The Zoological Survey of India in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing will organise a national training workshop on the fauna of Shivalik ecosystem (Uttarakhand) and the application of GIS in conservation of fauna from July 20.
The training workshop will be inaugurated by the principal chief conservator of forests Dr Shrikant Chandola with the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST) director general Dr Rajendra Dobhal as the special guest. The ZSI director Dr K Venkataraman will also be among those who will be present on the occasion.
The ZSI officer in-charge Dr Anjum Rizvi further informed that on July 21, the ZSI director will also lay the foundation for the western Himalayan research laboratory in the ZSI premises.