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Delegates from assorted countries attending the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Summit arrived astatine the Bandipur Tiger Reserve connected Monday to enactment successful method sessions arsenic portion of the summit. The sessions volition beryllium held from February 9 to 13, and the 39 delegates from 23 countries volition besides undertake tract visits to the Bandipur and Nagarahole tiger reserves.
The method sessions were inaugurated astatine Melukamanahalli successful Bandipur by IBCA Director General S.P. Yadav.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Yadav said India has taken a planetary pb successful large feline conservation. He noted that astir 70% of the world’s tiger colonisation is recovered successful India and that the state is location to 35% of the planetary leopard population. Of the 7 large feline species, 5 are recovered successful India, helium added.
Earlier, Bandipur Tiger Reserve Director Prabhakaran spoke astir the IBCA inaugural and outlined details of the method sessions and tract visits.
The acme features sessions connected topics including Partnering for Big Cats, collaborative conservation with government, scenery approaches for wildlife conservation, challenges successful elephant conservation successful India, assemblage stewardship for wildlife conservation, conservation standards for large cats, absorption effectiveness valuation (MEE) of tiger reserves successful India, human–elephant struggle management, wildlife conservation legislation, and immersive wildlife tourism, among others.
Those contiguous included Retired Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) and erstwhile Chief Wildlife Warden of Karnataka, Subhash Malkhede, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Biswajit Mishra, NTCA DIG Vaibhav Mathur, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Manoranjan, Chief Conservator of Forests (Project Tiger) P. Ramesh Kumar, Chamarajanagar Circle Chief Conservator of Forests Malathi Priya, and others.
Senior wood section officials and experts are participating successful the sessions and sharing their conservation experiences.
