Fellowships
change, and human population on habitat degradation and the indirect effect on the Tiger’s food chain Location: Kanha Tiger Reserve Activity/ Discussion Leader: Naturalist AFTERNOON & EVENING Finalize Fellowship presentations Location: Kanha jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader: Individual and one-on-one conversations with Fellow DAY 10 REFLECTIONS, PRESENTATIONS We take the first half of the day to share our projects and thoughts with each other and the Fellow. We use this moment to bring together all that we have experienced in the last 10 days and to reflect on how our understanding of conservation, the Tiger, people, culture, and economics has shifted during these 10 days. We also reflect on how what we’ve learned from India’s success can be applied to other regions and other conservation efforts around the world. We then travel by car to Jabalpur and take an overnight train to Delhi. MORNING Project presentations. Holistic discussion and reflection on the lessons learned and knowledge acquired through the Fellowship; conversation about the applicability of these lessons globally Location: Kanha jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader: Students, Group discussion AFTERNOON Departure from Kanha Tiger Reserve and travel by car Location: Kanha jungle lodge EVENING Departure from Jabalpur and travel by train Location: Jabalpur
understand their different areas of work—research & monitoring, mitigating human-tiger conflicts, educating local communities, policy, and advocacy. Our students will understand the multifaceted way by which these organizations work and what a career in animal conservation would look like. In the afternoon and evening, we go for a safari and a jungle walk with a conservationist to see the world through their eyes. MORNING Departure from Satpura Tiger Reserve. Explore the inner workings of an international NGO: what goes on behind the scenes? What does a conservation leader’s day-to- day look like? Location: Kanha Tiger Reserve Activity/ Discussion Leader: WWF Leader AFTERNOON & EVENING Safari and Jungle Walk to understand a conservationist’s view of the Reserve Location: Kanha Tiger Reserve Activity/ Discussion Leader: Conservationist DAY 7 THE TECHNOLOGY OF TIGER TRACKING We look behind the scenes at the technologies that have helped track and conserve the Tiger in India. We will have a demonstration of the various technologies by an expert of M-STrIPES (Monitoring System for Tigers—Intensive Protection and Ecological Status)—a software-based monitoring system launched across Indian Tiger reserves by the Indian government’s NTCA in 2010. We will travel through the forest to locate camera traps, understand their distribution, and talk to forest guards who use GPS
AFTERNOON Photography session to practice the skills learned earlier in the day Location: Satpura Tiger
Suggested reading: “How Many Tigers Are There Really? A Conservation Mystery” by Sharon Guynup in National Geographic ( article ) MORNING Tiger of the Imagination seminar to understand and contextualize the hunting of the Tiger from a mythological standpoint Location: Satpura Tiger Reserve jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader: Fellow AFTERNOON Understanding the natural ways of tracking the Tiger: Safari and Workshop Location: Satpura Tiger Reserve Activity/ Discussion Leader: Naturalist EVENING Conversation and group discussion about the evolution of the Tiger’s role and value in the region’s culture Location: Satpura Tiger Reserve jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader: Fellow DAY 6 BEING A CONSERVATIONIST We travel to Kanha Tiger Reserve in the morning where we spend a day with a leader from the WWF. We will
collaborative efforts for the success of Tiger conservation Location: Satpura Tiger Reserve jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader: NTCA member, WWF member, and tour guide EVENING
Reserve EVENING
Open discussion about the ethics of ecotourism and the importance of immersing ourselves into nature Location: Satpura Tiger Reserve jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader: Satpura Tiger Reserve jungle lodge naturalist
Preparing and outlining Fellowship presentation materials Location: Satpura Tiger Reserve jungle lodge
Activity/ Discussion Leader: Small groups discussions and one-on-one conversations with Fellow DAY 5 MYTHOLOGIES, HISTORIES, AND THE HUNTING OF THE TIGER In the morning, our Fellow will lead a seminar on the Tiger of the imagination. We will look at art, literature, and history to understand why the Tiger became one of the most hunted animals, the cultural value of hunting, the role of the aristocracy, the prestige of the Tiger, and now its economics. Our afternoon safari will focus on the shift from hunting to tracking: our naturalist will lead us through an active workshop on how to track a Tiger using the sounds and signs of the natural world.
DAY 4 CREATING
Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh
BOUNDARIES We will examine the boundaries of the Tiger
devices to capture and share vital Tiger information.
Tiger and its encroachment on their land; we will hear about what they’ve learned from organizations like the WWF on Tiger conservation. After spending the afternoon working on their projects, the students will have a dinner seminar with an expert from the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) about the illegal trade of Tigers and the vast criminal networks that facilitate the trade of Tiger skins and bones. Suggested Reading and Viewing: Surviving a Tiger attack: How hunters became the hunted by The Independent
Independent and/ or one-on- one meetings with Fellow EVENING Dinner seminar to understand the history, context, and impact of the illegal trade of Tigers Location: Kanha jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader: WPSI expert DAY 9 THE HUNGRY TIGER Poaching is not the only threat to the Tiger population. As the forests change—due to invasive species, broader climate changes, and human population—so does the food chain… everything shifts. Habitat degradation, and therefore shrinking prey populations, is a long-term threat to the Tiger. On our penultimate day, we go into the forest with a naturalist not to spot the Tiger—but to understand its changing habitat. We will apply our knowledge from the day 2 workshop about the trees, the plants, and the soil to the Tiger’s world and witness how delicate these ecosystems are. MORNING Understanding the direct effects of invasive species, climate
Reserve and the people who protect it—rangers. On our morning safari, we will meet the people who patrol and protect the Tiger Reserve, we will hear their stories, the methods of poachers, and the challenges they face. In the afternoon, we will also explore the permeable boundaries that exist between government bodies, NGOs, and naturalists. This will be a roundtable with a member of NTCA, WWF, and a tour guide. Our students will be free to start framing their presentations in the evening by discussing them in their groups and with their Fellow.
Suggested Reading: How scientists count Tigers in India by WWF MORNING Demonstration of the technologies used for Tiger tracking Location: Kanha jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader: M-STrIPES expert AFTERNOON & EVENING Forest walk focused on locating camera traps using M-STrIPES. Conversations focused on understanding how cameras are distributed and used and why they are placed where they are Location: Kanha Tiger Reserve Activity/ Discussion Leader: Forest guards
Battling India’s Illegal Tiger Trade by National Geographic
Suggested reading: Man- Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett
MORNING Village visits around the Kanha Tiger Reserve to understand the communities’ perspective about Tiger Reserves Location: Kanha Tiger Reserve bordering villages Activity/ Discussion Leader: Fellow AFTERNOON Fellowship presentation preparation Location: Kanha jungle lodge Activity/ Discussion Leader:
DAY 8 HUMAN-TIGER RELATIONS
MORNING Safari and in-depth conversation about on-site experiences and the challenges of Tiger conservation efforts Location: Satpura Tiger Reserve Activity/ Discussion Leader: Satpura Tiger Reserve rangers AFTERNOON Roundtable discussion about
We learn about how the Tiger interacts with humans locally in and around these forests- and internationally in illegal markets. We start the day by going to visit villages that border the Tiger Reserve to hear their perspective on the
Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh
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