Human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures reviewed

District Collector Anu Kumar convened a reappraisal gathering connected Friday to expedite the mitigation of human-wildlife struggle and to guarantee close appraisal of the situation. The gathering discussed the second-phase actions of the Forest department’s intensive programme aimed astatine resolving specified conflicts.

According to an authoritative release, the superior nonsubjective of the gathering was to place circumstantial wildlife taxon and the regions astir prone to human-wildlife conflict. It was decided that the section bodies volition behaviour elaborate surveys to stitchery information for the purpose.

One of the cardinal resolutions from the gathering was to hole a maestro program for the relocation of 35 gaurs from the high-risk areas of the Bharathanoor conception successful the Palode Range. The Forest Department volition follow steps to guarantee the harmless instrumentality of these animals to the forest.

A specialised squad that has undergone due grooming volition beryllium stationed successful areas affected by human-wildlife conflict. Moreover, periodic meetings of Janajagratha Samithis volition beryllium held to guarantee effectual connection and assemblage engagement successful preventing conflicts.

Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Devipriya Ajith, Deputy Collector (Disaster Management) G. Sreekumar, Joint Director of Local Self-Government Department G. Sudhakaran and Thiruvananthapuram Wildlife Warden Vinod S.V. besides participated successful the meeting.