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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

 13  Sloth bear Conservation Education Programme  14               Sloth bear Conservation Education Programme
 WCB Research Foundation                                                                  WCB Research Foundation
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