Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Meet Schedule


Day1 - August 21st
Welcome Address & Introduction to Arunachal 11AM - 1PM

Field Trip (Whole Group) 1PM - 5PM

Theme Workshop 0 5:30PM - 7:30PM

Theme Workshop 1 8:30PM - 10PM


Day2 - August 22nd

Field Survey - Full Day (Divided into multiple teams) 6:30AM - 5:30PM Including travel/transport time

Conclusion of the Field Trip 6PM- 7:30PM

Theme Workshop 2 8PM-9:30PM



Day3 - August 23rd

Field Survey - Full Day (Divided into multiple teams) 6:30AM - 5:30PM Including travel/transport time

Conclusion of the Field Trip 6PM- 7:30PM

Theme Workshop 3 8PM-9:30PM



Day4 - August 24th

Field Survey - Full Day (Divided into multiple teams) 6:30AM - 5:30PM Including travel/transport time

Conclusion of the Field Trip 6PM- 7:30PM

Theme Workshop 4 8PM-9:30PM



Day5 - August 2 Breakfast with Butterflies (for Children) 7AM - 9:30AM

EcoTourism Seminar for Local People 9AM - 10AM Done in parallel

Field Trip (Whole Group) 9:30AM - 11:30AM

Conclusion & Vote of Thanks 11:30AM - 12:30AM



Workshop Description Lead Team

Introduction to Butterflies of NE India An introduction to biodiversity of NE India, a more specific introduction to leipidoptera fauna of NE India with focus on Eastern Himalayas & Arunachal & finally Jairampur Prasanth Saikia & Arif Siddiqui

Conservation Networking in NE India Challenges in building a conservation network in a sparsly networked place like NE India, identifying areas, organisations & mapping their roles. Identifying people to take up the conservation plans further, identifying close links with forest department, identifyng people to interact with rest of India/World. Vijay Barve & Maan Barua

Butterfly Gardening and Eco Tourism Basics of butterfly rearing and gardening. How to start it in small scale at home or hotels and promote this idea along with eco-tourism. C Susanth Kumar & Alka Bhagwat

Scientific Orientation to Butterfly Watching How to bring in scientific orientation to amateur butterflying. How to make butterfly watchers contribute to science in a more systematic manner - at a personal level and as a large group like ButterflyIndia. Amol Patwardhan