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Training 2 (January 8-12, 2022)

“National Training Programme on Monitoring Sloth Bear Population and Apart from this, the advanced monitoring and assessment technique sessions
Habitat” was jointly organized by Wildlife and Conservation Biology Research on applications of Remote Sensing (RS) and use of Geoinformatics System (GIS)
Foundation, Patan and Chhota Udepur Forest Division. The training programme in bear habitat management was also taught during the course of training
was organized at Kevdi Eco tourism area in Chhota Udepur district. The training period. Also, sloth bear population monitoring, conservation education and
was called ‘20–20’ that included 40 participants out of which 20 were students outreach, human-sloth bear conflicts and sloth bear rescue operations along
across the country and 20 frontline forest staff of Gujarat Forest Department. with many field based sessions were part of the training programme that
Participants' teams were made with one student and one forest frontline staff played a vital role for initiating science based conservation and management of
benefiting everyone with knowledge exchange, experience sharing and wildlife. Everyday few student participants presented their research and
capacity building. Experts from various universities, forest department and their exchange of ideas happened. Chhota Udepur forest division covered the basic
partners and collaborators across the country have delivered talks and hands- cost towards the logistics including all training materials and training kit,
on training on habitat evaluation monitoring and management, demonstration meals, lodging, field travel during the course and remuneration of experts
of camera traps and placing them on field. including their TA/DA. WCB Research Foundation has provided the knowledge
resources and overall coordination of the course.

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