Training Workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Impact Assessment for Indian Forest Service Officers (8th - 9th August 2019) | Wildlife Institute of India, an Autonomous Institute of MoEF, Govt. of India

Training Workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Impact Assessment for Indian Forest Service Officers (8th - 9th August 2019)

COURSE FEEDBACK

[Note: Please fill in all the items in the reports. Your objectivity will help us to make improvements in the future training course (s)]
(Items 01 to 04 to be filled in by the institute/organization before circulating the forms to the participants)

1. Name of the institution/organization : Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

2. Title of the training course: Two Day Training Workshop on “Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Impact Assessment” for IFS Officers.

3. Duration & period of the training Course: Two days (8^th to 9^th August 2019)

4. Training course objectives:

Improving the mechanisms for mainstreaming biodiversity in the impact assessment for sound decision making and long term gains for conservation
Enhanced understanding of the issues and conflicts related to role of impact assessment in meeting conservation and development goals vis-à-vis ground realities
Review options for professionalizing EIA for positive outcomes for biodiversity conservation

5. Did you receive advance intimation from the institute/ organization about the programme? If so, when did you respond to the institution?
(a) When the intimation was received? -Generally a fortnight before the course
(b) When the officer responded? -Generally a week before the course

6. What do you think about the theme/topic structure and organization of the training course to meet the objectives on a scale of 10?

Scale	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No. of responses								1	6	6	7

Overall rating: 90%

7. How useful the information provided/interactions made in this training course will be to you in your job?

Scale	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No of responses									6	6	8

Overall rating: 91%

8. Do you feel you got enough opportunities to interact with the fellow participants?

Scale	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No of responses							1		6	1	12

Overall rating: 92%

9. How far have you been benefited from interactions with the fellow participants during the training course?

Scale	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No of responses					1				6	5	8

Overall rating: 89%

10. How far the reading material supplied was relevant and related to the topic of the training course?

Scale	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No of responses					1		1	2	2	1	11

Overall rating: 88%

11. Do you feel the institute/ organization made enough efforts in providing the maximum possible information on the theme/topic?

Scale	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No of responses						1		1	3	6	9

Overall rating: 90%

12. Assessment of the resource persons based on analysis of all feedback forms

S. No.	Date	Duration in minutes	Topic Covered	Name of Resource Person	Assessment by the participant 10 ………. 00
1.	8^th Aug. 2019	45	Role of EIAs in strengthening biodiversity conservation in PAs and outside: Lessons learnt from prospects and pitfalls of past EIAs in different sectors	*Dr. Asha Rajvanshi*	*88%*
2.	8^th Aug. 2019	35	Mainstreaming biodiversity in Impact Assessment – From conceptual arguments to regulatory instruments for mitigating impacts on biodiversity	*Dr. Malvika Onial*	*88%*
3.	8^th Aug. 2019	45	Ecological impacts of power lines and mitigation approaches	*Dr. R. Suresh Kumar*	*90%*
4.	8^th Aug. 2019	45	Mitigation hierarchy: Principles and practices for larger conservation gain	*Dr. V.B. Mathur*	*94%*
5.	8^th Aug. 2019	45	Biodiversity offsets for incentivizing conservation	*Dr. Asha Rajvanshi*	*90%*
6.	8^th Aug. 2019	45	Biodiversity Offsets: Case examples	*Dr. V.B. Mathur*	*94%*
7.	9^th Aug. 2019	45	Nature engineering principles and elements of smart green infrastructure	*Dr. Asha Rajvanshi*	*89%*
8.	9^th Aug. 2019	45	Best practice guidance for assessing impacts on biodiversity: From planning to implementation	*Dr. V.B. Mathur*	*92%*
9.	9^th Aug. 2019	45	People and Pachyderms: Addressing development needs and conflicts across landscapes	*Dr. Bivash Pandav*	*92%*
10.	9^th Aug. 2019	45	Reviewing the merits of cumulative impact assessment for evaluating Hydropower Development: Experiences from Cumulative Assessments in Himalayan River Basins	*Dr. S Sathyakumar*	*87%*
11.	9^th Aug. 2019	45	Reviewing the prospects of SEA as the new generation tools for assessment of impacts of policies plans and programmes on biodiversity	*Dr. Asha Rajvanshi*	*91%*
12.	9^th Aug. 2019	90	*Panel discussion - Role of Foresters in professionalizing EIA for biodiversity conservation*	*Shri S. K. Khanduri*	*94%*
				*Dr. V.B. Mathur*	*94%*
				*Dr. A. K. Bhardwaj*	*94%*

13. Your overall impression of the training course?

Scale	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
No of responses								1	6	6	7

Overall rating: 90%

14. Any other comments/observations/suggestions you wish to make about the sponsoring of training course in future and the suggested topics/themes.

1.   Well planned programme
2.   Good and neat accommodation
3.   Training programme may be conducted at least for 3 days
4.   Duration can be extended from 2 to 5 days
5.   Field trip can be included
6.   Please devise a mechanism wherein Field Officers (DFOs) are directly involved in EIA Process
7.   Guidelines/Memorandum/Circulars issued by Ministry should not create confusion on the same issue for which another guideline/memorandum/circular issued by the ministry stands contradictory
8.   The application formats under different clearances (FL, EC, NBWL) needs to be more biodiversity centre than that is today
9.   A session on legislation and legal aspects
10. Development of database on the ‘State of Environment’ at District level
11. A working code to develop database for the state of environment
12. Setting up of district level committees for forwarding proposals involving stakeholders
13. Thanks to one and all for making this training session very effective and informative
14. One course from law point of view should be organized
15. EIA should be dealt in detail
16. In study material, some best practices model (with all details) should be provided
17. Model EIA/Mitigation plan preparation exercise may be done
18. More examples of SEA required
19. One field example of EIA to be demonstrated
20. Experience of Scientists to be shared
21. Debate on some EIA may be proposed
22. One failed EIA demo shall help understand major pitfalls
23. Field tour should be arranged
24. Specific case study should be discussed
25. Expert from NHAI, Power grid and Railway should be called for some session
26. For this subject 5 days training required
27. Comprehensive guidelines for biodiversity assessment
28. Reading materials should be provided
29. Numbers of resource personnel may be more
30. After compilation of projects, case studies on compliance of conditions of EIA and their outcome may also be included
31. Three days’ workshop suitable
32. Field visit of any EIA site on mainstreaming biodiversity
33. Ready material and programme details are to be provided in advance
34. Food quality, items are to be improved
35. Add more case studies in place of repeated topics
36. Training course may be organized in Oct./Nov. instead of Aug.
37. Time constraint to discuss the application of the knowledge in field by a small exercise should be included by making its three days
38. Compliance studies of imposed conditions
39. EIA should be taken only after SEA has been done and legally included in the presented format under FCA or Wildlife Diversion Case.
40. Environment clearance process does not include forest department functionaries some mechanism be devised to incorporate.

Last Updated: September 19, 2019

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Training Workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Impact Assessment for Indian Forest Service Officers (8th - 9th August 2019)