The emphasis of the project was on collection of secondary data of selected bio-diversity sites, mapping the study area, collection of basic household data, visiting the representative landscape elements, organizing personal interviews & group discussions with user groups, recording diversity of cultivars, livestock & ecological history, conducting discussions with nomadic shepherds & government officials, recording the instances of conflicts & consensus, recording management options suggested by user groups, carrying out follow-up activities and to develop applications of bio-diversity registers as a document compiled by villagers about their intrinsic knowledge and practices.