Stakeholder workshop on Human-wildlife Interactions, Kodaikanal
The Human –wildlife conflict stakeholder workshop held at Kodaikanal, was very well attended, with over 90 registered participants. There was an introduction to the workshop given by Madhu Ramnath (Palni Hills Conservation Council), which was followed by Samraj (Keystone Foundation) who introduced Keystone Foundation as well as provided the aims and objectives of the workshop. […]
Stakeholder workshop on Human-wildlife Interactions, Coonoor
Human Wildlife Interactions Stakeholder Workshop, Coonoor: The stakeholder workshop was held at the UPASI meeting hall on 14 July 2015. The workshop was attended by a large number of field staff from the Forest Department, farmers, farmer groups, concerned citizens as well as the media. The workshop began with a presentation made by Abhishek (Keystone […]
Stakeholder workshop on Human-wildlife Interactions, Kotagiri
Human Wildlife Interactions Stakeholder Workshop, Kotagiri A workshop on interactions between humans and wildlife was conducted in Annamar Cottages in Kotagiri. The workshop was aimed at highlighting some problems and concerns in this region concerning human interactions with wildlife. The workshop was well attended by members of the Media, staff from the Forest Department, farmers, […]
Stakeholder workshop on Human-wildlife Interactions, Periyakulam
A stakeholder workshop on Human-wildlife Interactions, the second in the series, was jointly conducted by Keystone Foundation and Nilgiri Natural History Society. The Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam hosted the workshop on 12 March, 2015. Meeting with Stakeholders The crew from Keystone and NNHS spent a couple of days prior to the workshop, interacting […]
Gaur In My Garden
A documentary film titled Gaur in my garden was screened at the Bee Museum on the 14th of February. This documentary film, directed by Rita Banerji follows the Indian Gaur; a large ungulate whose loss of habitat has caused an increase in human-gaur interactions and has subsequently led to rise in the number of conflicts. […]
A talk on ecology, management, conservation and welfare of the Asian Elephant
A talk on ecology, management, conservation and welfare of the Asian Elephant was organized by the Nilgiri Natural History Society (NNHS) at the Bee Museum on the 19th of December. The speaker Mr Surendra Varma an expert on welfare of the Asian elephant used a slide show to illustrate the issues faced by these magnificent […]
Elephant conservation education-Pillur
A workshop on Elephant conservation was organized by the NNHS on the 20th of November at the Government School in Pillur. Around 30 students from Standard 8 and 9 participated in this workshop. The event started with the screening of a movie on Elephants followed by an interactive presentation by Sudhakar and Madhesh who have […]
“Early communication systems in human-elephant conflict management”
A talk on early communication and warning systems in human-elephant conflict management was held at the Bee museum on the 4th of December. The speaker Dr Anand Kumar, a wildlife scientist at the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) at Valparai started the talk by emphasizing the importance of involving the local communities in the management of […]
