Caption: Participants along with organisers and invitees at Tuli College, Tuli on March 10.
Dimapur, March 12 (EMN): One-day training on “Counter wildlife trafficking and biodiversity conservation”, organised by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Nagaland State Biodiversity Board (NSBB) and the Nagaland Forest department, was held at Tuli College, Tuli on March 10.
The training was conducted for forest and police personnel, all ward chairmans of Tuli town, council chairman and representatives from Merangkong/Wamaken/Kangtsung village councils and students, faculty of Tuli College including the Board of Governance, a press release informed.
Dr. Sentitula, DFO Mokokchung Division, in her brief background introduction, emphasised on building capacity of the frontline staff, the community leaders and students’ in terms of wildlife crime, wildlife products and wildlife laws.
Amenba Yaden, MLA, who was the special invitee of the programme, highlighted the need for awareness among all stakeholders for the cause of conservation. He appealed to all participants to concentrate on learning from different resource persons of the programme and implement the learning.
The village council and ward chairmen expressed their deep concern and efforts towards conservation and the challenges they face for a decent livelihood.
The training included topics such as -- wildlife trafficking, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, protected areas, community reserves and biodiversity conservation, enforcement of wildlife and biodiversity laws and investigation of wildlife crimes – including hands-on, it said.
Satya Prakash Tripathi, chairman, State Biodiversity Board, Nagaland recommended for continuation of such kind of training related to combating of wildlife crime and biodiversity conservation and to reach out to the villages towards conservation efforts through community reserves.
Meanwhile, a similar programme was also held at Town Hall, Mon for the forest and police personnel on March 11.
The training programme began with an invocation prayer by Nahwang Konyak, FRO Namsa Range. Rajesh Kumar, DFO Mon, gave a brief of the training, a background of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and its extension to the state of Nagaland in 1981.
Imnalensa, SP Mon, who was the special invitee for the training, while thanking WCS, India for sensitising on wildlife conservation through such training, also spoke in detail about few success stories in the last few years, notably the Amur Falcon conservation.