July 2012 Activity Update: Satpura Tiger Reserve

Team: Ashfaq Aarbi – Conservation Officer

            Umashankar Yadav – Field assistant

            Vikram Parte – Field assistant

Highlights

·      Sapling distribution and tree plantation.

·      Classroom visits to 18 schools as part of our environment education programme – attended by 672 students.

·      5 unemployed youths placed in jobs at Matkuli/Jabalpur at starting salary of Rs 3300/- & 3000/- per month.

Students of Government Middle School Nayakheda with saplings

Sapling plantation by GMS, Nayakheda

Above: With the monsoon setting in across the landscape, our teams have been working to motivate villagers to plant saplings. In July, our Satpura team organized sapling distribution and planting in both clusters. The details are given in the table above. The saplings were provided free of cost by the Social Forestry wing. Species distributed included mango, kattal, neem, amla, lemon.

Education

During the month, our team made classroom visits to 18 schools to educate children about nature and wildlife conservation.

Education programme in Anjanadana

 

Employment Cell

5 youths from both clusters got jobs in July with our assistance.

Details of the placements are as follows: