Highlights:
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| Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve conducts skill-development programme for park guides |
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| Volunteers join our team and the Forest Department staff on night and day patrols (above, below) |
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| Plastic trash clean up drive |
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| Cleaning a park waterhole |
THE FULL REPORT
Team:
Mukund Dhurve -
Conservation Officer
Jivraj Salam -
Field assistant
Salimkumar Dhurve - Field assistant
Highlights
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Joined Forest Department staff on 13 patrols
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6 programs to clean water holes at
compartment no.112, 109, 57, 110, 111 and 114
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13 community assistance vountary work programs
to clean area next to hand pumps at Bolunda, Jindatola, Kodebarra, Thadezari,
Govindtola, Chorkhamara, Mangezari, Kodebarra, Bodalkasa, Alezari, Balapur, Sodlagondi,
Jamlapani
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9 anti-plastic programmes at Bolunda, Bagadband,
Jindatola, Chorkhamara, Thadezari Govindtola, Mangezari, Alezari, and Balapur
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Celebrated Bio-diversity Day on 22nd
May
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Sensitization programme for guides on 9th
May
Conservation
Our team organised 6 programs in May to
clean water holes in Compartments 112, 109, 57, 110, 111 and 114. The water bodies were clogged
with organic litter, making it difficult for animals to drink.
Our team also
organised 13 community assistance programs in May to clear areas around hand
pumps at Bolunda, Jindatola, Kodebarra, Thadezari, Govindtola,
Chorkhamara, Mangezari, Kodebarra, Bodalkasa, Alezari, Balapur, Sodlagondi, and
Jamlapani. Unemployed youths from Mangezari participated in all programmes
which were led by Mukund and Salimkumar. Details of the programmes are given in
the table above.
Water had spilled over while people
drew from the hand pumps and had stagnated, leading to proliferation of
mosquitoes and insects. Our teams cleared the area, removing scum and organic
growth and dug canals to drain away the water.
Our team joined the Forest Department
in day and night patrols on the roads from Mangezari to Kodebarra, Mangezari to
Jindatola, Mangezari to Govindtola, Mangezari to Bagadband and Comp. no. 112,
56, 57, 110, 112, and 110.
Besides our staff, volunteers
from a youth club at Mangezari also joined in the patrols. The youth club was
set up with our assistance and is mentored by our Conservation Officer Mukund
Dhurve.
During the month, our team organised 9 anti-plastic programmes to clean
polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programmes were organised on May 3,
5, 6, 10, 14, 16, 19, 22 and 23 at Bolunda, Bagadband, Jindatola,
Chorkhamara, Thadezari, Govindtola,
Mangezari, Alezari, and Balapur villages respectively. Mukund,
Salimkumar and Jivraj organised the programmes which were attended by villagers
and village eco-development committee (VEDC) members. The plastic litter has
been kept in our Mangezari office and will be sent to Tiroda for recycling.
The Government of Maharashtra has
issued the buffer zone notification for the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve.
Following this, doubts have sprung up in the minds of villagers as to how they
will be affected by the notification. Due to the doubts, some villagers are opposing
the notification. To clear these doubts and misgivings, we organised a total of
5 awareness programmes during May in 5 villages –Thadezari, Boatola,
Chorkhamara, Koilari and Pitezari.
We organised a skill-development programme
for guides on 9th May in which Range Forest Officer Mr. Kadam,
Forest Guard Mr. Patle and 10 guides as well as our volunteers were present.
Our team explained to the guides that it was important to also describe various
aspects of nature, flora and fauna and not just focus on identifying wildlife.
They were taught to talk about the history of the area, local culture, myths
and legends.
On 22nd May we
celebrated World Bio-diversity day. 12 guides and 20 forest guards participated
in the programme.
Education
There were no education programmes
during May as schools were shut for the annual summer vacation.
Education van
There were no film shows during
May as schools were shut for the annual summer vacation.
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