2006-7 annual report - Nature Conservation Foundation

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Friday morning discussion groups (FEMDIGs) are in-house discussion forums which are held at least once a
month. They consist of short talks or presentations on current or completed research projects by researchers and
scientists at NCF or visitors from other institutions. More than 25 such talks have taken place in the past year. A
select list of these is listed here.
By NCF Personnel
• Ambika Aiyadurai, Research Scholar, 1 September 2006. Hunting patterns in four tribal communities of Arunachal
Pradesh.
• Ayesha Prasad, Research Scholar, 15 September 2006. Impacts of the exotic weed Lantana camara on large
mammals.
• Sumanta Bagchi, Research Scholar, 13 October 2006. Prominent positive feedback loops between plants and soil
over water retention in Kibber's rangelands.
• Pranav Trivedi, Head of Education and Outreach and Senior Ecologist, 13 October 2006. Composition and
organisation of mixed-species bird flocks in two tropical deciduous forests of Gujarat.
• Charudutt Mishra and Yashveer Bhatnagar, Senior Scientists, 27 October 2006. Progress of NCF’s high altitude
programme and the formulation of "Project Snow Leopard" a national policy for wildlife conservation in the
Himalayan high altitudes.
• A. J. T. Johnsingh, Eminent wildlife biologist, NCF, 15 December 2006. Conservation in the Terai landscape.
Reintroduction of lions in Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary. Conservation of golden and hump-backed Mahseer. Problems
and challenges to conservation in Rajaji National Park. Biological corridors in Bhutan.
• Pavithra Sankaran, Media and Outreach Manager, 19 January 2007. Screening of Rediscovering the Munzala.
• Rohit Naniwadekar, M. O. Anand, Aparajita Datta, Meghna Krishnadas, 13 February 2007. Wildlife monitoring
in Namdapha National Park.
By Visitors
• Karthik T., MSc Wildlife Biology and Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society, 29 September 2006. Patterns
of seed rain and regeneration in abandoned agricultural fields in a tropical deciduous forest in India.
• Vidya Athreya, Wildlife Biologist, 6 October 2006. Patterns and reasons of human – leopard conflict in
Maharashtra
• 12 January 2007. Screening of Wild Dog Diaries
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