The book Bharatiya Vanyajeev Suraksha Aur Prabandhan by the late Anand Singh Negi, an eminent forest officer from Uttarakhand was awarded the Certificate of Merit of Excellence in book production for 2017-2018 by The Federation of Indian Publishers, New Delhi.
The award was presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting secretary Amit Khare at a function on the weekend. The award was received by Divya Arora Nayyar on behalf of Natraj Publishers, the publishers of the book.
The first of its kind in Hindi, this book is a practical field guide which covers all aspects of conservation, protection and management of wildlife in Indian forests. The book is written in simple language, which makes for a valuable informative guide both for the professional foresters as well as all those who wish to spend time in the wilderness for knowledge and education.
Anand Singh Negi was former principal chief conservator of forest (Wildlife) and also served as Managing Director of Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation, before superannuation.
A brave and dedicated forester, Negi was responsible for removing encroachments from the Kalagarh township as field director of Corbett National Park. As the PCCF (Wildlife) in 2002-2003, Negi was instrumental in facilitating the voluntary relocation of Van Gujjar settlements from the Rajaji National Park.