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APPROACH   To reduce the conflict in the study area, a list of objectives                                 Delivering  bear  safety  education  to  the  locals  and  school  students  will  help

                                     is marked out that will help mitigate the issues that locals
                                                                                                                                    reduce conflicts by improving avoidance with species living in the forest nearby.
                                                                                                                                    The objectives are achieved through various approaches and tools by which we
                                     and  sloth  bears  face  in  the  area.  The  six  objectives
                                                                                                                                    can  reach  to  maximum  number  of  stakeholders  such  as  people  from  local
                                     mentioned above are approached using different tools and
                                                                                                                                    community, tourists, forest field staff, children, school teachers and researchers
                                     methodologies.  This  includes  the  amalgamation  of  the
                                     locals, forest staff and students, and spreading the correct
                                                                                                                                    aspiring to work on bears and bear habitats.
                                     information about the sloth bear to the locals living in the
                                     study  area.  Priority  subject  here  is  bear  safety  education
                                     and awareness about sloth bear ecology by providing true
                                     and scientific knowledge.

                                                                                    Conservation Outreach
                                                                                           Center                                                       Speak for the bears
                                                       Development of educational     Ratanmahal Wildlife                                            International Happy Bear             Release of comic
                                                              materials                   Sanctuary                                                           Day                             leaflet
                                                        University of Florida, USA                                                                                                        "Sweet scent of
                                                                                                                                                                   Release of animation       Honey"
                                                                                                                                                                         film
                                                                                                                                                                      "भालु संर ण -                   Celebration of World Bear
                                                                       Sloth bear population                                                                       "समझदारी से साझेदारी"                       Day
                                                                       monitoring and rescue                                                                                                                                    2023
                                                                             training



                       Release of field                                                                                                                                              2022
                          guide:
                       "Working in the
                           sloth
                      bear landscape"
                                                    "Bears of India"-
                                                     A live webinar                                                                                                                                                         Capacity building
                                                        series                                                                                                                                                                programme:
                                    Release of pocket
                                        booklet                                                                                                                                                                         "Contemporary Techniques
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 for
                                      "Living in the                                       2021
                                  Sloth bear  landscape"                                                                                                                                             Capacity building  Research and Monitoring of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Bears & Habitat"
                                                                                                                                                                                                        programme
                                                                                                                                                                                                   "Monitoring Sloth Bear
                 2020                                                                                                                                                                              Population and Habitat"

                                                                                               Designing of Sign
                                                                                                   boards
                                                                         Talks on sloth bear
                                                                       broadcasted on All India
                                                                              Radio

                                              Sloth bear Story
                                                  Writing                                                                                                                             Bear safety and Educational
                                                Competition                                                                                                                                   posters
                        "Sloth bear: the bear of           Release of "The Bear book"
                               India"-                   A film learning activity book for
                          Documentary film                        children

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                                                                                          WCB Research Foundation                                                                                                WCB Research Foundation
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