Wildlife Institute of India has organized a one-week compulsory training course for Indian Forest Service Officers on “Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation” was conducted from 12-16 February 2018 at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.  This course was co-sponsored by the Capacity building component of CAMPA-Dugong Recovery program and the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India. This training course was designed to achieve the objectives of mainstreaming biodiversity conservation into eco-tourism sector in India.  The course was attended by 36 IFS officers from thirteen state cadres (AGMUT, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand) and two ministries (Ministry of Ayush & Ministry of Tribal Affairs).