Activity Update January 2020: Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve

Foot Patrol in Compt. No. 109 
with Special Tiger Protection Force staff

Stduents from Mangezari on safari during our nature camp

 Students from Kodelohara are taught about nature and wildlife
 at our nature camp

Students from Kodelohara learn about role played by termites
in the ecosystem

Students from Kodelohara school on our nature trail

Students from Mangezari learn about termites on our nature trail 

Kurhadi - Kitchen garden set up in the village school 
under our guidance

THE FULL REPORT

Team: 

Mukund Dhurve – Assistant Conservation Officer

Highlights - SEE TABLE 1

• Joined Forest Department staff on foot patrols on 2 occasions
• 1 voluntary work program to clean water hole 
• 3 voluntary work programs to clean area next to hand pumps
• 3 anti-plastic programs 
• Organised 2 one-day nature camps at Nagzira  attended by 61 students and 6 teachers from 2 schools
• 1 youth identified for driving training 
• Workshop on crop damage by wild animals

Our team organised a program on January 27 to clean and de-silt a water hole at Compartment No. 109. 

Our team organised 3 community assistance programs on January 2, 16 and 20 to clear areas around hand pumps at Asalpani, Thadezari and Sodlagondi. 

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.

Unemployed young villagers from Mangezari participated in all the programs, led by Mukund. 

During the month, our team joined the Forest Department in day and night patrols in Compartment No. 109 and Compartment No. 56. 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 3 anti-plastic programs to clean polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programs were organised on January 2, 16 and 20 at Asalpani, Thadezari, and Sodlagondi villages respectively. Mukund organised the programs, 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. 

Education: SEE TABLE 2

There were 6 education programs in January 2020.

On January 15, we organised a workshop at Mangezari on the study and evaluation of the loss caused by wildlife to farms and crops. 26 farmers of Mangezari, Kodebarra and Jindatola took part.

On January 20, Satpuda Foundation along with Forest Department organised a 1-day nature camp at Nagzira for 30 students and 4 teachers of Harikrushna High School, Kodelohara. In this camp, we organised nature trail, nature game and a jungle safari for the participants. 

A similar camp was organised on January 22 for 31 students and 2 teachers of Z.P.P.S. School, Mangezari. 

Employment Cell Training activities: SEE TABLE 3

We identified 1 young villager to attend a driving training program at Ashok Leyland Driving Training Centre, Chhindwara. The expenses for the month-long training program will be borne by the Forest Department.