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Field guide for forest staff                                                      Documentary film on Sloth bear


                                                  “Working in the Sloth bear landscape”: A pocket                                   A  short  documentary  film                                                         © Pratik Desai
                                                  field  guide  developed  for  the  frontline  forest                              on  "Sloth  Bear:  The  Bear  of
                                                  staff    that    includes      sloth    bear     biology,                         Indian      Subcontinent"       is
                                                  identification  of  sloth  bear  signs  in  the  field,                           developed          in       three
                                                  sloth  bear  monitoring  protocols,  and  the  legal                              languages:  English,  Hindi,
                                                  provisions  for  sloth  bear  rescue.  To  date,  100                             and  Gujarati,  with  a  special
                                                  booklets have been distributed among the field                                    message  from  Mr.  Amitabh
                                                  staff  of  all  the  divisions  of  the  Gujarat  Forest                          Bachchan            for       the
                                                  Department.                                                                       conservation  of  sloth  bears
                                                  Information booklet on                                                            in India.

                                                  Sloth bear                                                                        To  date,  we  have  2126
                                                                                                                                    viewers.

                                                  A pocket booklet about “Living in the Sloth Bear
                                                  Landscape”        is    developed       for     different                                                                                                          © Shalu Mesaria
                                                  stakeholders like forest staff, tourists, locals, and
                                                  children. The pocket booklet is easy to carry and
                                                  read for the locals. To date, we have distributed
                                                  more  than  1000  booklets  in  Gujarati  and  250
                                                  booklets in English.














                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Male: 62.7





                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Female: 37.3














                                                                                                                                                           Male & Female viewers across the world





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