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A store connected the conservation of Lion-tailed Macaque was held astatine the Mundanthurai tract grooming centre of Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) connected Monday and Tuesday.
In compliance with the authorities bid issued by the Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department of Tamil Nadu, aimed astatine conservation of endangered and lesser known taxon specified arsenic Lion-tailed Macaque, Madras Hedgehog, Striped Hyena, Hump-headed Mahseer food etc,. taxon conservation task has been initiated.
Of the identified species, Tamil Nadu authorities has sanctioned ₹1 crore for the conservation of 4 lesser known endangered species: the lion-tailed macaque, Madras hedgehog, striped hyena and hump-headed mahseer. Under the strategy ₹48.50 has been allocated for conservation of lion-tailed macaque, an endangered primate endemic to Western Ghats, that survives chiefly successful fragmented pockets of rainforest patches.
As portion of the initiative, the State’s archetypal store connected conservation of lion-tailed macaque kicked disconnected with the lawsuit chaired by H. Venu Prasad, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), successful the beingness of S. Anand, Conservator of Forests and Field Director of KMTR.
The task lion-tailed macaque has been planned to beryllium implemented successful the areas, wherever they are habituating on the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, particularly successful Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), Srivilliputur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve (SMTR) and KMTR.
Renowned experts and researchers, who person studied and worked connected lion-tailed macaque ecology from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, attended the store and delivered speeches connected cardinal topics: the conservation issues of lion-tailed macaque, colonisation presumption of lion tailed macaque successful Tamil Nadu, colonisation appraisal and monitoring techniques, human-lion-tailed macaque interactions and situation characteristics and threats.
Officials from SMTR, ATR, KMTR, territory wood officials of Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi, wood scope officers, biologists, ecologists and others were contiguous astatine the workshop.
Around 60 participants attended the first-day method league and filed a applicable league connected colonisation appraisal techniques connected Tuesday.
The applicable league was conducted astatine lion-tailed macaque habitats of Mundanthurai range, including Karaiyar and Kavuthalai areas, with biologists, task associates and tract assistants from each the implementing divisions attending the session.
