November 2019
National Outreach for Awareness Generation on Urban Biodiversity
A national outreach event for awareness generation on urban biodiversity was conducted at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun in collaboration with ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia. The workshop was organized as a part of the INTERACT-Bio project on the 14th and 15th of November 2019.
Representatives from national, state and city governments participated in the workshop. The Mayor of Dehradun, Shri. Sunil Uniyal Gama, welcomed the 30 participants including the mayors from Gangtok and Bhuj to the city and expressed his appreciation for the programme stating that it was timely and necessary. Dr. G.S. Rawat, Director, WII, emphasized that this workshop opens up a new arena of work- urban biodiversity and ecosystem services for the institute.
The workshop dealt with various aspects relating to urban biodiversity. The technical sessions included discussions on legislation, policy and finance in the context of urban biodiversity, Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA)/ Nature-based solutions and the tools and techniques for decision making, monitoring and regulation of urban biodiversity. The participants were subsequently taken to the field in Rajpur and Mussoorie to experience how urban biodiversity links with the history and cultural heritage of a city.
The event was well appreciated by all the participants and the speakers as this was the first step to mainstreaming biodiversity in city planning.
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Last Updated: November 18, 2019
GIS Day celebrations
On the occasion of GIS DAY, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) organized the ‘GET SET GIS Workshop’ for the researchers on 11th November 2019. The celebration at the campus received a participation about 80 researchers. The full day program consisted of a technical session in forenoon with hands on training for beginners, covering the basics of GIS software, Google Earth and Maps. The idea was to impart basic cartography skills. Different maps, prepared by the researchers of WII from different projects and by the IT, RS & GIS Lab were showcased to the students to demonstrate the context and various applications of maps. The participants prepared study area maps of which the best three were awarded prizes.
1st Prize- Abhin N, 2nd Prize- Moulik Sarkar, 3rd Prize- Uddalak T. Bindhani
The afternoon hosted a fun packed session, full of games and prizes. The games were ‘color the map’ and ‘treasure hunt’ with in the campus, which was open for all. An ArcMap Story of WII Nature trail, was presented.
The Treasure Hunt prizes were awarded to 1st Prize- Abhin N, 2nd Prize- Basawaraj M
In addition the three best coloured maps were declared the winners.
Book Prize, printed photo frames and coffee mugs were presented to the winners by the Nodal & Associate Nodal Officer (IT,RS & GIS Cell), Registrar and Dean and Director. The program ended with certificate distribution to the participants followed by Director’s concluding remarks.
Last Updated: November 18, 2019
