Two-day Training on wildlife commences at Bomdila

Our Correspondent

Itanagar: A two-day training programme on “Monitoring of Vertebrate Fauna in Indian Himalayan Region” commenced at Bomdila, the headquarters of West Kameng district, on Monday.

The programme has been organized in order to understand wildlife conservation, the importance of wildlife for the ecosystem functioning and services and tools and techniques used in the monitoring of endangered wildlife species,

Advocating the need for “Jio aur Jeeney do”, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Gombu Tsering reiterated on the need for maintaining ecological balance for existence as everything in the ecosystem is inter-related and inter-dependent.

He also dwelt on the need for afforestation for a thriving ecosystem, an official statement informed here.

Ex-Abbot of GRL Monastery, Geshe Thupten Kunphen while advocating for protection and conservation of flora and fauna, stressed on the need of wildlife for human existence and conserving wildlife through culture and mankind.

He also sought the help of the Zoological Survey of India for the NGOs working in this direction in the region.

Divisional forest officers (DFOs) Tana Tapi of Pakke Tiger Reserve and C Loma of Bomdila opined that conservation is entwined with religion and put thrust on community reserve for the districts of Tawang and West Kameng.

Urging the people to do away with hunting and poaching of wild animals, DFO Loma while citing the example of the Arunachal Macaque (monkey), expressed optimism that the conservation activities could be linked up with tourism industry thereby improving the economic status of the people.

Earlier, training coordinator Dr Bheem Dutt Joshi from ZSI, Kolkata, gave an in-depth presentation on the aims and objectives of the training programme.

Dr Joshi, Dr Ashutosh Singh, Yachang Kani and Ritam Dutta made presentations on overview of conservation in the Himalayan region, wildlife forensics, sample collection, preservation & processing, regional biodiversity conservation & issues and work update of the district respectively.

The workshop would witness talks by Dr Ashutosh Singh and Tarun Dazangju on Introduction to birds: Identification and monitoring and on sharing problems and possible solutions for conserving wildlife respectively.

There would also be an interactive session wherein quiz and extempore speeches for the students would be held in order to inculcate the sense of conservation in the upcoming generations, the statement added.

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