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Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 28 : A biodiversity conservation organisation facilitated two back-to-back workshops in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), said an official release."Premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak as part of its sustained effort to deter wildlife crime at the grassroot level has facilitated two back-to-back workshops in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh under its initiative DETERS (Disrupt and End Trade of Endangered and Rare Species) and in collaboration with WCCB", it said.According to the release, the sensitisation workshops on wildlife crime were conducted on May 22 and 24 at Anini in the Dibang Valley district and at Tezu in the Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh respectively, with the participation of 80 persons pooled from Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), forest department, Arunachal Pradesh Police, village heads and members of local NGOs.The events also formed a part of the LiFE campaign of the Government of India.The audience at Anini was made aware of the impact of wildlife trade on global health as well the well-being of human beings by Dr Jimmy Borah, a senior manager in Aaranyak.The enforcement personnel were also enlightened on wildlife crime scene investigations and evidence gathering by Ivy Farheen Hussain, Project Officer of Aaranyak.A hands-on session on proper identification of wildlife products was conducted by the WCCB team, which was led by Jawaharlal Baro, Assistant Director of the sub-regional office in Guwahati and included Operational Assistance, Nabajit Barman.The Commandant of ITBP O P Sejawat highlighted the importance of such training sessions and the need of organising such training at regular intervals.The training programme at Tezu in the Lohit district was also attended by community members led by the village heads, self-help groups and village representatives.Given that action-enabled awareness is required at the grass root level in the event of the occurrence of wildlife crime in villages on the fringe of wildlife protection areas, the participants in the Tezu workshop were enlightened on different ways to tackle wildlife crime as well as on their role to prevent such illegalities.A technical session was also organised in the Tezu workshop similar to the one held in the Anini workshop for the participating personnel from the ITBP, Forest Department and Arunachal Pradesh Police.Both the sensitisation workshops held in Anini and Tezu were attended by the respective Divisional Forest Officers of the Arunachal Pradesh government, the DFOs provided generous support for the training workshops.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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