Programme Schedule for the course on Forest and Environmental Conservation from 25.9.2012 to 29.9.

2012
Day 9.00 AM 10.00 A M Day 1 10.00 AM 11.00 AM Registration & Inauguration ----------Chief Guest : Thiru.Ranjan Chatterjee IAS Sr.Consultant(UPC) New Delhi 11.00 AM 12.00 Noon An overview of the Forests and Environment Conservation Dr.S. Balaji IFS, Director TNFA 12.00 Noon 1.00 PM Guidelines to get forestry clearance under Forest Conservation Act 1980 Thiru R.K. Upadhyay IFS, CCF(Publicity),Chennai 2.00 PM 3.00 PM Tamil Nadu Forest Act 1882 Forest Settlement and the role of District administration Dr.T. Sekar IFS, CCF(P&D), Chennai Livelihood enhancement through Marine Biodiversity ConservationThiru S.Balaji (Jr.) IFS,Director(GOMB RT), Ramnad. Livelihood enhancement through Forestry-Stakeholders perspectives ModeratorThiru J.Ramanan,DCF a) Joint Forest Management (VFC President) b) Tree Cultivation in Private Lands. (Lead Farmer) Day 3 Day 4 Field Visit Kotagiri, Kodanad, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and Baralikadu Ecotourism site Tiger Conservation issues in India Thiru. Sanjay K Srivastava IFS, Field Director (KMTR) Elephant Conservation issues in India Thiru Ajay Desai, Consultant WWFIndia Wildlife Conservatio n Film by Shekhar Dattatri 3.00 PM 4.00 PM Climate change Field Visit to Anaikatti Dr.R.Annamalai IFS, APCCF(Admn.) 4.00 PM 5.00 PM 5.00.PM 6.00 PM

Day 2

Tribal Welfare issues & Implementation of Forest Rights Act 2006 in Tamil Nadu.

Livelihood enhancement through Joint Forest ManagementDr.C.K.Sreedharan Former PCCF(HoFF)

Thiru K.V.Giridhar IFS, Director (TW), Chennai

Day 5

Role of PIL in Environmental Conservation Ritwick Dutta, Advocate Supreme Court of India

Panel Discussion How to meet Current Environmental challenges a) Implementation of Environmental Legislations Thiru.R.Ramachandran , Former MSTNPSC b)Water resource managementDr.K. Palanisami, Principal Reseacher,IWMI, Hyderabad c)Conservation of urban water bodies Ms Vanitha Mohan, Managing TrusteeSiruthuli

Group discussion & Presentation of Participants : How to mainstream Forest and Environmental considerations in Development Administration

Feed back and Valedictory Session

Chief Guest : Thiru Gautam Dey IFS, PCCF(HoFF)