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Convenor- Prin.Dr.Kamble S.D. Principal, Dr.N.D.Patil President, Rayat Shikshan Mahavidyalaya, Malkapur(Perid) Hon. Sharadchandraji Pawar Sanstha, Satara Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s

PROF. DR. N.D. PATIL MAHAVIDYALAYA, MALKAPUR(PERID) Coordinator- Mr. Amit Mane , Human Resource Officer, Planet Earth Chairman, Rayat Shikshan TAL.-SHAHUWADI Foundation, Hon. Dr. Anil Patil Sanstha, Satara DIST.- 415 101 Organizing Secretary- Prof. Kumbhar P.D. Phone & Fax No.02329-224530 Treasurer- Mr. Pravin Parse , Secretary, Planet Earth Foundation, Member, Managing Council, India Hon. Dr. N.D. Patil Reaccredited by NAAC with B grade (CGPA 2.82) Rayat Shikshan Sanstha , Satara

Members Hon. Prin. Dr. B.K. Karale Secretary, Rayat Shikshan On the occasion of Centenary Celebration of Rayat Shikshan Prof. Mane S.G. Prof. Kalekar K.S. Prof. Thorat V.S. Sanstha, Satara Sanstha, Satara Prof. Ghatage D.A Prof. Kharat K.R. Prof. Panade S.V, And International Day Of Forests 2019 Joint Secretary, Rayat Shikshan Prof. Ranmale. V.B. Prof. More R.V. Prof. More S,V. Hon. Prin. Dr. V.S. Sawant Prof. Nakarde VN. Mr. Pranav Mr. Anirudha Sanstha, Satara An Interdisciplinary One Day Hasabnis Mahajan NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Advisory Committee

Conference Itinerary (21st March 2019) Time Activity Mr. Satyajit Gurjar Director , Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Strategies and Practices for the Conservation of Kolhapur 09:00am- Spot Registration Starts

Dr. Vinita Vyas (IFS) Deputy-Director , Sahyadri Tiger 09:00am-09:30am Breakfast and Tea st Reserve, Karad 21 March 2019 09:00am-09:30am Welcome and Inauguration ceremony 09:30am-10:00am Inaugural talk Prin. Dr. Khilare C.J. Ch. Shahu College, Kolhapur 10:00am–11:00am Key Note Speaker-1 Talk Prin. Dr. Bhoite A.S. Mahatma Phule 11:00am-12:00pm Key Note Speaker-2 Talk Mahavidylaya, Pimpari, Pune

12:00pm-12:30pm Key Note Speaker-3 Talk Mr. Govind Langote Range Forest Officer, Chandoli 12:30pm - 01:30pm Lunch Break National Park

01:30pm- 03:00pm Poster & Paper Presentation Mr. Balkrushna Hasabnis Range Forest Officer, Malkapur In Collaboration with 03:00pm-04:00pm Traveling to Amba Sacred Grove Dr. Shilpa Kurne Advisory Board Member, Planet Sahyadri Tiger Reserve 04:00pm-05:00pm Trail walk- near sacred grove and sada Earth Foundation Planet Earth Foundation, India 05:00pm-06:00pm Conclusion & Feedback session Mr. Pramod Mali Founder of Vasurakshak Social Monera Foundation, Amba 06:00pm-06:30pm Drop at Malkapur Force, Amba Advisory Board Member, Planet Study Tour in Amba Bird walk & Earth Foundation nd Forest Day 2: 22 March Contact Details: (Optional) (Extra charges will be applied) Prof. Dr. N.D. Patil Mahavidyalaya, Malkapur(perid)

Tal.-shahuwadi, Dist.-kolhapur Pin: 415101 Travel Guide for the Conference Location Book Post Phone & Fax No.02329-224530 (Flight/Train/Bus):- To,  Mumbai/Pune- Karad/Kolhapur- Malkapur- Prof. Dr. Planet Earth Foundation, India N. D. Patil College. ………………………………………………… Plot No. 503, Mahajan Wada, Near Library,  Bangalore- Miraj/Kolhapur- Malkapur- Prof. Dr. N. D. ………………………………………………… Pull Galli, 32 Shirala, Sangli, . Pin: 415408 Patil College. ………………………………………………… Email: Planetearthfoundation.in@gmail,com  Delhi- Nagpur- Mumbai/ Pune- Karad/Kolhapur- ………………………………………………… Contact: +91-9420449111/+91-9657493161 Malkapur- Prof. Dr. N. D. Patil College.

The core area of the reserve is 600.12 km2 (231.71 sq mi).Buffer Area: Invitation 565 km2 (218 sq mi) and Total Area: 1,166 km2 (450 sq mi). The Tiger Themes reserve is home to many endemic flora and fauna as well as the ruling area Dear Colleagues, It gives us immense pleasure to cordially of Bengal Tiger. 1. Biodiversity invite you to participate in One Day National Conference on 2. Climate change and Global warming “Strategies and Practices for the Conservation of Western Ghats” 3. Society and Sustainable development on 21st March 2019.We hope that your gracious presence and active About Planet Earth Foundation 4. Bioremediation-Green energy and Green nanotechnology participation will help us to make the conference grand success. 5. Globalization and Biodiversity Conservation Planet Earth Foundation (PEF) is a registered NGO, established in the year 6. Ecology and natural resources About Rayat Shikshan Sanstha 2017. The organization works across the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, 7. Endangered species India, for the welfare of people and the environment through various 8. Energy and environment Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara founded by Late aspects. PEF focuses on environmental studies, nature conservation, 9.Remote Sensing and GIS analysis for Padmabhushan Dr.Karmaveer Bahurao Patil in 1919, is one of the education, awareness, art and culture conservation, and rural development. environment/conservation leading educational Institution in Asia.Karmveer being the great PEF aims to be an inclusive global organization that creates improved 10. Economic benefits of Biodiversity visionary, worked with a motto “Education through self help”. The opportunities for those individuals who’d like to strive to implement their value of its contribution to education in general is enormously great as innovative ideas at grass root levels by bringing positive changes in them, Registration Fees it has, from the very beginning, tried all its best to ay emphasis on the the society and on the environment. education of the down-trodden, the poor and the ignorant that really formed the major bulk of society. The founder of the institution, Late Delegates and research Scholars: 500/- Dr. Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, was a man of the masses who devoted About the Conference Students : 200/- all his mind and heart to the cause of their education. He had an incisive understanding of the social ills that beset his times and fully This conference is organized on 21st March 2019, the occasion of Registration Details realized the dire need to spread of the education. He believed that “International Day of Forests”. This global celebration of forests provides a education alone could correct the social untouchability, superstitions platform to raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and and social and economic inequality. Throughout his life he tried to conservation. The Conference aims to conserve biodiversity of Western Bank Name. Bank of Maharashtra Branch- Malkapir Tal-Shauwadi translate this belief into reality. Rayat Shikshan Sanstha spread over Ghats. Sahyadri- Konkan Corridor comprises three protected areas in A/C No : 60165641643 IFSC Code: MAHB0000362 15 districts of Maharashtra and one district in Karnataka having 673 Maharashtra, five in Goa, and three in Karnataka. Its total size is about 10, branches including 42 senior colleges, around 5.5 lack of students are 800 aq.km and there are two tiger reserves, viz. The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve Call for Papers and Poster Presentation benefitted educationally. and Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka. This corridor forms the northernmost limit where tigers and dholes still occur in the Western Ghats. Even though About the College protection for some habitats has improved recently, such as in the Sahyadri Abstracts of Research papers and Poster Presentations are invited Tiger Reserve, connectivity is threatened due to large-scale habitat from participants on the above listed themes. All received Abstracts Prof. Dr. N.D.Patil Mahavidyalaya, Malkapur (Perid) Tal.-Shahuwadi modification outside protected areas. Amba had been always a critical part are reviewed by expert committee and will be published in District: Kolhapur, Maharashtra is the educational institution (Estb: of corridor and the forest cover is depleting day by day due to human Conference Proceedings. June 1992) in this area providing higher education to the remote and pressures. This is why we want to create a network of local stakeholders to outreach area, governed by Rayat Shikhan Sanstha, Satara. Rayat maintain and enhance connectivity, and include the importance of corridors Abstract should be about 300 words with at least 4-5 key words Shikshan Sanstha is an Indian educational organisation founded by in protected area management and regional policy. The conference aims to in Italic, Font-Times New Roman, Title-14 Bold, Subpoints-12 Bold, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil in 1919. It is first wider education society in involve students, academicians and researchers from various domains of Lines spacing single, margin-Left-1.5”, Remaining sides 1”. The the world. Its aim was to provide education to students who, due to environment for understanding the importance of strategies and practices acceptance of paper will be communicated to the presenters. caste, religion of economic status, had not previously had the for the conservation of the Western Ghats. opportunity. The college offers various academic programmes in Arts, Last Date of Abstracts Submission : 17th March 2019 Science and Commerce. The college strives for excellence in all activities. Key Note Speakers Please send a soft copy of full length of paper to following email: [email protected] and [email protected] About Sahyadri Tiger Reserve Talk 1: Dr. Vinita Vyas (IFS), The Western Ghats are among the ecologically richest regions of India, Deputy-Director, Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Karad For Submission and Communication older than Himalaya. The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve is one of the tiger reserve in Western Ghats from Maharashtra established in 2008. It is located in the Sahyadri Ranges of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, Talk 2: Prof. Dr. Madhukar Bachulkar, Dr. Kamble N.K. 8378828940 and is a part of the Eco regions of North Western Ghats moist Retd. Principal. Vijaysinha Yadav College deciduous forests and North Western Ghats montane rain forests. Peth Vadgaon. Plant Taxonomist Prof. Kumbhar P.D. 9960350302 These ranges form a common boundary between Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa, and constitute rich evergreen, semi-evergreen and Prof.Kharat K.R. 9970018496 moist deciduous forests. The area is spread over four districts, namely Talk 3: Prof. Dr. Jay. S. Samant, Satara (Mahabaleshwar, Medha, Satara and Patan tehasils), Sangli Former. HOD, Environmental Science Department, Prof.Ghatage D.A. 9763308831 (Shirala tehasil), Kolhapur (Shauwadi tehasil) and University, Kolhapur (Sangameshwar, Chiplun and Khed tehasils). This tiger reserve is Mr. Akash Patil 9420449111 mainly composed of three UNESCO World Heritage Sites –Chandoli National Park, Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary and Radhanagari Wildlife Mr. Amit Mane 9657493161

Sanctuary.

Day 2: 22nd March 2019(Optional) “Bird Walk and Study Tour in Amba Forests” (Extra Charges will be applied for food accommodation and tour) Contact: Planet Earth Foundation, India. 9420449111/9657493161

-Evergreen Forest of Amba Ghats