Under ongoing GTF and Uttar Pradesh forest department project to address human wildlife interface issues, a “Capacity building workshop on addressing human wildlife interface issues” in Uttar Pradesh Terai Arc Landscape was conducted at Dudhwa Tiger Reserve from 12 to 14 June 2019. The said workshop was attended by officials from GTF, WII, Dudhwa & Pilibhit tiger reserves, Katarniaghat WLS, North Kheri forest division along with frontline staff of the said sites. The workshop was also attended by representatives of WTI and WWF-India along with community stewards.
The three day workshop was focused on:
- Managing Human Wildlife Interface Issues
- Efforts on reducing Human Wildlife Conflict in the Terai landscape
- How and when to use Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Community Stewardship – “Bagh Mitra”
- Demonstration of Rescue/Darting/Release
- Demonstration of wireless system function
- Demonstration of camera trap
- Demonstration of sniffer dog exercise to curb poaching
- On ground situational field exercises in case of: 1. Human death 2. Live stock death and 3. Entry of tiger in human dominated area
The Workshop concluded with reiteration by GTF, U.P forest department & other partner agencies of developing a joint mechanism for mitigation of human-wildlife interface and development of early warning systems in Terai Arc Landscape
