Happening Today: 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻

Towards enhancing the conservation effort of the White-bellied Heron(WBH) among the distribution range countries, staff of the Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) and the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) are currently in India. During the Exchange Program visit, they will host a knowledge-sharing workshop with relevant conservation organizations in India and also make a field visit to some of the important National Parks in India.

Today, as a joint collaboration between the Wildlife Institute Of India, Dehradoon (WII) and RSPN Bhutan, a knowledge sharing workshop will be held at WII campus in Dehradun.

RSPN through the generous support of the German government under the funding window of the International Climate Initiative(IKI), is currently implementing the project “Developing ecosystem-based solutions for managing biodiversity landscapes in Bhutan” with the special objective of establishing approaches and tools for protecting and managing White-bellied Heron landscape. The project introduced the Ecosystem and Socio-economic Resilience analysis and mapping (ESRAM) approach for biodiversity conservation and management in Bhutan. In addition, the project has documented several knowledge and systematic approaches for the management of natural resources, ecosystem services and climate-resilient livelihood options resulting in the improvement of biodiversity management and enhancement of livelihoods of the communities living in WBH landscapes. The project has also shown significant scope to scale up at the regional level with similar approaches.

The knowledge-sharing workshop today focuses on sharing the knowledge gained thus far from the conservation of WBH through the implementation of the current IKI project by RSPN, and also conducting a series of discussions to enhance the future partnership mechanisms in the conservation of WBH at a regional level.