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Human-elephant Coexistence (HECx) in Coimbatore and Thailand Two series of three workshops on Human-elephant Coexistence among HEC areas were conducted. The first series was for three villages of Coimbatore, South India, June-July 2011 sponsored by International Elephant Foundation, USA with 74 paticipants totally for the three workshops (B. A. Daniel and R. Marimuthu). The second series was conducted on 15-24 August 2011 at Riverside Pavillion Hotel, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, sponsored by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, United States; Columbus Zoological Gardens, Columbus, Ohio; and Koln Zoo, Germany B. A. Daniel, R. Marimuthu and Sally Walker).
Conservation and Educator Skills Training Programmes on Bears A training workshop on Conservation and Education on Sloth Bears was conducted at Bannerghatta Biological Park, Karnataka from 29-30 September 2010 sponsored fully by Alertis-Fund for Bear and Nature Conservation, Netherlands. There were 28 participants. (B. A. Daniel and R. Marimuthu).
ZOO Staff Travel & Activities (August 2010–2011) Sally Walker, Convenor, CBSG, South Asia visited government officers and Wildlife Trust of Bangaldesh respectively for zoo improvement and legislation and a Translocation discussion, 09–13 August 2011. B. A. Daniel, Scientist, attended and delivered a presentation at the National Conference on “Biodiversity for Sustainable Development: Threats, Indicators, Climate change, Poverty alleviation and Targets for safeguarding Biodiversity, 25–27 Aug 2011, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.
Sanjay Molur, Executive Director, ZOO, attended the 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society, 12–18 Sep10 held at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan representing the Primate Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN. Sally Walker attended the Association of Zoos Aquariums (AZA) Annual conference, 11–16 Sep 2010, Houston, USA and delivered a presentation on Dysfunctional Zoos. B. A. Daniel, SSC Chair of the Invertebrate Specialist Group, South Asia, attended the IUCN/SSC Invertebrate Conservation Sub-Committee Meeting, 13–14 September 2010 at Cambridge, UK Sanjay Molur attended the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT) assessment CAMP workshop, 22-24 October 2010 held at Lucknow, U. P. Sanjay Molur attended a Seminar and Workshop on amphibians of the Western Ghats and launch of LOST AMPHIBIANS OF INDIA in search of ‘lost species’ 2–3 November 2010, held in New Delhi. Sanjay Molur attended a Consultation workshop on ‘IUCN Red Listing Process’, 1st February 2011 held by the Ministry of Environment at New Delhi. B. A. Daniel attended the Global Conference on Entomology 2011, 5–9 March 2011 held at Chiang Mai, Thailand and delivered a presentation. Sanjay Molur represented ZOO as a Member of the Steering Committee for the Red Listing Process in India chaired by Additional Director General of Forest (WL), 10th March 2010 held at New Delhi. Sally Walker CBSG WAZA mid-year meeting, 01–09 April 2011 held at Geneva, Switzerland.
Sally Walker attended the International Symposium on the History of Zoos and Aquariums, held at Chester Zoo, 19–20 May 2011 and gave a presentation on the Development of Zoo Associations. Sanjay Molur attended the CEPF Participatory Mid-Term Assessment for the Western Ghats workshop, 08–09 April 2011 held at Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri TN. Sanjay Molur as Member of Re-introduction & Invasive Species Specialist Groups Task Force on Moving Plants and Animals for Conservation Purposes the Second Task Force Meeting, 15–17 April 2011 held at Al Ain Wildlife Park Resort, Abu Dhabi. Sanjay Molur attended the Regional Mapping and Conservation Planning Workshop for Wild Cattle and Buffaloes in S. Asia, 27–29 June 2011 held at WII, Dehradun. Sanjay Molur attended the 2nd meeting of the expert group to discuss the progress of implementation of recommendation of steering committee Redlisting species of India, 11 August 2011 in New Delhi. Sanjay Molur was requested to coordinate the Red List process of India Mammals and specified Indian plants for the country and to bring out a publication on the species already assessed and listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.