Organisers: Sanctuary Asia, Wildlife Conservation Trust and TOFT
Workshop location: Shri Ram School, D-3, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110 057. R.S.V.P.: Meenakshi 09873843575, Madhu Bhatnagar 09818656988 For further information, contact: Sanctuary Magazine, 146, Pragati Industrial Estate, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (E), Mumbai 400 011. Tel.: (022) 2301 6848 / 2301 6849
Working Sessions – Day One Working Sessions – Day Two
October 18, 2008: October 19, 2008: 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. – Registration and introduction Introduction: Bittu Sahgal and Hemendra Kothari Welcome and Opening remarks: Hemendra Kothari, Chairman, WCT 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Fourth Working Session Introduction: Bittu Sahgal and Julian Matthews WINNING LOCAL SUPPORT AGAINST POACHERS Release of ‘Indian Industry and Climate Change – Green Industry is Smart Chair: Brijendra Singh, Member, National Board for Wildlife Industry’ paper by Digvijay Singh, General Secretary, Congress Working Committee (10 minute presentations) 1. Carnivores in the fringes of critical tiger habitats 11.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. – First Working Session Quamar Quereshi, Scientist and Field Biologist, WII STATUS OF CRITICAL TIGER HABITATS 2. The wildlife trade – hard realities Chair: Digvijay Singh, Member of Parliament (10 minute presentations) Ashok Kumar, WTI 1. National Tiger Conservation Authority – Dr. Rajesh Gopal 3. Farms to forests – an anti-poaching strategy 2. The science of the all-India tiger estimation – Dr. Y. V. Jhala Fateh Singh Rathore, Tiger Watch 3. Rajasthan – R.N. Mehrotra, PCCF & CWW (Open Session 20 minutes) 4. Madhya Pradesh – Dr. H.S. Pabla, PCCF & CWW 5. Uttarakhand – S. Chandola, CWW 11 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. – Fifth Working Session ROLE OF TOURISM IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. – Lunch Break Chair: Rajpal Singh, Member, Rajasthan State Wildlife Board 2.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. – Second Working Session (10 minute presentations) COMMUNITIES, TOURISM & TIGERS 1. South African wildlife tourism – lessons for India Chair: V.P. Singh, Member of Parliament (10 minute presentations) Dr. H.S. Pabla, PCCF & CWW 1. Can tourism protect tigers? 2. The Phinda Model – protecting corridors and fringe habitats Julian Matthews, Chairman, Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) Sarath Champati, Head Naturalist, Taj/CC Africa 2. Can community-owned tourism help expand tiger habitats? 2. Harmonising communities and tourism for tigers Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh, Eminent Field Biologist Dilip Khatau, Corbett Foundation 3. Four-point plan to protect tigers – the Corbett Experience 3. Wildlife tourism code of conduct/certification Rajiv Bhartari, Additional Secretary, Uttarakhand Tourism Abhishek Behl, Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) 4. Monitoring forest restoration by community-driven tourism (Open Session 80 minutes) Dr. Anish Andheria, Sanctuary Asia/Invision Green 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. – Lunch Break TEA BREAK 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. – Sixth Working Session 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. – Third Working Session FORESTS, CARBON AND CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE & BIODIVERSITY – OPPORTUNITIES AND Chair: Ranjit Barthakur THREATS (Five minute carbon case studies) Chair: B. Sridhar, Bengal Tiger Line (10 minute presentations) 1. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve 1. Biodiversity conservation, climate change and development 2. Corbett Tiger Reserve Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Asia magazine 3. Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve 2. Naturenomics ™ – having your cake and eating it too 4. Kaziranga Tiger Reserve Samir Menon, Nature First (Open Session 20 Minutes) 3. Role of natural regeneration in climate mitigation 3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. – Seventh Working Session Dr. Raghu Chundawat and Joanna Van Gruisen NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE N.B. Forest-carbon offsetting worries: 1. Commercial plantations may be Chair and keynote: Kapil Sibal, Minister, Science and Technology harvested. 2. Restored forests may be lost to fires, diseases, developmental Forests and climate change – financial realities projects or encroachments. 3. Local communities could become “conservation Bharat Bhushan, Financial Adviser, MoEF victims”, or may be asked to vacate their lands when their farms are replaced TEA BREAK by forests. Potential strategies: 1. Restored landscapes be given legal protection. 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. – Conclusions and Recommendations 2. Forest Cooperatives to ensure benefits flow to local communities. Chair: Tarun Tejpal, Editor, Tehelka 3. A basket of benefits ranging from carbon credits, voluntary carbon offsets, Panel: Bittu Sahgal, Hemendra Kothari, Julian Matthews and B. Sridhar tourism revenues, state schemes and benefactor funds to be channeled to communities through public-private partnerships. (Source: Invision Green) 6.15 p.m. – Private screening of the film The 11th Hour ROYAL BENGAL TIGER – LAST AND FINAL CALL Organisers: Sanctuary Asia, Wildlife Conservation Trust and TOFT Workshop location: Shri Ram School, D-3, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110 057. R.S.V.P.: Meenakshi 09873843575, Madhu Bhatnagar 09818656988 For further information, contact: Sanctuary Magazine, 146, Pragati Industrial Estate, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (E), Mumbai 400 011. Tel.: (022) 2301 6848 / 2301 6849
RAJASTHAN ORGANISATIONS Quamar Quereshi, Field Biologist, WII
V.P. Singh, Member of Parliament Kiran Desai, Centre for Environment Education Rupesh Rai, Manager-Sales (Taj Safaris) Parmesh Chandra, Additional Chief Secretary, Rajasthan Abhishek Behl, Travel Operators for Tigers Latika Rana, Lodge Operator, Kanha R. Mehrotra, CWW, Rajasthan Julian Matthews, Travel Operators for Tigers Dr. M.K. Ranjitsinh, Author and Wildlife Expert R. S. Shekhawat, FD, Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve Dr. Anish Andheria, Sanctuary Asia Amit Sankhala, Lodge Operator, Bandhavgarh Sunayan Sharma, DFO, Sariska Tiger Reserve Prerna Bindra, Tehelka Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science and Technology Rajesh Gupta, FD, Keoladeo Ghana National Park Krishnendu Bose, Fluid Head Films Toby Sinclair, Wildlife Film Professional and Writer Sarath Champati, Head Naturalist, TAJ/CC Africa Aditya Singh, Hotelier and Conservationist MADHYA PRADESH Divyabhanusinh Chavda, WWF-India Ambika Singh and Jitender P.B. Gangopadhyay, P.C.C.F. Ravi Chellam, Balendu Singh, Lodge Operator, Ranthambhore H.S. Pabla, CWW, Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Conservation Society – India (WCS) Brijendra Singh, Member, National Board of Wildlife N.S. Dungriyal, FD, Satpura Tiger Reserve Juhi Choudhary, CNN-IBN Digvijay Singh, Member of Parliament H.S. Negi, FD, Pench Tiger Reserve Bahar Dutt, CNN-IBN Express Trade Task Pushpraj Singh, Bandhavgarh Foundation Aseem Shrivastav, FD, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Poonam and Harsh Dhanwatey, TRACT, Member of S. Singh (Vinnie), Lodge Operator, Bandhavgarh and Panna R.P. Singh, FD, Kanha Tiger Reserve Maharashtra State Board for Wildlife Vibras Prasad/Ramendra Singh Lodge Operators, Corbett Debi Goenka, Conservation Action Trust Vikram Singh, DMC, Wild World India UTTARAKHAND Dharmendra Khandal, Tiger Watch Mandip Singh Soin, IBEX Expeditions S. Chandola, CWW, Uttarakhand Dilip Khatau, Corbett Foundation Ritish Suri, Lodge Operator, Corbett Digvijay Singh Khati, Chief Conservator of Forests & Hemendra Kothari, Wildlife Conservation Trust Valmik Thapar, Author and Tiger Conservationist CEO, Bamboo & Fibre Bond Ashok Kumar, Wildlife Trust of India Mark Tully and Gillian Wright S.S. Rasaily, FD, Rajaji National Park Hashim Tyabji, Lodge Operator, Bandhavgarh and Satpura Vinod Kumar Singhal, FD, Corbett Tiger Reserve Smitu Kothari, Lokayan Joydip Kundu, Sanctuary Asia Mridula Tangirala, Director-Operations (Taj Safaris) Rajiv Bhartari, Additional Secretary, Tourism, Uttarakhand Alka Upadhyaya, MD, M.P.T.D.C Ashutosh Mahadevia, Tiger Watch CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Tyke Malhotra, Sanskara Bharat Bhushan, Financial Adviser, MoEF Vivek Menon, Wildlife Trust of India, Rajesh Gopal, Milind Pariwakam, Wildlife Trust of India THE ELEVENTH HOUR – THE FILM Member Secretary, National Tiger Conservation Vinit Pathak, Managing Director, Invision Green Directed by Nadia Connors and Leila Conners Authority of India Fateh Singh Rathore, Tiger Watch Peterson and narrated by Academy Award ® A.K. Goyal, Joint Secretary, MoEF Kishor Rithe, Satpuda Foundation Nominee, Leonardo DiCaprio, this captivating Anmol Kumar, DIG, MoEF Bittu Sahgal, Sanctuary Asia documentary explores the perilous state of our R.H. Khawaja, Additional Secretary, MoEF Gyan Sarin, Corbett Foundation planet, and the means by which we can change our M.B. Lal, Additional DGF (Wildlife), MoEF P.K. Sen, Ranthambhore Foundation course. Contributing to this crucial film are noted J.M. Mauskar, Additional Secretary, MoEF Kirat Singh, Kids for Tigers politicians, scientists and other environmentally- P.R. Mohanty, DGF & Special Secretary, MoEF Vishal Singh, Royal Expeditions & Director, TOFT India conscious ambassadors who highlight the need to Sudhir Mittal, Joint Secretary, MoEF Ravi Singh, WWF-India address climate change. Dr. B.P. Neelratna, Joint Secretary, MoEF B. Sridhar, Bengal Tiger Line, G.K. Prasad, Additional DGG (FC), MoEF Pavan Sukhdev, Chairman, Green India States Trust Running Time: 90 minutes Bir Singh Parsheera, Additional Secretary, MoEF Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka Hem Kumar Pandey, Joint Secretary, MoEF Belinda Wright, WPSI Rajani Ranjan Rashmi, Joint Secretary, MoEF INDIVIDUALS Vijai Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests Tom Alter, Actor and Conservationist R.K. Vaish, Joint Secretary, MoEF Neelesh Agrawhal, Shilabhadra Banerjee, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism Lodge Operator, Kanha Lodge Association Alka Jha, Private Secretary, Ministry of Tourism Madhu Bhatnagar, Teacher, Shri Ram School Leena Nandan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism Lokeesh Bagga and Lovleen Sagar, DMC Sita Travel/Kuoni D. Ravi, Private Secretary, Ministry of Tourism Vikram Singh Bal, Wildlife Photographer and Filmmaker Avinash Dikshit, Private Secretary, Ministry of Science Ashish & Shanthi Chandola, Wildlife Filmmakers and Technology Dr. Raghu Chundawat, Field Biologist Sanjeev Nair, Joint Secretary (A), Ministry of Science Milind Deora, Member of Parliament and Technology Nikhil Devasar, DelhiBird and Wildlife Photographer T. Ramasami, Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology Ritwick Dutta, Wildlife Lawyer Arun Sharma, Joint Secretary & FA, Ministry of Science Bikram Grewal, Author and Publisher and Technology Joanna Van Gruisen, Author and Conservationist N.K. Joshi, Member (representative of MoEF), Suhail Gupta, DMC, Safari Tours and Travel Central Empowered Committee Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh, Eminent Scientist Dr. B.R. Sharma, Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority Dr. Y.V. Jhala, Wildlife Institute of India Mahendra Vyas, Kabir Kumar Mustafi, FRSA Member (NGO), Central Empowered Committee Ravi Kalra, DMC Travel Inn Ansar Ahmad, Inspector General of Forests, MoEF, IGF Ravi Kumar, DMC Banyan Tours Dr. R.B. Lal, IGF (Wildlife) Kaiulanee Lee, Stage Actor and Environmental Activist A.N. Prasad, IGF (Project Elephant) Mike Pandey, Wildlife Filmmaker K.B. Thampi, IGF Raj Panjwani, Advocate