Stressing the need for an inclusive dialogue with all the stakeholders on conservation of the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE) region, District Forest Officer (territorial) Nandini Salaria on Thursday said that proper conservation was possible only with the involvement of all the stakeholders.
Inaugurating the three-day training-cum-workshop on ‘Enhancing the Regional Capacity for Integrated Management and Conservation of EGREE,’ organised jointly by the EGREE Foundation and the Forest Department here, she exuded confidence that the programme would bring the stakeholders together and make them contribute their mite to preserve the flora and fauna in the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.
Anant Shankar, DFO, Wildlife, said that conservation of the EGREE region was taken up jointly by the Forest Department and the UNDP-GEF-GOI EGREE (United Nations Development Programme-Global Environment Facility-East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem) Foundation.
Senior scientist from the Wildlife Institute of India K. Sivakumar, State project coordinator of the EGREE Foundation Ravishankar Thupalli and others were present.