Dudhwa Tiger Reserve hosts 2-day workshop on species recovery of endangered cats | Bareilly News - Times of India
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PILIBHIT: Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) in Uttar Pradesh hosted a two-day consultation workshop on Saturday on species recovery plan and monitoring protocols with a special focus on fishing cats. The workshop was jointly organised by MoEFCC (ministry of environment, forest and climate change), UNDP (United Nations development plan), WWF (world wide fund for nature), GEF (global environment facility) and GTF (global tiger forum). On the first day of the workshop, the participants deliberated upon evolving a landscape level strategy, involving multiple government departments and local stakeholders. The existing distribution of fishing cats, ongoing studies on their habitats, presence and resilience were also showcased to identify the small wild cat conservation units. “The project aims to utilise the best practices and experiences gained from the tiger programmes for conserving the meso-predators like small cats and their microhabitats within larger tiger units like the Dudh...