[meetyeti] Fwd: The Green Mandate E4 with Dr M.K. Ranjitsinh on 'Cheetah Reintroduction in India' | India International Centre Annexe | 26 May 2022, 6 pm
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Debabrata Phukon
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Subject: The Green Mandate E4 with Dr M.K. Ranjitsinh on 'Cheetah
Reintroduction in India' | India International Centre Annexe | 26 May 2022,
6 pm
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Hi Debabrata,
Can you please share the following?
The Climate & Ecosystems team at Vidhi in association with Rainmatter
Foundation invites you for the next episode of The Green Mandate on *'Cheetah
Reintroduction in India'* scheduled for 26th May 2022 (Thursday) at 6 pm.
This time we are hosting it physically at India International Centre Annexe
(New Delhi) *with chai and samosa*.
We are extremely honored to host noted wildlife conservationist *Dr. M.K.
Ranjitsinh* as our guest speaker. An institution in himself, his
contributions to wildlife conservation in India are beyond count. Following
is an attempt to describe his profile.
*About Dr Ranjitsinh*
Scion of the royal family of Wankaner (Gujarat)- Dr. Ranjitsinh joined the
Indian Administrative Service in 1961 and held important positions at both
State and Central levels. As a collector of Mandla (1967-1970) in Madhya
Pradesh, he helped save the central Indian Barasingha (Swamp Deer) from
extinction. In 1971, as Deputy Secretary of Forests and Wildlife in the
Ministry of Food and Agriculture, he drafted the Wildlife (Protection) Act,
1972. He was the first Director of Wildlife Preservation in 1973-75 under
the newly established Ministry of Environment and Forests. He was
reappointed to the same position for a second term between 1985-89. He was
instrumental in the identification of the first tiger reserves in India as
the Member Secretary of the Task Force formulating Project Tiger. He also
played a key role in launching numerous projects including Project
Crocodile, Project Snow Leopard, and several other endangered species of
India. He is also credited with the amendments to the Wildlife (Protection)
Act, 1972 that placed a complete ban on the trade of wildlife species in
India. Dr. Ranjitsinh has also served as Regional Adviser in Nature
Conservation (Asian Countries) for the United Nations Environmental
Programme from 1975 to 1980. He continued influencing the wildlife
conservation movement in India after his retirement from Government service
in 1996. In 1997, he headed a special unit for tiger conservation in India
at World Wildlife Fund for Nature- International. He has been associated
with major conservation initiatives as a member of the National Board for
Wildlife and its Standing Committee; National Forest Commission, 2003;
Chairman, Wildlife Trust of India and has been an integral part of several
landmark projects including the translocation of Asiatic Lions from
Gujarat, protection of habitats of Great Indian Bustard and reintroduction
of Cheetah in India.
His paper ‘*Assessing the Potential for Reintroducing the Cheetah in India*’
(2010) became a precursor of the Cheetah Reintroduction project in India.
He was also part of the Cheetah Reintroduction Task Force and co-authored
the ‘*Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India with special
emphasis on First Release Site- Kuno National Park*’ (2021) for the
Government of India. Dr Ranjitsinh has published more than 50 papers on
nature conservation and has written two books- ‘Beyond the Tiger: Portraits
of Asian Wildlife’ and ‘A Life with Wildlife: From Princely India to the
Present.’ Honoring his unparalleled contribution to the protection of
Indian wildlife- the eastern subspecies of the Indian Swamp Deer are named
after him (*Rucervus duvaucelii ranjitsinhi*). He was awarded the Sanctuary
Lifetime Service Award in 2014.
*About the Cheetah Reintroduction Project*
The Cheetah was officially declared extinct in India in 1952. Thereafter,
in 2009, the ‘African Cheetah Introduction Project in India’ was conceived.
However, it is only after a decade of deliberation that further
developments have occurred on this front. The Supreme Court set up a
three-member committee to guide the reintroduction plan and gave its final
approval in January 2020. Subsequently, after a delay caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic, the ‘Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India’
was released in 2022. It is planned to translocate 50 Cheetahs in the next
5 years, with about 10-12 cheetahs being brought in from South Africa and
Namibia in the first year. On an experimental basis, the first site for
reintroduction of the Cheetah will be Kuno Palpur National Park in Madhya
Pradesh, which after a survey of 10 locations, was considered to be the
most suitable habitat and prey base for the holding and conservation
breeding of the species.
*Schedule*
*26th May 2022, Thursday, 18.00-19.30 HRS (IST)*
*India International Centre Annexe, Lecture Room-I, Max Mueller Marg, New
Delhi 110003 [Google Map]*
17.30 hrs: Tea and Snacks
18.00 hrs: Introduction
18.10 hrs: Discussion with Dr Ranjitsinh
18.50 hrs: Q&A Session with Audience
*The event is open for all, but prior registration is recommended. You can
also send your questions to Dr. Ranjitsinh in advance to be considered
during the live discussion. Kindly fill out this form
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*See you there! Please do share this invite with your friends and
colleagues. *
Best Wishes,
Debadityo Sinha
Senior Resident Fellow & Lead (Climate & Ecosystems
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*[Member- IUCN-Species Survival Commission- Bear Specialist Group*
*Recipient- Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award, 2019]*
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