The two-day customised workshop on “Integrated Management of Ramsar sites in India” held at the Wetland Research and Training Center (WRTC), Barkul in Chilika was concluded on Friday. A total of 26 Ramsar site managers from across the country participated.
The workshop organised jointly by the Chilika Development Authority (CDA) and the Wetlands International on the request of the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change discussed various achievements made by the CDA in planning, management and monitoring of the Chilika lake.
The successes of the CDA in restoration and successful management of Chilika lake have been recognised globally and has been emerged as a role model. Revoking this, the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change convened all Ramsar mangers to the WRTC of CDA for hands on learning.
The workshop was inaugurated by MoEF&CC Special Secretary Hem Pande on Thursday. MoEF & CC Senior Advisor Brijesh Sikka was present. Similarly, other resource persons were from WISA, CDA and IIT Roorkee.