Refresher course of WTB begins
Friday, 23 April 2010
A two-day refresher course began Thursday at the city's Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh's Conference Room as a follow up of the Human-Elephant Coexistence (HECx) series workshop, reports UNB.
Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB), Bangladesh Forest department and Zoo Outreach Organisation, India jointly organised the workshop.
The purpose of this workshop is to evaluate the effectiveness of the previous workshops by assessing how well the participants who live in and around the elephant zone cope up with the situation to mitigate life and resource loss.
Dr Tapan Kumar Dey, Conservator of Forests, Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle of forest department was present in the inaugural session as guest of honour. The chief executive of WTB Prof M Anwarul Islam presided over the workshop, while other members of WTB moderated the sessions.
Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB), Bangladesh Forest department and Zoo Outreach Organisation, India jointly organised the workshop.
The purpose of this workshop is to evaluate the effectiveness of the previous workshops by assessing how well the participants who live in and around the elephant zone cope up with the situation to mitigate life and resource loss.
Dr Tapan Kumar Dey, Conservator of Forests, Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle of forest department was present in the inaugural session as guest of honour. The chief executive of WTB Prof M Anwarul Islam presided over the workshop, while other members of WTB moderated the sessions.