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Biodiversity Conservation of Ganga NATIONAL LEVEL SPEARHEAD TRAINING PROGRAMME ON ‘BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION OF GANGA RIVER BASIN’ FOR DISTRICT PROJECT OFFICERS & PROJECT ASSISTANTS OF NEHRU YUVA KENDRA SANGATHAN (NYKS) Dated: 5th - 7th January, 2021 Venue: Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun Under the Wildlife Institute of India-National Mission for Clean Mission Ganga project ‘Biodiversity Conservation Initiative Phase II, 3 days National Spearhead Training Programme for District Project Officers & Project Assistant of NYKS was conducted at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), from the 5th to 7th January, 2021. The objective of the training was to train the spearhead team about the project objectives and various aquatic species of the Ganga Basin also they will lead the conservation activities in their respective areas specially conducting cleanliness and plantation drive, volunteering with State forest departments in population estimation of different aquatic species of Ganga River and mobilization of school children at their respective states. A total of 29 DPOs and 4 Project assistant from Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal had participated. Team Members: Dr. Dhananjai Mohan, Director-WII; Dr. Ruchi Badola, Scientist G & PI, WII NMCG Project; Dr. S.A Hussain, Project Manager, WII NMCG Project; Dr. V.P. Uniyal, Scientist G; Dr. Gopi G.V., Scientist E; Dr. Anil Bhardwaj; Dr. Niladri Dasgupta, Programme Coordinator, WII-NMCG Project; Dr. Sangeeta Angom, Training Coordinator; Ms. Hemlata Khanduri, Eco-development Officer; Mr. Zeeshan Ali, Spatial Analyst; Ms. Aditi Dev, Project Fellow; Ms. Sunita Rawar, Community Officer; Ms. Monika Mehralu, Assistant Training Coordinator; Ms. Sana Shaikh, Assistant Training Coordinator; Mr. Ravindranath Tripathi, Project Fellow; Ms. Aishwarya Ramachandran, Project Fellow; Mr. Rahul Gupta, Training Assistant; Ms. Tanya Trivedi, Project Fellow; Ms. Anjali, Project Fellow; Ms. Suchismita Das, Project Fellow; Ms. Hema Pant, Assistant Eco-development Officer; Ms. Mrinalini Agarwal, Project Assistant Grade II; Ms. Preeti Shukla, Project Assistant Grade II; Ms. Simran Dogra, Project Intern. Participants The training workshop was attended by 29 District Project Officers and 4 Project Assistants from 4 Ganga States (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal). Detail list of participants is provided in the participants database. Day 1 (5th January, 2021) On 1st day detailed information about the technical issues pertaining to biodiversity conservation activities were shared with the participants. During the inaugural function Dr. Sangeeta Angom, Scientist & Training Coordinator welcomed all the participants to the training programme and asked the participants to introduce themselves. Thereafter Dr. Ruchi Badola, Scientist G & PI of the project, briefly described the role and objective of establishment of spearhead teams and implementation of training programmes. Dr. S. A. Hussain, Scientist G & Project Investigator motivated the participants to be torch bearers for Ganga aqualife conservation and to supervise the ground level activities in main stem Ganga River and its major tributaries. He also introduced the participants about the NRCD project taken up by WII, to implement the systematic conservation initiatives in other six rivers of India. Dr. Dhananjai Mohan, Director WII described the main role and vision of WII in conserving wild flora and fauna and their habitat in India. He also mentioned the invaluable role of NYKS in submitting public interest litigation for Dehradun limestone quarrying case of 1983, which was the first case requiring the Supreme court to balance environmental and ecological integrity against industrial demands on forest resources. This session was followed by inaugural address of Shri. Rosy Agarwal, ED Finance, NMCG presented the inaugural address where congratulated the WII for organizing the workshop. He also mentioned the role of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan is very important in conservation of Ganga River and its biodiversity. The next session started with an overview about the NMCG-WII project phase II by Dr. Niladri Dasgupta, Project Coordinator where he informed about the project objectives and the initiatives taken to achieve those. Thereafter, Dr. V.P. Uniyal, Senior Professor & Scientist G delivered a lecture on ‘Invertebrates as Bioindicators for Monitoring Ecosystem Health’, which covered the significance of various insects including earthworms, beetles, spiders and so on for the balanced ecological system on the river basin. In the next session the participants visited the GIS laboratory where Mr. Zeeshan Ali, Spatial Analyst informed about the methods of gathering segregated information from the whole stretch of the river and to identify the stretch which is more suitable for conservation, using GIS tools. After this, the team was taken to the Ecotoxicology lab where Ms. Ruchika Sah, Research Associate, of the project explained about the techniques and methods used for collection of water and soil sample and how the analysis is done. They were also informed that the Ganga Praharis of all the five states were trained online with the monitoring protocol of water and sediment sample collection during the lockdown period of COVID-19 for ecotoxicological assessment sites and then they executed the same from different sampling sites along the entire stretch, and send to the institute. After the lab visit, the session was continued by Ms. Tanya Trivedi, Project Fellow on ‘Conservation Education: A Tool for eliciting public support’. The participants were informed regarding the concept of Gangaridai eco-club members and their roles in community awareness. An activity session was conducted on origami and web of life, in which the team actively participated and learned how they can involve the children and local communities in the conservation activities. They also learned the necessity of team activity, the differences of thoughts and learning process among people. She also gave a brief description of interpretation centres, Ganga Darpan and Ganga Anubhuti. Thereafter, Dr. A.K. Bhardwaj portrayed the fundamental principles of village level microplanning and implementation, while depicting it as a bottom up planning in a village setting where environment is complex, diverse and risk prone. Ms. Aditi Dev, Project Fellow, continued the session and discussed the important objectives of village microplanning with a view on prioritization of villages along the Ganga. She also mentioned that preparation of microplanning guideline for 12 villages out of 4400 Ganga Grams, have been done with the support of 15 institutions. The digitalization of the village microplanning was delineated by Mr. Ravindranath Tripathi, Project Fellow. He showed the map of Ganga basin with 12 villages indicating detailed information of microplanning in the website of digital microplanning. Day 2 (6th January, 2021) On the second day the participants were taken for field exposure at Asan Conservation Reserve. During the visit the participants were address by Dr. G.V. Gopi, Scientist E on techniques and methods of Bird Watching, Wetland Management and Conservation of the habitat. He also gave an account of wetland, Ramsar convention on wetland, IBA and their significance in conservation. The difference between conservation and community reserve, and the importance of Asan barrage in the conservation of wetland habitat for a wide range of migratory as well resident birds, and the declaration of Asan Conservation Reserve as Uttarakhand’s first Ramsar site were discussed. After the visit to Asan the participants were taken to Himalayan Environmental Education and Conservation Organization, (HESCO) Dehradun where Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi, Padma Bhusan took a session and motivated the participants for Ganga River conservation. Thereafter the participants visited the traditional rural technologies displayed in the campus such as water mill, solar food processing unit, making of lantana furniture, low cost mushroom cultivation, biogas unit and re- established forest using isotopic techniques that held to rejuvenation of river etc. The evening session was entirely an activity session on ‘Participating Project Planning-The Logical Framework’ guided by Dr. Ruchi Badola. She briefly narrated the concept and method of building framework with the help of different community representatives. Participants were divided into six groups according to their states and districts. Each group were asked to identified single problem and then root cause analysis was done to break the problems into different points which can be solved by deploying proper solution. Day 3 (7th January, 2021) The final day training was held at Ganga Avlokan Centre, Chandi Ghat, Haridwar. The morning session was conducted by Ms. Ruchika Sah, Research associate, Ecotoxicology Component, WII. The participants were familiarized with the concepts of water pollution, sources and monitoring. Activity based demonstration was done for topics such as bio-magnification and point, non-point sources of pollution. A detailed description was given on the protocols for water and sediment collection, and the doubts arising from participants were addressed. The participants were also trained about noting geospatial information on field. After this, the valedictory function of the workshop was organized at the Ganga Avlokan. Shri. C. Ravishankar, District Magistrate, Haridwar was the Guest of Honour for the event. Ms. Monika Mehralu welcomed the august gathering. The
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