Please respond
within a week with a paragraph on your field experience, marking a copy to
Sutirtha (sutirthadutta2016@xxxxxxxxx) and Bipin C.M. (
bipin@xxxxxxxxxx).
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From: Sutirtha Dutta <sutirthadutta2016@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 6:56 PM
Subject: Volunteering opportunity in Thar GIB survey in March 2017
Dear friends and colleagues,
Wildlife Institute of India and Rajasthan Forest Department
have been conducting
large-scale
survey
to
assess
the status of Great Indian Bustard, associated wildlife and habitat in Thar
.
The protocol for this survey has been developed and executed over
the last three years (copy of the latest report can be seen at
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_HQGKCxC6W0eEtfZHR5ZE5ZeEk)
.
The survey
involve
s
mammoth effort by volunteers
and
front-line staff to systematically sample ~20,000 sqkm landscape within
seven days following Occupancy and Distance sampling designs.
This year the exercise
will be repeated
during* March 17 to 25, 2017 *under the supervision of Dr. Y. V. Jhala,
Dr. G. S. Bhardwaj, Mr. Anoop K.R. and me
.
W
e are inviting trained
field
*biologists*
* to volunteer for this exercise*. *If you intend to join,*
*please respond to this mail within a week with a paragraph on your field
experience, marking a copy to me (sutirthadutta2016@xxxxxxxxx
<sutirthadutta2016@xxxxxxxxx>) and Bipin C.M. (**bipin@xxxxxxxxxx
<bipin@xxxxxxxxxx>)**.*
Volunteers have to reach Jaisalmer
*before*
* March 17, 9:00 am (the training day) and can return
after March 26, 9:00 am*. Your field travel, accommodation and food
costs during this survey
will be supported by us. Additionally, you will be able to visit the
amazing landscapes of Jaisalmer
,
Jodhpur and Barmer
, and can
contribute to the conservation of a critically endangered species and a
neglected ecosystem
. Please feel free to circulate this mail among your networks.
B
est wishes and warm regards
--
Sutirtha Dutta, PhD
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
Phone: +91-8937074550
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