagement on land-use, linear infrastructure, and grassland safeguards with verified site facts and documented pressures in the Rollapadu landscape.
Critically Endangered
IUCN Red List Status
<200 Birds
Current population in India
Since 2016
Bustard Recovery Program
Why This Matters Here
The Rollapadu landscape faces irrigation-driven land-use change, scrub encroachment from mismanagement, and exposure beyond protected limits. These pressures demand strong policy and planning engagement to keep habitats functional.
Using a single canonical reference for static site fields ensures consistency across all advocacy, submissions, and consultations.
Focus Areas
Three critical domains where policy engagement makes the difference for grassland conservation
Land-use and Irrigation
Contribute evidence to planning forums to safeguard open grassland pockets and movement corridors threatened by irrigation and crop shifts.
Linear Infrastructure
Advocate route refinement, line-marking, insulation, and risk audits near congregation or flight paths to reduce collision and electrocution risk.
Seasonal Protection
Support coexistence policies that align grazing and disturbance windows with nesting and critical foraging periods.
Evidence Pipeline
A systematic approach to building credible, traceable advocacy grounded in verified data
Site Context
References from the canonical Site Factsheet (area, coordinates, system, IBA criteria).
Threat Statements
Cited from documented pressures in the factsheet.
Methods & Data
Published under Data & Reports with versioning for reliability.
Public Summaries
Outcomes, milestones, and hearing notes posted in Updates.
Engagement Modes
Strategic approaches to policy influence through evidence and collaboration
Written Submissions & Briefs
Maps, metrics, and incident summaries grounded in standardized monitoring outputs and risk mapping.
- Evidence-based documentation
- Standardized monitoring outputs
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Risk mapping integration
- Incident tracking
Coordinated Reviews
Partner collaboration to align positions and propose feasible mitigation or zoning measures that sustain habitat quality and connectivity.
- Multi-stakeholder alignment
- Mitigation planning
- Zoning recommendations
- Connectivity preservation
Governance & Transparency
Building trust through openness, accountability, and systematic documentation
Canonical Reference
All filings reference the canonical factsheet for consistency and accuracy
Data Traceability
Sharable links to underlying datasets and protocols ensure transparency
Public Access
Key outcomes and decisions summarized with public document access
Commitment to Transparency
Key outcomes and decisions are summarized in Updates with public access to documents, ensuring
stakeholders can follow the process and hold us accountable for our conservation efforts.
Cross-Links
Navigate through our integrated system of conservation resources and documentation
Site Factsheet
Canonical static site fields and threat summaries
Threats & Solutions
Mitigation framing that informs policy asks
Habitat Actions
On-ground measures aligned to policy goals
Science & Monitoring
Canonical static site fields and threat summaries
Data & Reports
Published submissions, datasets, and maps
Updates
Public notes on hearings and outcomes