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ZOO/WILD's
2017 Activities . . .
HECx Awareness Programmes
HECx Awareness Programmes
Students from some of the schools had their first lessons on man-elephant conflict under Project Kaliru, an initiative by the Coimbatore Forest Division.
The awareness programme held at Chadivayal elephant camp was attended by 250 students from various schools.
“The students had sessions on elephant behaviour and the importance of protecting elephants in the wild. The camp was held at Chadivayal elephant camp so that students could see the animal and clear their doubts. The main aim of the programme is to reduce human-elephant conflict by educating students,” said District Forest Officer N. Satheesh.
The students were also taken to a field visit to Kovai Courtallam.
Creating awareness among students on elephants was third phase of the project.
In the first phase of the programme, a helpline number was introduced for mitigating man-elephant conflicts. In the second phase involved interaction with farmers on resolving the issue.
The fourth stage of the project will have meetings of various stakeholders including the police, and media persons.
The awareness programme was organised in association with Nature Conservation Society (NCS) and WWF – India. N.S. Manoharan, Forest veterinary surgeon, R. Marimuthu, education officer of Zoo Outreach Organisation, N.I. Jalaludheen of NCS, forest range officers M. Senthil Kumar (Madukkarai) and A.M.N. Siva (Pooluvapatti) spoke.
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