Staff
Sally Walker, Convenor
Sanjay Molur, Co-Convenor
B.A. Daniel
R.
Marimuthu
Latha Ravikumar
Recent Workshops
• Red Panda PHVA, Nepal
• Wildlife Conservation and Wildlife Welfare Workshop
• Western Ghats Freshwater Biodiversity Assessments
• Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium and Training
• Western Ghats Reptile CAMP Workshop
• Human-Elephant Coexistence in Coimbatore and Thailand
• Conservation and Educator Skills Training Programs on Bears
Highlighted Activities
Using the CAMP process, ZOO and CBSG South Asia conducted two Western Ghats Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Evaluation Workshops in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India sponsored by CEPT, Critical Ecosystem
Partnership Fund (CEPF) via IUCN. Out of 1200 species, 490 Western Ghats freshwater ecosystem species (fishes, moluscs, odonates and aquatic plants) were assessed during the workshop, and 450 species were assessed during the second assessment workshop
A Conservation and Assessment Management Plan workshop was also conducted at the Karl Kubel Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, sponsored fully by CEPF, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. Organized by ZOO and CBSG South Asia along with the IUCN, the workshop assessed 245 reptile species from Western Ghats. There were 40 participants, mostly field biologists from the Western Ghats.
