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| Adegaon - Students and villagers participate in an anti-plastic programme |
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| Junona - Our colleague Kishor speaks to members of the Women's SHG about the earning potential of mushroom farming |
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| Katwal - Awareness programme organised by us to promote the use of solar-powered fencing |
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| Katwal - Members of the Women's SHG learn to make reusable paper bags |
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| Katwal - Samples of paper bags made by SHG members |
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| Khutwanda - Nature club Aswal, founded and mentored by us, shows off local seeds they have collected for use during the monsoon |
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| Kondegaon - Members of nature club Wagh, formed and mentored by us, tend to their kitchen garden |
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| Kondegaon students learn about the ecosystem on a nature trail |
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| Bird bath prepared by school students using recycled materials |
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| Mudholi - Students learn about nature and wildlife through a nature game |
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| Mudholi - Villagers build check dam in a programme organised by us |
THE FULL REPORT
Team:
Conservation Officer:
Mr. Ajay Poddar
Field Assistant: Mr.
Kishor Dudhbarai
Leave: Nil
Highlights of the month:
·
3 anti-plastic programs and programs to clean areas around
bore wells to mitigate man-animal conflict - 108 villagers participated
·
2 check dams built through voluntary work project - 35
villagers participated
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1 foot patrol in forest – 12 local young villagers
participated
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8 environment education programs - 274 students attended
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4 nature club activities - seed collection, birdbath and
feeder making - 121students participated
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7 women’s SHG meetings were organised - 106 members attended
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8 VEDC meetings were organised - 216 members attended
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World Forest Day and World Wildlife Day 2019 celebrated
Conservation
Conservation
On March 6th, 11th and 19th, we organised cleanliness and anti-plastic drives with villagers of Katwal, Kondegaon and Adegaon. Programs were organised in order to sanitise the area around villages, which sometimes leads wildlife to venture into the village and causes man-animal conflict. We also collected over 8 kilograms of plastic litter through voluntary public participation. A total of 108 villagers including members of women's SHGs volunteered in these activities.
On March 12th and 16th, we constructed check dams near Bhamdeli, Kondegaon and Mudholi villages through voluntary work projects. 35 villagers volunteered.
During the months of March to May, forest fire incidents
increase in the buffer zone.
On March 23rd, we organised a foot patrol in the forest around Khutwanda village involving local young villagers and the Forest Guard. We are also helping the Forest Department in its forest fire mitigation plan.
Education Program
During the month of March, we
visited and organised environment education
programs in Mudholi, Sitarampeth, Dewada, Kondegaon, Khutwanda, Adegaon,
Katwal and Bhamdeli villages. We organised
these programs with students and teachers in order to make them aware of the
importance of biodiversity and conservation. We taught them about nature and
wildlife’s value through interactive sessions and various nature games. A total
of 395 students participated in the programs.
Students of Nature club ‘Vagh’
also participated in a seed collection drive and collected over 2.5 kilograms of
mixed seeds of endemic tree species. They are also preparing saplings for our
proposed monsoon plantation drive. 53 students from Zilla Parishad schools of Khutwanda
and Kondegaon participated in the drive.
Students of Khutwanda and Mudholi also prepared 4 bird baths and hung them on trees around their school premises.
Students of Khutwanda and Mudholi also prepared 4 bird baths and hung them on trees around their school premises.
Celebration of important days in the Eco-calendar
World Wildlife Day
On March 3rd, on the ocassion of World Wildlife Day,
we organised a conservation awareness rally with students of Zilla Parishad
School, Mudholi. During the rally, students walked through the village and
chanted slogans on wildlife conservation. After the rally, we organised a class
room lecture on tiger ecology and how it functions. 30 students participated in the program.
World Forest Day
On March 21st , on the occasion of World Forest Day,
we organised a conservation awareness rally and nature games with students of
Zilla Parishad School, Kondegaon. After the rally we organised a meeting with
VEDC members and other villagers to discuss issues like, water conservation,
village sanitation and usage of solar-powered fencing to prevent crop
depredation.
Employment Cell
We organised 8 Village Eco-Development Committee
(VEDC) meetings and 7 Women’s Self Help Group (SHG) meetings, focusing on
alternative livelihoods which would reduce dependence on the forest that leads
to man-animal conflict and degradation of forests. A total of 322 villagers
attended these meetings and shared their thoughts.
In the SHG meetings, we formed a group of
interested members who are willing to take up training in making paper bags and
in embroidery. A total of 106 members attended the SHG meetings. Some members
prepared 15 paper bags as samples.
In the VEDC meetings, we focused on increasing
usage of solar-powered fencing in farm lands to prevent conflict with wildlife as
well as to prevent wildlife from being electrocuted by electrified fencing. We
also discussed and explained short- and long-term benefits of fodder plantation.
We also discussed the increasing numbers of man-animal confrontations in the Moharli buffer, and how to prevent this by using cattle sheds and stall feeding
for their cattle, which often fall prey to carnivores in the area while grazing
in the forests. A total of 216 villagers attended these meetings.
Details of the programs are given below:
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