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Fig.20  Lecture  on  Vultures Fig.22  Rangoli  by  participant Fig.23 Wildlife  play Wildlife Week  (1st-7th  October) -  In  the  year  1952  with  a  view  to  preserve  the  fauna  of  India,  particularly  to  take  urgent  steps to  prevent  extinction  of  any  species,  the  Government  of  India  established  an  Indian  Board  of Wild  Life  (IBWL).  The  Board  has  since  been  doing  pioneering  work  to  arouse  public  consciousness  in  favor  of  wildlife  preservation. -  To  arouse  a  general  awakening  in  the  common  man  in  favour  of  protection  of  wildlife,  the  Indian  Board  of Wild  Life  (IBWL)  decided  to  observe  the Wildlife Week  and  since  then  from  October  2nd-8th  every  year  organize  different  activities  related  to  wildlife  conservation  to  commemorate  this  week. Wildlife Week  (1st-7th  October):  We  celebrated Wildlife Week  from  2008  to  2015  for  awareness  and  conservation  of  wildlife.  Notice  the  use  of  tiger  masks  (“Tiger  faces”). Fig.21 Wildlife Week One  Day  Training  Programmes  on  Biodiversity  awareness  and  conservation,  workshops  on  Vulture  conservation,  House  Sparrow  conservation  and Wetlands  conservation  for  students,  teachers,  forests  guards  and  local  people  are  also  organized  from  time  to  time.  Every  year  vulture  census  and  Sparrow  counts  are  also  initiated. 46 Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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