PASIGHAT, Dec 26: D Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary (DMWS) organised a training and capacity building workshop on systematic wildlife and habitat monitoring for its frontline staff at Pasighat in partnership with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment (ATREE). The workshop brought together 35 frontline forest staff and aimed to strengthen their skills in scientific wildlife monitoring techniques, with a focus on long-term conservation planning and systematic field-based data collection for plants and animals within the sanctuary. 
In her welcome note, Kempi Ete, DFO, highlighted the importance of regular and systematic monitoring for effective wildlife management. “The frontline staff of Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary are deeply dedicated and committed, spending a large part of their time in the wilderness. The time is now right to equip them with the necessary technical skills so they can undertake the sanctuary’s first systematic baseline assessment of wildlife and habitats,” she noted. 
This was followed by a technical session on camera trapping by Dr. Rajkamal Goswami, Fellow and Lead of the ATREE Arunachal Pradesh team, during which he highlighted the broader significance of the training. He noted, “If this initiative proves successful, this group under the leadership of Kempi Ete will become part of D’Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary’s history, marking the sanctuary’s first systematic, landscape-scale baseline assessment of wildlife and habitat.” He then explained the design and basic working principles of camera traps, how to select appropriate camera traps and accessories, different camera trapping approaches, and best practices for using, managing, and transferring data. 
In the second technical session, Dr. Aavika Dhanda, Project Manager at ATREE Arunachal Pradesh, led a session on bird and habitat monitoring, focusing on practical methods to assess bird diversity and habitat conditions in grassland ecosystems. 
In the afternoon, a field demonstration was jointly conducted by Aavika Dhanda along with Atto Mimi and Prachaya Sharma, where participants received hands-on training in deploying camera traps in the field, using GPS handsets and rangefinders along with practical demos of different camera trap models. 
The workshop provided frontline staff with practical tools and knowledge to strengthen wildlife and habitat monitoring efforts at D’Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, contributing to improved conservation outcomes in the region.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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