04 Jul, 2020
The Indo-German Project “Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (HWC)” in India organised an online meeting for the Group of Coordinators and Authors for development of guidelines & SOP for media engagement to mitigate Human Wildlife Conflict. on July 4th, 2020.
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Dr Neeraj Khera, Team Leader HWC Project provided an overview of the purpose and context of the meeting, and shared the overview of the draft guidelines and SOP for media engagement to mitigate Human Wildlife Conflict. This was followed by a discussion among different experts from wildlife expert, communication and media experts supporting in the development of the document as Lead Authors, Coordinating Lead Authors and Contributing authors. The meeting received inputs from experts such as Prof. Ramesh Menon, Media Expert; Mr. Ananda Banerjee, Media Expert; Ms. Alka Tomar, Communication expert, Consultant GIZ; Mr. Ranjeet Jhadav, MidDay, Mumbai; Mr. Vimarsh Sharma, Jr Technical expert, HWC Project, GIZ; Mr. Virat Singh, DNA, Mumbai.
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The Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (HWC) project implemented by GIZ in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change aims at providing technical support at the national level, and effective implementation of HWC mitigation measures in selected states of India. The project pilot sites are: Haridwar Forest Division and adjoining landscape including Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand, Gorumara Wildlife Division in West Bengal, and Kodagu Forest Circle in Karnataka.
The main objective of the project is that the rural population in project areas, where agreed guidelines and tools are applied to mitigate human-wildlife conflict, is better protected against it. The project takes the approach of harmonious coexistence, by ensuring that both—human and wildlife—are protected from conflict. Read More
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