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Robin Eastment, Balipara Foundation, sets the opening tone
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R.K. Srivastava, Inspector General of Project Elephant
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Sonam Wangdi, Chief Coordinator of Elephant Conservation in Bhutan
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Ranjit Barthakur, Chairman of Balipara Foundation
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Dr Abhijit Rabha Addl PCCF Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council
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Dr Varun Goswami WCS India Program
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Nicholas Claxton, WoW Media
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Dr Prachi Mehta Executive Director Wildlife Research & Conservation Society WRCS
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Dr Khyne U Mar University of Sheffield
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Lisa Mills State University of North Carolina
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John Roberts of GTAEF Thailand
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Dr Kamal Bawa distinguished Professor of Biology in University of Massachusetts
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Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi
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Dr Divya Vasudev WCS India
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Harshad Karandikar World Wide Fund for Nature India WWF India
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Managing Priority Corridors – Dr. Anupam Sarmah, WWF-India
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Nimesh Ved of Samrakshan Trust & winner of the 3rd Balipara Foundation Green Guru Awards, greeting his co-participants.
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Prof. Raman Sukumar of the Indian Institute of Science pointed at the importance of the contiguous landscape of North Bengal, North Bank of Brahmaputra, Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Landscape and Meghalaya in terms of elephant distribution.
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Monica L. Wrobel, Elephant Family, speaks about Elephant Family’s works on more space for all and global learning on vertebrate conservation and linear infrastructure development, along with cross border collaborations and skill building.
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Dr Vivek Menon Chairman of the IUCN Asian Elephant Specialist Group
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Mr Richard Leitch, Balipara Foundation Advisor, during the conference.
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Mr. Muthanna spoke of the various issues of international nexus of poaching, electrocution incidents and religious tourism and of the various conservation actions undertaken by WCS.
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Mr Ravi Singh, CEO WWF- India spoke about a structured recommendation for a Transboundary Elephant Reserve in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
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Mr O. P. Pandey, PCCF (WL) Assam speaks about managing the successes of Kaziranga into the future.
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Mr Sonam Wangchuk, presented challenges for conservation in Bhutan and highlighted opportunities for working together with India.
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Mr M. K. Yadav, Field Director Kaziranga National Park makes an impressive point about land tenure and land rights and its intricacies with conservation.
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Dr. Atal & Mr. Kakati, APPL Foundation, offering feedback on the role of Tea Estates in Elephant Conservation.
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Mr. Sandeep Tiwari, WTI, presented a Case Study on securing Kalapahar – Daigurung Corridor, Kaziranga- Karbi Anglong Landscape.
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Mr. Gunter Pauli, President of the ZERI Network, spoke about the fantastic idea of society, community and environment being incorporated into a single business model, thereby allowing nature get back to its evolutionary and symbiotic path.
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Launching of the report titled "Hidden Himalayas: Asia's Wonderland - New species discoveries in the Eastern Himalayas, Volume II, 2009- 2014”. Ravi Singh, CEO WWF- India