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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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