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NIRJULI, 3 Feb:<\/strong> The forestry department of the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Arunachal Pradesh forest department, organised a workshop titled ‘Wildlife conservation tools and technology’ at the NERIST on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

More than 100 conservation scientists, researchers, academicians, and students participated in the programme which focused on advancing practical strategies for wildlife protection in the eastern Himalayan region.<\/p>\n

Addressing the inaugural session, NERIST Director Prof Narendranath S highlighted the urgent need to integrate modern technology with field-based conservation practices. He emphasised that academic institutions like the NERIST must play a proactive role in producing skilled professionals to address emerging challenges, including habitat fragmentation, wildlife crime, and the impacts of climate change on biodiversity.<\/p>\n

NERIST Dean (R&D) Prof MB Sharma in his address underscored the importance of research-driven conservation and interdisciplinary collaboration. She encouraged students and young researchers to actively engage in applied research and field-based solutions for sustainable wildlife management.<\/p>\n

Conservator of Forests Millo Tasser shared field-based insights, emphasising the importance of community participation, traditional ecological knowledge, fundamental duties of citizens, and robust institutional support for effective conservation outcomes in Arunachal.<\/p>\n

NERIST Forestry Department Head Prof Awadhesh Kumar, Dr Ashish Paul from the NERIST, and Dr Panjit Basumatary from the WTI spoke on the importance of wildlife and end-user relationship.<\/p>\n

The technical sessions featured eminent resource persons from premier conservation and research institutions of Northeast India, who shared practical tools, methodologies and case studies in wildlife conservation and management.<\/p>\n

Guwahati (Assam)-based Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme’s project director Dr Parag Jyoti Dekadelivered a presentation on species recovery programmes and conservation breeding techniques, while Dr Prabal Sarkar from USTM, Meghalaya, delivered a presentation on wildlife monitoring, data collection tools, and field technologies on primate conservation.<\/p>\n

Tezpur University’s Environmental Science Professor Ashalata Devi gave a presentation on plant sampling techniques, community-based conservation, and wildlife habitat assessment.<\/p>\n

Dr Monsoon J Gogoi from ATREE gave a presentation on butterfly diversity and conservation in Arunachal, and Zoological Survey of India, Itanagar APRC Scientist B Dr Vikram Delu delivered a presentation on the use of wildlife forensic and tricho-taxonomy in wildlife crime control.<\/p>\n

WTI ecologist Dr Subhasish Arandhara delivered a presentation on the rehabilitation ecology of the Asiatic black bear at CBRC, Pakke Tiger Reserve.<\/p>\n

The workshop addressed modern wildlife conservation tools and technologies, such as wildlife monitoring techniques, camera trapping, biodiversity documentation, conservation breeding, community-based conservation models, and the role of research institutions in supporting forest department.<\/p>\n

Faculty members, research scholars, and students from NERIST, Rajiv Gandhi University, the ZSI, and the National Forensic Science University-Goa campus participated in interactive sessions and discussions, gaining practical exposure to current conservation practices relevant to Arunachal and the wider Northeast region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NIRJULI, 3 Feb: The forestry department of the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Arunachal Pradesh forest department, organised a workshop titled ‘Wildlife conservation tools and technology’ at the NERIST on Tuesday. More than 100 conservation scientists, researchers, academicians, and students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277475,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277473\/revisions\/277475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}