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(January 07, 2020) IFS officers from across the country participated in “One-week compulsory training on voluntary relocation from Tiger Reserves” jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and WCS-India from November 12th to 16th, 2018.https://youtu.be/szZ09zfCCbY

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(December 27, 2019) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India, conducted a two-day capacity building workshop to combat wildlife trafficking on 26th and 27th of December, 2019. The workshop, held at the Central Academy of Forest Education in West Bengal, was attended by 34 ranger trainees.“The workshop was for ranger trainees. By conducting a workshop at the academy, we did not only get future rangers from across the country at one place as our audience, but also grabbed the opportunity of catching them y...

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(December 27, 2019) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India, conducted a two-day capacity building workshop to combat wildlife trafficking on 26th and 27th of December, 2019. The workshop, held at the Central Academy of Forest Education in West Bengal, was attended by 34 ranger trainees.“The workshop was for ranger trainees. By conducting a workshop at the academy, we did not only get future rangers from across the country at one place as our audience, but also grabbed the opportunity of catching them y...

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(December 19, 2019) Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)–India, in collaboration with West Bengal Forest Department, organized a two-day workshop to combat wildlife trafficking. The workshop was held on December 17 and December 18 at the Surulia Mini Zoo, Kangsabati North Division, Purulia.The workshop began with a session by Sahila Kudalkar, project manager, Counter Wildlife Trafficking (CWT), WCS–India, on the introduction of wildlife trafficking and the scale of this issue, nationally and internationa...

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(December 19, 2019) Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)–India, in collaboration with West Bengal Forest Department, organized a two-day workshop to combat wildlife trafficking. The workshop was held on December 17 and December 18 at the Surulia Mini Zoo, Kangsabati North Division, Purulia.The workshop began with a session by Sahila Kudalkar, project manager, Counter Wildlife Trafficking (CWT), WCS–India, on the introduction of wildlife trafficking and the scale of this issue, nationally and internationa...

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(December 15, 2019) Wildlife Conservation Society-India in collaboration with the Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) conducted a two-day training programme for the officers of KFD at the Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary from December 13. The workshop was held to sensitise KFD staff about wildlife laws in the country, its enforcement and the role played by them in successful combatting of wildlife trafficking. The training began with Sahila Kudalkar, program manager, Counter Wildlife Trafficking (CWT), WCS-India, det...

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(December 14, 2019) Wildlife Conservation Society-India in collaboration with the Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) conducted a two-day training programme for the officers of KFD at the Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary from December 13. The workshop was held to sensitise KFD staff about wildlife laws in the country, its enforcement and the role played by them in successful combatting of wildlife trafficking. The training began with Sahila Kudalkar, program manager, Counter Wildlife Trafficking (CWT), WCS-India, det...

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(December 12, 2019) WCS-India staff setting up camera-trapTelangana Forest Department has begun its annual wildlife census in Amrabad Tiger Reserve from December 6. An area of 1,100 sq km will be covered under the census over a period of six months.For the statistics, the tiger reserve has been divided into two blocks of 550 sq km each, and the blocks are further subdivided into multiple grids of 2 sq km each. This year too, the survey will focus on both – herbivores and carnivores – populations and wil...

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(December 11, 2019) Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - India, in collaboration with the Assam Forest Department, organized a capacity building workshop on December 9 – December 10 to combat wildlife trafficking. As many as 34 forest officials from the Nameri National Park and Pakke Tiger Reserve attended the workshop held at Nameri National Park.Participants at the workshopThe workshop began with a session by Aditi Rajan, WCS-India staff,  on the introduction of wildlife trafficking and the ...

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(November 22, 2019) A new Self Help Group named “Kaso Sakhi” was formed on the 16th of November, 2019 with eight traditional women weavers from Biswanath Ghat to make special gamochas (traditional scarves) that promote freshwater turtle conservation in the area. Through a project initiated by the Wildlife Conservation Society-India/Turtle program that aims to promote economic growth for local and tribal communities whilst safeguarding threatened species, this group was formed with the support ...

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