Mobile Health Unit schedule December 2013 - March 2014

This is NCSA's medical camp schedule for the period 21 December 2013 - 24 March 2014. The camps will be held in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Pench Maharashtra Tiger Reserve, Priyadarshini Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh) and Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve.

If anyone would like to volunteer please contact us.

S.N.	Date	Time	Heath Camp Village
		Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
1	21/12/2013	11.00am to 02.00pm	Adegaon
	21/12/2013	03.00pm to 05.00pm	Dewada
	22/12/2013	09.00am to 01.00pm	Jamni
	22/12/2013	03.00pm to 05.00pm	Nawegaon
	23/12/2013	09.00am to 01.00pm	Palsagaon
	23/12/2013	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Jununa
		Pench Maharashtra Tiger Reserve (M.S.)
2	28/12/2013	11.00am to 02.00pm	Vanyra,
	28/12/2013	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Kolitmara
	29/12/2013	09.00am to 01.00pm	Ghatpendhri
	29/12/2013	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Narhar
	30/12/2013	09.00am to 01.00pm	Salei
	30/12/2013	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Ghatkukada
Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (M.S.)
3	04/01/2014	11.00am to 05.00pm	Mangezari
	05/01/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Kodebarra
	05/01/2014	03.00am to 05.00pm	Chorkhamara
	06/01/2014	09.00am to 04.00pm	Umerzari
		Priyadarshini Pench Tiger Reserve (M.P.)
4	11/01/2014	11.00am to 02.00pm	Ambadi
	11/01/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Khamrid
	12/01/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Potiya
	12/01/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Duragapur
	13/01/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Amazari
	13/01/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Satosha
		Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
5	18/01/2014	11.00am to 02.00pm	Zari
	18/01/2014	03.00pm to 05.00pm	Doni
	19/01/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Kolasa
	19/01/2014	03.00pm to 05.00pm	Bhagwanpur
	20/01/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Pangadi
	20/01/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Pahmi
		One Week Gap
		Pench Maharashtra Tiger Reserve (M.S.)
6	01/02/2014	11.00am to 02.00pm	Usripar
	01/02/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Kadvikheda
	02/02/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Kirangisarra
	02/02/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Fullzari
	03/02/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Ghoti
	03/02/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Sallari
Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (M.S.)
7	08/02/2014	11.00am to 05.00pm	Kodebarra
	09/02/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Chorkhamara
	09/02/2014	03.00am to 05.00pm	Shriramnagar,(Soudan)
	10/02/2014	09.00am to 04.00pm	Phittezari,
		Priyadarshini Pench Tiger Reserve (M.P.)
8	15/02/2014	11.00am to 02.00pm	Turiya
	15/02/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Jamuntola
	16/02/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Ambadi
	16/02/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Taliya
	17/02/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Satosha
	17/02/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Amazari
		Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
9	22/02/2014	11.00am to 02.00pm	Sonegaon
	22/02/2014	03.00pm to 05.00pm	Ghosari
	23/02/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Plsagaon
	23/02/2014	03.00pm to 05.00pm	Karwa
	24/02/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Jamni
	24/02/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Navagaon
		Pench Maharashtra Tiger Reserve (M.S.)
10	01/03/2014	11.00am to 02.00pm	Khapa
	01/03/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Wagoli
	02/03/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Fullzari
	02/03/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Zinjheriya
	03/03/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Sawara
	03/03/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Usripar
Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (M.S.)
11	08/03/2014	11.00am to 05.00pm	Chorkhamara
	09/03/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Phittezari,
	09/03/2014	03.00am to 05.00pm	Thadezari
	10/03/2014	09.00am to 04.00pm	Mangezari
One week Gap
		Priyadarshini Pench Tiger Reserve (M.P.)
12	22/03/2014	11.00am to 02.00pm	Potiya
	22/03/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Duragapur
	23/03/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Ambadi
	23/03/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Khamba
	24/03/2014	09.00am to 01.00pm	Kohaka
	24/03/2014	03.00pm to 06.00pm	Taliya

Workshop for budding conservationists

Nature Conservation Society, Amravati (NCSA) is a leading grass-root-level non-governmental organization in Central India, working for conservation and management of wildlife and natural resources in Central India and community development.

NCSA has won many conservation battles in the past 22 years of its path-breaking work. Today the organization is known for its innovative work in conservation education, social studies, participatory conservation, target group specific consultations and successful legal actions.

NCSA plans this workshop for budding conservationist to make them "conservation practitioners" to fight conservation battles by using science and research. Leading wildlife conservationist Kishor Rithe, Green Teacher Award winner Nishikant Kale; Prof. Prakash Laddha, spider expert Dr. G.N. Vankhede, Green Lawyer Chandrashekhar Kaptan, young wildlife defender Vishal Bansod and many wildlife officers will help in shaping these conservationists during the workshop. Mr.Kunal Potode, Executive Officer of NCSA will be co-ordinating this course.

During this four-day workshop the participants will be trained in subjects like wildlife conservation and management, natural resource management and community development, social and wildlife studies, conservation strategies, media for conservation, environmental law and applied conservation education.

Well designed practical modules associated with theory sessions will be the important component of this workshop.

Place:

“Muthawa”, the Community Resource Centre of Nature Conservation Society, Amravati situated on the boundary of the forest Melghat Tiger Reserve.

Duration:

One programme in the third week of January and second programme in the first week of March 2014

Charges:

Rs.1200/- per day per participant inclusive of stay, food, reading material and local transportation during the field modules. Traveling expenses of Participants to and from Melghat are not included.

Admission Procedure:

25-30 seats only. Send the entry form along with your detailed C. If selected, you will have to immediately send the D.D. of Rs.4800/- drawn in favor of “Nature Conservation Society, Amravati.” Payable at Amravati (M.S.) to confirm your participation.

Deadline:

Last date of reaching entry form (preferably by email) is 30th December 2013 (for January 2014 programme, and 30th January 2014 for March 2014 programme.

Instructors:

Mr. Kishor Rithe (BE and ME in Computer Sc & Engineering, Certificate course in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management from Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. USA, Certificate Course in Applied Environment Education by Smithsonian Institution. 18 years of experience in wildlife conservation)

Dr. G.N. Vankhade (Retd. Head of Department, P.G.Department of Zoology, S.G.B.Amravati University,Amravati, Spidar expert, Guided many field oriented research projects.)

Proff. Nishikant Kale (B.E,M.E in Mechanical Engineering, Bio-diesel Expert and trained in Environment Education.15 years experience in EE projects. Sanctuary-ABN AMRO Green Teacher Award Winner)

Prof. Prakash Laddha

Sanctuary-ABN AMRO Green Teacher Award Winner. Trained in Applied EE and 15 years of experience.

Adv. C.S. Kaptan (Green Lawyer, Fought many environmental cases successfully in Nagpur Bench of Mumbai High Court)

Ar.Vishal Bansod (Architect turned conservationist. Sanctuary-ABN AMRO Young Naturalist Award Winner.ASHOKA change Loom Award winner)

Course Co-ordinator: 
Kunal Potode (Executive Officer, NCSA)

Address for Correspondence:

Nature Conservation Society, Amravati, “Pratishtha”,Bharat Nagar, Akoli Road,Sai Nagar, Amravati (MS) Pin –444607 Phone : 0721-2510966 Tel/Fax : 0721-2510966,09890262677 Email : ncsa.India@gamil.com Web : www.ncsaindia.org

For any assistance, please contact Mr. Kunal Potode - 09890262677

'Behaviour Change Conservation Campaigns' course 2013: News and video

A video made during the course conducted in November:

And one of the news articles on the course:

Foreign tiger conservationists impressed by Tadoba reserve

Vijay Pinjarkar,TNN | Nov 27, 2013, 11.23 PM IST

NAGPUR: Around 14 participants from tiger range countries, including Bangladesh, Nepal and India, participating in a three-week international course learnt lessons from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) during their visit here recently. 

The participants were impressed with the situation in TATR and knowing about the efforts being taken by locals, NGOs, people's representatives, media and the state government to make TATR among the top five tiger reserves in the country. 

The participants interacted with TATR field director and localconservationists. They also learnt lessons on growing human wildlife conflict and regulated tourism. 

Babu Ram Lamichhane, Rabin Kadariya from Nepal and AFM Mahmudul Hasan and Zubair Hussni Fahad from Bangladesh were impressed after drawing lessons from the people who worked in this landscape since long. 

Munjali Tokbipi, first woman environment educator from Karbi indigenous community from Assam and who lives near Kaziranga National Park, was fascinated after sighting a mating pair of tiger near Pandharpaoni. "I will dream for providing such home to tigers in Assam now," she said after Tadoba visit. 

An international course on conservation education as a tool to change the behaviour of various target groups of communities for tiger conservation issues is going on at Amravati University and participants were on their field module in TATR. 

Satpuda Foundation is organizing the course in collaboration with Amravati University, state wildlife department, Nature Conservation Society Amravati (NCSA) and Environment Education Conservation Global (EECG), USA. 

Former member of standing committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) Kishor Rithe, who designed the course, introduced them with several aspects of tiger conservation. 

TATR field director Virendra Tiwari explained a set of measures that his office has taken in last two years. The serious issue of growing human-wildlife conflict was explained by Poonam Dhanwatey of Tiger Research and Conservation Trust (TRACT), who is also honorary wildlife warden of Chandrapur. Participants later worked on her presentation to address this issue through conservation education programme. 

They were told that TATR has the potential to become an important source population for the Navegaon-Indravati landscape. It has the potential for sharing genetic material with Kanha-Pench landscape. Today, Tadoba landscape enjoys an approximate population of 100 tigers.