A week-long training workshop on wildlife management for in-service State Forest Service officers from across the nation began at the Central Academy for State Forest Service here on Monday.
Addressing the gathering CASFoS principal N Sonzalian stressed on the importance of such training programmes for further enhancing the work efficiency of officers.
The course aims to develop awareness and competencies in wildlife management, to provide field oriented practical inputs and to improve knowledge and skill of participants on wildlife management. A total of 14 forest officers from states including Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand are participating in the workshop.
Earlier, the course coordinator for the week long training workshop Meera Iyer welcomed the participants and briefed them about the training programme.
The inputs for this course will be provided by senior forest officers and scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India. This one week programme will focus on various topics including management planning, habitat management, wildlife laws in India,
ecological census techniques and human-wildlife conflict among other issues.