2017 CBSG-SA Activity

Mahseer status after sustained releases for over two decades 10-11 January 2017, Sanjay Molur & P.O. Nameer

Name: International Conference on Conservation of Humpback Mahseer Country: Participants: 15 Organizations: 10 : sp. SSC Specialist Groups: CBSG-SA, Freshwater Fish Specialist Group- Sponsors: TATA Hydro Power

Category: History and strategy discussions for future action

Mahseer Conservation Planning Workshop 4 April 2017, Sanjay Molur, B.A. Daniel, Neelesh Dahanukar & P.O. Nameer

Name: Mahseer Conservation Planning Workshop Countries: India, UK, , , Bhutan Participants: 12 Organizations: 8

Species: Tor spp. SSC Specialist Groups: CBSG-SA, Freshwater Fish Specialist Group-South Asia Sponsors: Kerala University for Fisheries & Oceanic Studies, Kochi Category: Preliminary Conservation Planning

Training in IUCN Red List 29 March 2017, Sanjay Molur & Priyanka Iyer

Name: Biodiversity strategy training for Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad’s ecological engineering students Countries: India Participants: 100 Organizations: 2 Species: All SSC Specialist Groups: CBSG-SA Sponsors: IIT Palakkad Category: Training and capacity building

International meeting on Mahseer 5-6 April 2017, Sanjay Molur, B.A. Daniel, Neelesh Dahanukar, P.O. Nameer & Priyanka Iyer

Name: International Conference on Mahseer Countries: India, UK, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bhutan Participants: 30

Organizations: 10 Species: Mahseer species SSC Specialist Groups: CBSG-SA, Freshwater Fish Specialist Group-South Asia Sponsors: Mahseer Trust, UK & Kerala University for Fisheries & Oceanic Studies, Kochi Category: Conference

Training in National Biodiversity Strategy 22-23 May 2017, Sanjay Molur

Name: International Day for Biological Diversity Countries: India Participants: 100 Organizations: 2 Species: All SSC Specialist Groups: CBSG-SA Sponsors: Goa State Biodiversity Board Category: Training and capacity building

Prioritization strategy for medicinal plants 2 June 2017, Sanjay Molur

Name: Expert Committee for Medicinal Plants Countries: India Participants: 20 Organizations: 2 Species: Indian medicinal plants SSC Specialist Groups: CBSG-SA Sponsors: National Biodiversity Authority Category: Strategy workshop

Himachal Pradesh Vertebrate Conservation 24-26 August 2017, Sanjay Molur & B.A. Daniel

Name: Workshop on Scoping the Baseline Knowledge on Vertebrates of to Develop Conservation Priorities Countries: India Participants: 50 Organizations: 3 Species: Vertebrates (Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish) SSC Specialist Groups: CBSG-SA Sponsors: Himachal Pradesh Forest Department Category: Pre CAMP/PHVA workshop