A two-day teacher training workshop was held in Lower Dibang Valley, Assam-Arunachal Pradesh to raise awareness about conserving the Eastern Hoolock gibbon. 32 teachers from government and private schools participated. They learned about the gibbon's ecology and importance through presentations. Teachers engaged in activities to help them develop education materials and effective awareness strategies. They were also introduced to other primate species in Arunachal Pradesh and best practices for training students. The workshop aimed to empower teachers to spread conservation messages to their students. Follow-up school visits are planned to assess the workshop's impact.

1. Date of Publication: 26 October 2016
Vol. XXXI, No. 10, October 2016 ISSN 0971-6378 (Print); 0973-2543 (Online)
Magazine of Zoo Outreach Organization
Teacher Training Workshop of Lower Dibang Valley Cluster, Assam-Arunachal Pradesh landscape, Pp. 28-29

2. Magazine of Zoo Outreach Organization
Vol. XXXI, No. 10, October 2016 ISSN 0971-6378 (Print); 0973-2543 (Online)
Caring for Wildlife - The World Zoo
and Aquarium Animal Welfare
Strategy, Chapter 4: Exhibit
Design, Pp. 1-3
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the Fergusson College campus,
Pune, India, A.N. Nerlekar,
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S.S. Salve, A. Raut, S.R. Patankar
and S.B. Nalavade, Pp. 4-25
Announcement: We have
moved...., P. 25
Education reports, Pp. 26-27
Teacher Training Workshop of
Lower Dibang Valley Cluster,
Assam-Arunachal Pradesh
landscape, Shah Nawaz Jelil,
Dipika Parbo and Neeharika Gogoi,
Pp. 28-29
Sadness as founder of Twycross
Zoo dies, P. 30
ZOOLEX: Zoo Nuremberg, Dolphin
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Poland, 5-7 April 2017, Back cover
Contents
ZOOLEX: Zoo Nuremberg, Dolphin Lagoon, Pp. 31-36
Wildlife Week 1-7 October 2016 in Bundelkhand Region, India, Pp. 26-27

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As part of the Conservation of Eastern Hoolock
Gibbon in Assam-Arunachal Pradesh landscape
through education-awareness & community
conservation practices (CHGAAP) project, an initiative
to protect and conserve the Eastern Hoolock gibbon
(Hoolock leuconedys), a two day teachers training
cum awareness workshop was organized by ENVIRON
in partnership with Aitijya, SSA, Govt. of Arunachal
Pradesh, Department of Environment and Forest,
Govt. of AP & KICES (Kera - A Initiative for Cultural
and Ecological Security) a local Roing based NGO at
Mishmi Hill Camp, Lower Dibang Valley District,
Arunachal Pradesh.
The training programme was organized on 15 and
16th
September, 2016 with the support of U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service. The formal inauguration
meeting was attended by Ego Doye, DDSE (LDV
District), Obang Langkam, BEO, Roing, Jibi Pulu
(President KICES) and Mite Lingi, Vice-Chairman,
KICES). Ego Doye spoke about the ecological
importance of conserving Hoolock gibbon and
emphasized on the vital role that can be played by
the teachers in this regard. He said that the teachers
are the future builders of the nation; they are the
best carriers of conservation message to students, in
particular and the society as a whole. He also lauded
the efforts of ENVIRON in this regard. A total of 32
teachers participated in the training programme,
which included both government and private schools
of Lower Dibang Valley district.
Langkam talked briefly on the traditional beliefs and
taboos that the Idu-Mishmi and Adi tribes possess
regarding Hoolock gibbon. Jibi Pulu as a local
partner/organizer of the event formally welcomed all
the participants to the programme.
Lingi of KICES in his speech praised ENVIRON and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the specially
tailored training targeting the teacher community, as
they can play a crucial role to achieve long term
conservation of Gibbon and its habitat.
The two day training programme involved three
technical sessions viz., (i) Education and outreach
programme: Concept and implementation (ii)
Developing education material/effective means of
awareness and (iii) Best practices of training. These
technical sessions were interspersed with energizers,
various team building and interactive activities and
brief presentations.
Kuladip Sarma, Principal Investigator of the CHGAAP
Project started the technical programme with a brief
presentation on the introduction of the Eastern
Hoolock gibbon which included its ecological and
conservation importance. The first technical session
on the ‘Education and outreach programme: Concept
and implementation’ was conducted by Mr. Kamal
Teachers Training Workshop of Lower Dibang Valley Cluster, Assam-
Arunachal Pradesh landscape
Shah Nawaz Jelil1
, Dipika Parbo2
and Neeharika Gogoi3
1-3
Volunteer, CHGAAP Project, ENVIRON, Hatigaon,
Guwahati, Assam. Email: wd.environ@gmail.com
Education and outreach session
The young and passionate Team ENVIRON
Presentation on Hoolock Gibbon

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Narjinary, followed by the second session on
‘Developing education material/effective means of
awareness’ which was conducted jointly by Narjinary
and Sarma. The first day of the programme was
concluded with ‘day recap’ segment conducted by
Shah Nawaz and Sarma.
The second day of the training programme began
with an interactive session and a team building
activity conducted by the volunteers Shah Nawaz,
Neeharika and Dipika. It was then followed by an
extensive presentation on ‘Primate Distribution and
Conservation Importance’ by Bidyut Sarania who has
been working on Primates in Arunachal Pradesh as
part of his Doctoral research. The presentation
brought to light all the nine species of primates
present in Arunachal Pradesh. In this session,
teachers were also involved in an environmental
game where they formed groups to name and
identify different primate species of the region,
followed by a talk by Sarma on the project activities
carried out as part of the CHGAAP project along with
its aims and importance. Post-lunch presentation
was conducted by Anjan Sangma on the handling and
rescue of wildlife species. He primarily stressed on
the dos and don’ts during an animal/wildlife
encounter. The final technical session was conducted
by Sarma on the best practices of training students
and raising awareness among young minds. It
included the distribution of various training manuals
among the teacher participants and explanation of
various methods of training for school students.
Participating teachers ponder actively in this session
by coming up with innovative ideas, which can be
used to spread the message of conservation among
students. These ideas/various techniques were
finally handed to the organizing team. In his
concluding remarks, Sarma reiterated that this was
only the first section of the CHGAAP activities and
that this training session would be followed up by
school visits later on which would include conducting
follow up assessment activities among students to
assess whether the conservation message delivered
through this teachers training programme actually
reached the young minds or not.
An interactive part of the last technical session was
that the teachers were provided with map of the
Lower Dibang Valley and were advised to identify
their school locations in the maps. After this, the
teachers were divided into four groups based on their
locations of their school. This grouping exercise will
act to the benefit of the CHGAAP project during the
follow up on the schools.
The two-day programme was successfully concluded
with a brief valedictory function and Sarma in his
concluding remarks thanked all the teachers on
behalf of ENVIRON for their active involvement. He
also praised the generous support extended by U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and Education Department,
Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh along with all the
collaborating agencies.
Certificate received with Hoolock posture
Workshop participants