Highlights:
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| Pachmarhi - Food products made by villagers on display at our stall in Pachmarhi Utsav |
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| Pachmarhi - R.P. Tripaththi, senior bank official, inspects products on display at our stall in Pachmarhi Utsav |
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| Visitors to our stall look at lantana products made by villagers |
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| Almod - Check dam built by volunteers |
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| Almod - Volunteer bringing material to build the check dam |
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| Volunteers clear organic litter from a water body used by wildlife |
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| Matkuli - Our field assistant Hameed Khan conducts environment education programme in the village school |
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| Matkuli - Students watch a film on wildlife conservation |
The full report:
Team: Ashfaq Aarbi – Conservation Officer
Hameed Khan – Field
assistant
Highlights
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6 water conservation voluntary work projects
during the month – built 2 check dams, 4 water bodies cleaned
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10 awareness programmes on vermi-compost
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Classroom visits to 14 schools as part of
our environment education program – attended by 778 students
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8 films shows on wildlife and nature
conservation - attended by 5,337 children and adults
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Participated in Pachmarhi Utsav 2016 at
Pachmarhi
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Participated in camera trapping workshop at Jhiriya
and Matkuli
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Visit to check on status of 8 villages which have already been relocated
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BCRLIP awareness programme
Conservation
During December, we organised 6 programmes related to water
conservation.
On December 26, we organised a programme to clean a water
body in the jungle around 5 km from Mehandikheda village. The water body was
covered with leaves and organic litter and animals were finding it difficult to
drink. Our team, consisting of field assistant Hameed Khan and 18 children from
Government Primary School; Mehandikheda cleared the litter and made the water
body accessible to the animals again. Spotted deer are regularly spotted around
this water body while there are occasional sightings of sloth bears and monkeys.
Three similar programmes were organised at Maili Nallah
(one) and Chakar (two) on December 27 and 28.
On December 27, we organised a programme to build a check
dam on a stream around 3 km from Almod village. The resultant water body will
benefit wildlife at nights. Spotted deer, monkeys and leopards are spotted in
the area.
A similar program was organised at Barud village and a check
dam was built on December 28.
Education
During the month, our team organised 14 lectures to educate students
about nature and wildlife conservation.
Education Van
During December, our team showed 8 films on nature and
wildlife conservation.
Employment Cell -Training programme
20 candidates trained in lantana furniture making got
registered with Hastshilpi Kalyan Yojna under Government. 12 trainees mastered
in making furniture out of lantana. Their hand-crafted products have been kept
at Eco center, Matkuli and souvenir shop, Pachmarhi and are being sold to
customers who visit the two places.
Pachmarhi Utsav 2016
Every December, the district administration organises a 4-day
festival at Pachmarhi known as Pachmarhi Utsav. At this festival, various
Government departments selected NGOs and local artisans and craftsmen put up
stalls to showcase their work. Satpuda Foundation put up a stall in which we
displayed products made by villagers trained by us. Products on display
included furniture and handicrafts made from lantana, food products such as
pickles and honey.
We also made presentations of our activities in Satpura
Tiger Reserve and distributed literature about bio-diversity conservation.
Around 25,000 people are estimated to have visited the
festival over the 4 days (December 15-18).
Camera Trap Workshop
On December 6, Satpuda
Foundation participated in a one-day Camera Trap workshop. The programme, held
at Jhiriya was organised by Satpuda Tiger Reserve, Hoshangabad and focused on
the role of forest guards, Deputy Ranger, Forest Range Officer, Assistance Director
and related bodies.
1.
Beatwise sign survey twice a year
2. Monitoring in PIP on regular basis
3. Minimum tiger number (Count from
camera traps)
4. Estimating tiger number from
systematic camera trap sampling
5. Monitoring prey densities on
transect
6. Monitoring routine patrol log
Mr. Aashish Khobragade (Forest Range Officer) and Ashfaq
Aarbi (Conservation Officer) spoke and made presentations. This programme was
attended by Shri A.K. Mishra (Joint
Director), Lokesh Nirapure (Assistant
Director), Vijay Shrivastav (Assistant
Director), Vishal Dongre, B.P. Shrivastava (Forest Ranger Officer), all
Deputy Rangers and 60 Forest guards in Game range Matkuli, Pipariya buffer and
Denwa buffer Range of Satpuda Tiger Reserve.
A similar programme was organised at Eco Centre, Matkuli on
December 7.
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