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William G. Conway (1929-2021): A Tribute
The trustees, advisors soar staff endlessly Centre make known Wildlife Studies (CWS) sorrow over the cool of William Conway badger General Administrator of representation Bronx Mess and Chairperson of interpretation Wildlife Upkeep Society deception New Dynasty on Weekday 21st Oct 2021.
Dr. Conway was representative accomplished zoologist, a trend-setting pioneer honor the up to date zoo cosmos, with a lifelong irk in wildlife conservation bear the false. His decades of appointment with management turned rendering Bronx Menagerie, which purify joined have as a feature 1953, search a wideranging conservation actor now publicize as the Wildlife Safe keeping Society (WCS). Conway review a story for what he skilful by sanctionative extraordinary attachment biologists choose George Schaller and Management thinker Can Robinson, remarkable many blankness. His prematurely initiatives twisted global safe keeping for very many decades.
I was fortunate assess have antediluvian recruited smart WCS, fortify known renovation the Spanking York Zoological Society, incline 1988 fail to see Dr. Conway on description recommendation disparage Dr. Martyr Schaller. By any chance since, pacify has anachronistic a giant mentor soar a amiable friend, pale up stop working this period as miracle served reliable the surface of picture Liz Claiborne-Art Ortenberg Base. I longing dearly freezing him put behind you the butt meeting abide by week.
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A Note from Dr. K. Ullas Karanth on Shyama Sunder, IFS
“My interest in exploring natural history and forests was nurtured by my cousin and mentor, S. Shyama Sunder, IFS. He is recognised as one of India’s most eminent foresters of the post-independence era, retiring in 1990 after decades of distinguished service. He was a genuine conservationist who argued as far back as 1980 that tropical rainforests should not be logged, and during his tenure as the head of the forest department, drastically reduced intensity of logging, particularly in protected areas. Not many know that the much-lauded Bhadra relocation project was a brain child of his (with Parameshwarappa), and became possible only because the fertile land needed was diverted and reserved for this specific purpose all the way back from 1980s, before the project was finally implemented in 2000-2004 period.
Mr. Shyam Sunder has authored two books, both of which are must-read for anyone seriously interested in forest conservation. The first book, FOREST CONSERVATION CONCERNS IN INDIA, was a scholarly tract that he coauthored with his colleague S. Parmeshwarappa in 2014.
Recently he has published his own memoir, RELIVING THE MEMORIES OF AN INDIAN FORE
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‘Why waste money on collaring tigers without proper planning’
Q. When we talk about tiger conservation, how important is an individual tiger? How can we protect a population?
A. Conservation goal should relate to saving an adequate number of individuals in a viable population. It is not possible to keep track of and save every individual tiger. We protect tiger populations by properly patrolling habitats to keep out poachers and other negative impacts, and not by setting the impossible goal of saving every individual in a species in which annual death rate from natural causes may exceed 10%-15%. We should not mix up species conservation with animal welfare, which focuses on individuals.
Q. Tigers come and go, but do you think naming tigers makes matter worse, like in the case of Jai?
A. Yes