Highlights:
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| Cleaning a park waterhole with the Forest Department staff |
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| Our volunteers join the Forest Department on patrol in the park |
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| Our volunteers join the Forest Department on night patrol |
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| Our free medical camp at Asalpani - Dr Zanzal with a patient |
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| Our Conservation Officer speaking to students at Bolunda |
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| Inauguration of a nature trail |
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| Jindatola - plastic clean-up drive |
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| Kodebarra - patients waiting at our free health camp |
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| Mangezari - villagers learn about livelihood opportunities through vegetable farming |
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| Mangezari - World Environment Day celebration |
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| Mangezari - volunteers cleaning the area around a hand pump and soak pit |
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 7 patrols
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3 programmes to clean waterholes in Compartments
no. 112, 110 and 108
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5 community assistance voluntary work programmes
to clean areas next to hand pumps at Jindatola, Mangezari, Bodalkasa, Asalpani
and Jindatola
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6 anti-plastic programmes at Jindatola,
Mangezari, Bodalkasa, Asalpani, Jindatola and Govindtola
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Celebrated World Environment Day on 5th
June 2017 at Mangezari
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Organised 6 education programmes in schools
focusing on plantation - 760 students attended
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Organised 6 education van programmes in
schools focusing on nature and wildlife - 760 students attended
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Conducted medical camps in 6 villages at
which 279 patients got treatment
Conservation
Our team organised
3 programmes in June to clean water holes in Compartments no. 112, 110 and 108.
Our team also
organised 5 community assistance programmes in June to clear areas
around hand pumps at Jindatola, Mangezari, Bodalkasa, Asalpani and Jindatola. 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 in Compartment no. 108, on June 1, 2, 14, 16, 19, 22
and 25.
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 6 anti-plastic programmes to clean
polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programmes were organised on June 3,
17, 18, 20, 21 and 24 at Jindatola, Mangezari, Bodalkasa, Asalpani,
Jindatola and Govindtola 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 4 awareness
programmes during June in 4 villages – Boatola, Bodalkasa, Alezari and Umarzari.
On the occasion of Word Environment day, we organised a
programme at Mangezari for the village’s eco-development committee members and Forest
Department staff. The importance of our environment and the need to conserve it
was explained to the gathering. The Forest Department used the occasion to distribute
95 solar-powered lamps to villagers.
Education
There were 6 education programmes
during June 2017.
Education van
There were 6 film show
programmes in June.
Mobile Health Service
There were 6 health camps in June
2017.
1 comment:
To see the Nawegaon National Park in its true glory, one should visit here from October to May as the climate will be cool; also it will be a good time to indulge in bird watching.
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