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2nd
Meeting of the State Board for Wildlife on 21st December,2004 |
| " 2nd Meeting of the State Board for Wildlife was held in Kolkata on 21st December,2004 under Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal. Among others, the following points were discussed:: - |
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2nd
Wildlife Film Festival at Kolkata: |
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2nd Wildlife Film Festival will be organised by the Forest Department,
Govt of West Bengal in association with Aranyak, a group of NGOs
at Nandan Film Complex, Kolkata from 3rd February to 6th February
2005. This is a non-competitive Film Festival and various film makers
and organizations are providing their films free of cost to raise
awareness among students, youths and local people regarding Forests
and Wildlife Conservation. Wildlife Films on various aspects like Indian Wildlife, animation films on Wildlife and documentaries will be screened during this four days at Nandan-I, Nandan-II, Nandan-III and Sisir Manch. As a tribute to Nick Gordon, the famous wildlife film maker, his works will be screened during the film festival. The following films will be screened during this festival: 1. Tiger Domain.; 2. Hidden World of Bengal Tiger; 3. The last Man-Eater Killer Tiger of India.; 4. Sacred Waters.; 5. Desert Kingdom.; 6. Indian Leopards the killing fields.; 7. Kalpaviksha. 8. Sacred Forest.; 9. Remnants of Eden.; 10.Tiger Crisis.; 11.Leopards of Garhwal Himalayas. 12.The Khur ( A Wild Ass- Rann of Kutch).; 13.Lions of Gir.; 14.Wolves a Legend Returns to Yellow Stone.; 15.Policing Langurs.; 16.Dachigam National Park.; 17.Fate of the Elephant. 18.Birds of all season.; 19.Chilka the story of a Lagoon.; THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE. PASSES MAY BE COLLECTED FROM NANDAN INFORMATION DESK ONE HOUR BEFORE THE SHOW ON 'FIRST COME FIRST' BASIS. For further query contac: 9830178270/ 9433201673. |
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Sri Ujjwal Bhattacharya, IFS has taken over as the Chief Conservator
of Forests, |
Wildlife,
West Bengal on 27.12.2004. He has relieved Sri M.A.Sultan,IFS who
has joined the Office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,
West Bengal. |
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Census of major Wild Animals for 2002: |
1.
Tiger : 349; 2. Elephant: 328 3. Leopard: 331 4.Rhino:96 5. Hog
Deer: 2500-3000; 6.Barking Deer: 3500-4000; 7.Spotted Deer:32000-35000
8.Sambar:900-1000; 9.Indian Bison:1200-1400; 10.Wild Boar: 15000-17000;
11.Tahr: 70-90 ; 12:Serow:190-210. |
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Tiger Census for 2004: |
| Sunderban Tiger Reserve: 249 nos, 24 Pgns(S): 25 nos, Buxa Tiger Reserve: 27 (excluding the upper hill areas of Buxa where Tiger Census could not be held due to army operation). Census figures of other major Wild Animals for 2004 & 2005 is being complied and will be published soon. |
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Animal Rescue Centre: |
One
Animal Rescue Centre in North Bengal was constructed at Khairbari
at Coochbehar Division on an area of 42 Ha. Six leopards rescued
from the tea gardens of North Bengal was released in the enclosure. |
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Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has released 2 Red Pandas
into the wild in Singalila National Park: |
The
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling has released
2 Zoo bred Red Pandas into the wild in the Singalila National Park.
For post release monitoring, both the animals was been radio collared.
Unfortunately, one of the Pandas died due to leopard attack. The
other one is ok |
| Film Festival on Wildlife at Kolkata |
The
Wildlife Wing of the Forest Directorate, Govt. of West Bengal, is
organizing a Film Festival on Wildlife at Kolkata from 20th February
2004 to 23rd February, 2004 at Nandan in Kolkata. It will be inaugurated
by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal. This is the
first time that such type of event is being organized in this State.
The objective is to i) make people aware of the various issues of
conservation of wildlife and its habitat; ii) Conservation education
and dissemination of scientific knowledge to the target groups,
iii) Promote Indian wildlife firms and to show creative works of
film makers.
There
is no entry fees in this festival. There is no competition section.
The films from various Protected Areas and on various wildlife matters
will be screened to generate awareness. |
| Short Term Course on Wildlife & Ecotourism-Entrepreneurship Development |
| Forest Deptt. West Bengal is organising a Short Term Course on Wildlife & Ecotourism-Entrepreneurship Development jointly with IT, Kharagpur. The Course will be held at IIT, Kharagpur from 16th March 2004 to 11th May 2004. The Application Form can be availed from Sri. V.K. Yadav, IFS. Conservator of Forests, Wildlife (HQ), West Bengal, 3rd Floor, Bikash Bhavan, North Block, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 091, Ph. No. 2334-6900/2358-3208, email <wildlife@cal.vsnl.net.in or malerhino@hotmail.com |
| State Board for Wildlife |
| State
Board for Wildlife for West Bengal has been constituted with the Hon’ble
Chief Minister of West Bengal as the Chairman of the Board. There
are 31 members.
The function of the State Board for Wildlife will be to advise the State Govt.:
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| Tiger Census operation in West Bengal |
Tiger
Census operation in West Bengal: Tiger Census for 2004 was conducted
in Sunderbans and South Bengal. The Tiger Census operation in North
Bengal will start from February 2004. This is for the first time
that help of an scientific organization like Statistical Institute
of India is being taken to assist the Forest Department to come
to a reduce grey areas of Pugmark based Census. The Forest officials
from Bangladesh also participated in the census to learn the technique.
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