The curriculum on “A holistic approach to human–wildlife conflict mitigation in India” is based on a competency framework and has been developed by a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector group of experts, along with scientific experts and field practitioners, under an Indo-German cooperation project on human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India. Training material has been developed, pilot tested and realigned with the involvement of premier national and state-level training institutes, who are now using this material in their regular curriculum. To facilitate the trainers from the partner institutes and others, Trainer’s Toolkits have also been developed that cover training methods and provide training tools and handouts to guide and support the use of participatory approaches to training delivery.
Trainer’s Guide: Participatory Methods of Training for Effective Content Delivery: for trainings on Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (2023): This trainer’s guide has been designed to facilitate trainers and experts of forest, agriculture, veterinary, media, rural development and Panchayati Raj, disaster management, public health and other relevant sectors in delivering their courses and sessions on HWC mitigation effectively through the use of participatory methods. This guide serves as a compendium of selected participatory training methods, which are innovative, have been tested for their effectiveness, and are easy to be applied. The guide can be accessed here.
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Training Resource Material: Holistic Approach to Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India- For Forest Officers (2022): The trainings and courses based on this curriculum are intended to create a cadre of HWC mitigation professionals, implementing a holistic approach for bringing in enhanced effectiveness and efficiency in HWC mitigation measures in India. This curriculum is suitable for in-service as well as probationary forest officers of the Indian Forest Service and State Forest Services. The curriculum has been designed and updated, in alignment with the existing curriculum at the national and state-level training institutes in India. This curriculum has been designed for a stand-alone intensive course to be delivered over five-days, however, because of its modular structure and participatory training methods, it provides enough flexibility and can be customised for delivery over different durations. here.
Download the Overview booklet here. Detailed Training Resource Material can be accessed here
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Trainer’s Toolkit: Holistic Approach to Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India for Forest Officers (2023): This Trainer's Toolkit is useful for faculty members and experts of forest training institutes, as well as wildlife experts facilitating workshops/training sessions. This Toolkit contains all the modules, the learning journal and a trainer's guide.
Download the Overview booklet here. Detailed Trainer’s Toolkit can be accessed here
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Training Resource Material: Holistic Approach to Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India for Rapid Response Teams and Frontline Officers (2022): The curriculum is designed for in-service as well as probationary frontline officers in the states, Indian Forest Service officers, veterinary and animal husbandry experts and frontline staff members of other line departments and agencies. The curriculum has been designed, field-tested and updated, in alignment with the Supplementary Framework to the HWC-NAP on "Establishment and Capacity Development of HWC Mitigation Response Teams". This curriculum has been designed for a stand-alone intensive course of nine training programmes to be delivered to each RRT. However, because of its modular structure and participatory training methods, it can be customised and delivered as a module in the regular training curriculum at national state-level training institutions over longer durations or during shorter field expeditions. A total of 11 training programmes based on this curriculum have been designed for RRTs, to create a cadre of professional Rapid Response Teams that mitigate HWC mitigation very effectively and efficiently.
Download the Overview booklet here. Detailed Training Resource Material can be accessed here
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Trainer’s Toolkit: Holistic Approach to Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India for Rapid Response Teams and Frontline Officers (2023): This Trainer's Toolkit is useful for faculty members and experts of forest training institutes, as well as wildlife experts who facilitate training in HWC mitigation or One Health for Rapid Response Teams and other frontline officers and staff members of state forest departments and other line departments. This Toolkit contains all the modules, the learning journal and a trainer's guide.
Download the Overview booklet here. Detailed Trainer’s Toolkit can be accessed here
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Training Resource Material: Holistic Approach to Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India for Media Professionals and Students (2022): Training sessions based on this curriculum are intended to create a cadre of media professionals communicating holistically on human–wildlife conflict mitigation. This curriculum is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate media students at Indian media training organisations and universities and for media professionals. This curriculum is designed to be a stand-alone course to be delivered over a semester for media students and an intensive 3-day training course for media professionals. Moreover, because of its modular structure and participatory training methods, it can be customised and delivered over longer/shorter durations. The curriculum can also be used to design field training expeditions for media professionals.
Download the Overview booklet here. Detailed Training Resource Material can be accessed here
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Trainer’s Toolkit: Holistic Approach to Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India for Media Trainers and Faculty Members (2022): This Trainer's Toolkit is useful for faculty members and experts of media training institutes as well as media professionals who facilitate workshops/training sessions. This Toolkit contains all the modules, the learning journal and a trainer's guide.
Download the Overview booklet here. Detailed Trainer’s Toolkit can be accessed here
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Training Resource Material: Holistic Approach to Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India for Community-level Primary Response Teams, Panchayats and other community-based institutions (2022): The curriculum is designed for the community-level Primary Response Teams. Moreover, the curriculum is also suitable for trainings on HWC mitigation and One Health for Panchayat members, members of other community-based institutions, women groups, and youth.
Download the Overview booklet here. Detailed Training Resource Material can be accessed here
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Trainer’s Toolkit: Holistic Approach to Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in India for Community-Level Primary Response Teams, Panchayats and Other Community-Based Institutions (2022): This Trainer's Toolkit is useful for faculty members and experts of training institutes of the forest, agricultural and rural development sectors and Panchayati Raj Institutions, as well as community-based training institutions and NGOs, who facilitate workshops/training sessions on HWC mitigation or One Health for panchayats, community-level Primary Response Teams and other community-based institutions. This Toolkit contains all the modules, a training handbook, and a trainer's guide.
Download the Overview booklet here. Detailed Trainer’s Toolkit can be accessed here
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