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ROYAL BENGAL TIGER – LAST AND FINAL CALLOrganisers:  Sanctuary Asia  , Wildlife Conservation Trust and TOFT 

Working Sessions – Day One

October 18, 2008:10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. – Registration and introduction

 Welcome and Opening remarks: Hemendra Kothari , Chairman, WCT Introduction: Bittu Sahgal and Julian Matthews Release of ‘Indian Industry and Climate Change – Green Industry is SmartIndustry’ paper by Digvijay Singh, General Secretary, Congress Working Committee 

11.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. – First Working Session

STATUS OF CRITICAL TIGER HABITATSChair: Digvijay Singh, Member of Parliament (10 minute presentations)1. National Tiger Conservation Authority – Dr. Rajesh Gopal 2. The science of the all-India tiger estimation – Dr. Y. V. Jhala3. Rajasthan – R.N. Mehrotra, PCCF & CWW 4. Madhya Pradesh – Dr. H.S. Pabla, PCCF & CWW 

5. Uttarakhand – S. Chandola, CWW 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. – Lunch Break 

2.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. – Second Working Session

COMMUNITIES, TOURISM & TIGERSChair: V.P. Singh, Member of Parliament  (10 minute presentations)1. Can tourism protect tigers?

 Julian Matthews, Chairman, Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT)2. Can community-owned tourism help expand tiger habitats?

Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh, Eminent Field Biologist 3. Four-point plan to protect tigers – the Corbett Experience

Rajiv Bhartari, Additional Secretary, Uttarakhand Tourism4. Monitoring forest restoration by community-driven tourism

Dr.  Anish Andheria, Sanctuary Asia  /Invision Green TEA BREAK 

5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. – Third Working Session

CLIMATE CHANGE & BIODIVERSITY – OPPORTUNITIES ANDTHREATSChair: B. Sridhar, Bengal Tiger Line  (10 minute presentations)1. Biodiversity conservation, climate change and development

Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Asia magazine 2. Naturenomics ™ – having your cake and eating it too

Samir Menon, Nature First 3. Role of natural regeneration in climate mitigation

Dr. Raghu Chundawat and Joanna Van Gruisen

N.B. Forest-carbon offsetting worries: 1. Commercial plantations may beharvested. 2. Restored forests may be lost to fires, diseases, developmentalprojects or encroachments. 3. Local communities could become “conservationvictims”, or may be asked to vacate their lands when their farms are replacedby forests. Potential strategies: 1. Restored landscapes be given legal protection.2. Forest Cooperatives to ensure benefits flow to local communities.3. A basket of benefits ranging from carbon credits, voluntary carbon offsets,tourism revenues, state schemes and benefactor funds to be channeled tocommunities through public-private partnerships. (Source: Invision Green)

Working Sessions – Day Two

October 19, 2008:Introduction: Bittu Sahgal and Hemendra Kothari 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Fourth Working Session

  WINNING LOCAL SUPPORT AGAINST POACHERSChair: Brijendra Singh, Member, National Board for Wildlife (10 minute presentations)1. Carnivores in the fringes of critical tiger habitats

Quamar Quereshi, Scientist and Field Biologist, WII 2. The wildlife trade – hard realities

 Ashok Kumar, WTI 3. Farms to forests – an anti-poaching strategy 

Fateh Singh Rathore, Tiger Watch(Open Session 20 minutes)

11 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. – Fifth Working SessionROLE OF TOURISM IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONChair: Rajpal Singh, Member, Rajasthan State Wildlife Board (10 minute presentations)1. South African wildlife tourism – lessons for India 

Dr. H.S. Pabla, PCCF & CWW 2. The Phinda Model – protecting corridors and fringe habita

Sarath Champati, Head Naturalist, Taj/CC Africa2. Harmonising communities and tourism for tigers

Dilip Khatau, Corbett Foundation3. Wildlife tourism code of conduct/certification

 Abhishek Behl , Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT)(Open Session 80 minutes)

1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. – Lunch Break 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. – Sixth Working Session

FORESTS, CARBON AND CLIMATE CHANGEChair: Ranjit Barthakur (Five minute carbon case studies)1. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve2. Corbett Tiger Reserve3. Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve4. Kaziranga Tiger Reserve(Open Session 20 Minutes)

3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. – Seventh Working Session

NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Chair and keynote: Kapil Sibal, Minister, Science and Technology Forests and climate change – financial realitiesBharat Bhushan, Financial Adviser, MoEF 

 TEA BREAK 

5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. – Conclusions and Recommendations

Chair: Tarun Tejpal, Editor, TehelkaPanel: Bittu Sahgal, Hemendra Kothari, Julian Matthews and B. Sridhar

6.15 p.m. – Private screening of the film The 11 th Hour 

  Workshop location: Shri Ram School, D-3, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110 057. R.S.V.P.: Meenakshi 09873843575, Madhu Bhatnagar 09818656988For 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

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RAJASTHAN

V.P. Singh, Member of ParliamentParmesh Chandra, Additional Chief Secretary, RajasthanR. Mehrotra, CWW, RajasthanR. S. Shekhawat, FD, Ranthambhore Tiger ReserveSunayan Sharma, DFO, Sariska Tiger ReserveRajesh Gupta, FD, Keoladeo Ghana National Park 

MADHYA PRADESH

P.B. Gangopadhyay, P.C.C.F.H.S. Pabla, CWW, Madhya PradeshN.S. Dungriyal, FD, Satpura Tiger ReserveH.S. Negi, FD, Pench Tiger Reserve

 Aseem Shrivastav, FD, Bandhavgarh Tiger ReserveR.P. Singh, FD, Kanha Tiger Reserve

UTTARAKHAND

S. Chandola, CWW, UttarakhandDigvijay Singh Khati, Chief Conservator of Forests &

CEO, Bamboo & Fibre BondS.S. Rasaily, FD, Rajaji National Park Vinod Kumar Singhal, FD, Corbett Tiger ReserveRajiv Bhartari, Additional Secretary, Tourism, Uttarakhand

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 

Bharat Bhushan, Financial Adviser, MoEFRajesh Gopal,

Member Secretary, National Tiger Conservation Authority of India

  A.K. Goyal, Joint Secretary, MoEF Anmol Kumar, DIG, MoEFR.H. Khawaja, Additional Secretary, MoEFM.B. Lal, Additional DGF (Wildlife), MoEF

 J.M. Mauskar, Additional Secretary, MoEFP.R. Mohanty, DGF & Special Secretary, MoEFSudhir Mittal, Joint Secretary, MoEF

Dr. B.P. Neelratna, Joint Secretary, MoEFG.K. Prasad, Additional DGG (FC), MoEFBir Singh Parsheera, Additional Secretary, MoEFHem Kumar Pandey, Joint Secretary, MoEFRajani Ranjan Rashmi, Joint Secretary, MoEFVijai Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and ForestsR.K. Vaish, Joint Secretary, MoEFShilabhadra Banerjee, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism

 Alka Jha, Private Secretary, Ministry of TourismLeena Nandan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of TourismD. Ravi, Private Secretary, Ministry of Tourism

 Avinash Dikshit, Private Secretary, Ministry of Scienceand Technology 

Sanjeev Nair, Joint Secretary (A), Ministry of Scienceand Technology 

T. Ramasami, Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology 

 Arun Sharma, Joint Secretary & FA, Ministry of Scienceand Technology 

N.K. Joshi, Member (representative of MoEF),Central Empowered Committee

Dr. B.R. Sharma, Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority Mahendra Vyas,

Member (NGO), Central Empowered Committee Ansar Ahmad, Inspector General of Forests, MoEF, IGFDr. R.B. Lal, IGF (Wildlife)

 A.N. Prasad, IGF (Project Elephant)K.B. Thampi, IGF

ORGANISATIONS

Kiran Desai, Centre for Environment Education Abhishek Behl, Travel Operators for Tigers Julian Matthews, Travel Operators for TigersDr. Anish Andheria, Sanctuary   AsiaPrerna Bindra, TehelkaKrishnendu Bose, Fluid Head FilmsSarath Champati, Head Naturalist, TAJ/CC AfricaDivyabhanusinh Chavda, WWF-IndiaRavi Chellam,

  Wildlife Conservation Society – India (WCS)  Juhi Choudhary, CNN-IBNBahar Dutt, CNN-IBN Express Trade Task Poonam and Harsh Dhanwatey, TRACT, Member of 

Maharashtra State Board for WildlifeDebi Goenka, Conservation Action TrustDharmendra Khandal, Tiger WatchDilip Khatau, Corbett FoundationHemendra Kothari, Wildlife Conservation Trust

 Ashok Kumar, Wildlife Trust of IndiaSmitu Kothari, Lokayan

 Joydip Kundu, Sanctuary   Asia Ashutosh Mahadevia, Tiger WatchTyke Malhotra, SanskaraVivek Menon, Wildlife Trust of India,Milind Pariwakam, Wildlife Trust of IndiaVinit Pathak, Managing Director, Invision GreenFateh Singh Rathore, Tiger WatchKishor Rithe, Satpuda FoundationBittu Sahgal, Sanctuary AsiaGyan Sarin, Corbett FoundationP.K. Sen, Ranthambhore FoundationKirat Singh, Kids for TigersVishal Singh, Royal Expeditions & Director, TOFT IndiaRavi Singh, WWF-India

B. Sridhar, Bengal Tiger Line,Pavan Sukhdev, Chairman, Green India States TrustTarun Tejpal, TehelkaBelinda Wright, WPSI

INDIVIDUALS

Tom Alter, Actor and ConservationistNeelesh Agrawhal,

Lodge Operator, Kanha Lodge AssociationMadhu Bhatnagar, Teacher, Shri Ram SchoolLokeesh Bagga and Lovleen Sagar, DMC Sita Travel/KuoniVikram Singh Bal, Wildlife Photographer and Filmmaker

  Ashish & Shanthi Chandola, Wildlife FilmmakersDr. Raghu Chundawat, Field BiologistMilind Deora, Member of ParliamentNikhil Devasar, DelhiBird and Wildlife PhotographerRitwick Dutta, Wildlife Lawyer

Bikram Grewal, Author and Publisher  Joanna Van Gruisen, Author and ConservationistSuhail Gupta, DMC, Safari Tours and TravelDr. A.J.T. Johnsingh, Eminent ScientistDr. Y.V. Jhala, Wildlife Institute of IndiaKabir Kumar Mustafi, FRSA Ravi Kalra, DMC Travel InnRavi Kumar, DMC Banyan ToursKaiulanee Lee, Stage Actor and Environmental ActivistMike Pandey, Wildlife FilmmakerRaj Panjwani, Advocate

 THE ELEVENTH HOUR – THE FILM

Directed by Nadia Connors and Leila ConnersPeterson and narrated by Academy Award®

Nominee, Leonardo DiCaprio, this captivatingdocumentary explores the perilous state of ourplanet, and the means by which we can change ourcourse. Contributing to this crucial film are notedpoliticians, scientists and other environmentally-conscious ambassadors who highlight the need toaddress climate change.

Running Time: 90 minutes

ROYAL BENGAL TIGER – LAST AND FINAL CALLOrganisers:  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 09818656988For 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

Quamar Quereshi, Field Biologist, WIIRupesh Rai, Manager-Sales (Taj Safaris)Latika Rana, Lodge Operator, KanhaDr. M.K. Ranjitsinh, Author and Wildlife Expert

 Amit Sankhala, Lodge Operator, BandhavgarhKapil Sibal, Minister for Science and Technology Toby Sinclair, Wildlife Film Professional and Write

  Aditya Singh, Hotelier and Conservationist  Ambika Singh and JitenderBalendu Singh, Lodge Operator, RanthambhoreBrijendra Singh, Member, National Board of WildlDigvijay Singh, Member of ParliamentPushpraj Singh, Bandhavgarh FoundationS. Singh (Vinnie), Lodge Operator, Bandhavgarh and PanVibras Prasad/Ramendra Singh Lodge Operators, CorbVikram Singh, DMC, Wild World IndiaMandip Singh Soin, IBEX ExpeditionsRitish Suri, Lodge Operator, CorbettValmik Thapar, Author and Tiger Conservationist

Mark Tully and Gillian WrightHashim Tyabji, Lodge Operator, Bandhavgarh and SatpuMridula Tangirala, Director-Operations (Taj Safaris)

 Alka Upadhyaya, MD, M.P.T.D.C