Three-day residential workshop for IFS officers held in the Nilgiris
Thirty-two Indian Forest Service officers participated in a three-day workshop on ecological restoration in the Nilgiris. The program focused on ecosystem degradation, restoration planning, and the role of community involvement in conservation.
Why it matters
Professional training for forest officers is essential for effective environmental management and biodiversity conservation in India.
A total of 32 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers attended a three-day residential workshop on the ‘Principles and Practice of Ecological Restoration’ at the Keystone Foundation campus in Kotagiri from September 9 to and 11.
The programme was led by the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), in collaboration with the Ecological Restoration Alliance-India (ERA), Keystone Foundation, Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) and Adavi Trust, a press release from the Keystone Foundation said.
The workshop held for the forest officers combined classroom sessions, case studies and field visits, taking officers through the science of ecosystem degradation, restoration planning, monitoring, and the role of communities and policy in restoration efforts. “Officers visited a benchmark site and a newly initiated restoration site over the course of the programme,” the press release said.
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