With human-animal conflict increasing during recent years at Valparai, Dhimbam Mudhumalai and the Nilgiris, several organisations have got together to try and document the issues behind such incidents.
A meeting was organised here on Tuesday by the Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore, Nature Conservation Society along with Environment Conservation Group Tamil Nadu Green Movement, Save Coimbatore Wetlands, WWF India and the Forest College and Research Institute at Mettupalayam, which hosted the meeting.
It was decided to prepare a wildlife documentary on 'human-wildlife conflict: causes, solutions and mitigation measures.
IssuesThe issues discussed during this workshop would form the basis for a documentary that would be prepared by the Visual Communication students of Nehru Arts and Science College.
The main aim of the documentary, which would be prepared in local language, was to strengthen the hands of Forest Department and the government in conserving the natural resources and wildlife, according to N.I Jalaluddin, president of The Nature Conservation Society.
CausesThe important causes of the conflicts were identified as increasing human population and the need for more space and resources, degradation of wildlife habitat, unsustainable collection of timber and produces such as honey besides habitat fragmentation.
P. Durairasu of Forest College and Research Institute, R. Mohammed Saleem of Environment Conservation Group, K. Mohanraj, Secretary, Save Coimbatore Wetlands, Peter Prem Chakravarthi from WWF India, Nidhyan Maniarasu, a wildlife photographer, spoke.
