Seagrass Restoration and Dugong Conservation Orientation for Tamil Nadu Forest Department
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Technical Training for Seagrass Restoration and Dugong Rescue and Release for Forest Department (Since 2017)
Presentation about seagrass restoration and dugong rescue and release
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Museum helps to know about the diversity of seagrass associated animals collected from local coast (Palk Bay)
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Forest officers learn about Molluscs associated with seagrass environment in Palk Bay
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Demo of seagrass transplantation for forest officers
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Demonstration of seagrass acoustic survey equipments
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After a decade of technical and in-situ conservation experience in dugongs and seagrasses, OMCAR received recognition from Tamil Nadu Government to organize technical orientation sessions for the newly recruited trainees of Range Officers, Foresters, and Guards at our center. Since 2017, our organization received about 2500 trainees of Tamil Nadu Forest Academy cadres for organizing training sessions. Our team shares explain of the seagrass acoustic mapping methodology, seagrass restoration methods using eco-friendly cost-effective materials, how to rescue and release the dugongs, and how the networking and capacity building of fisher volunteers is effective in the conservation of dugongs, and restoration of seagrass beds. OMCAR has been providing this service on a nonprofit basis.
- Technical knowledge of eco-friendly and low-cost seagrass restoration methods in our team.
- Technical knowledge on seagrass mapping using acoustic technology in our team.
- Experience in networking and enabling the volunteer network for responding to dugong strandings, rescue, and release.
- Long-term efforts in developing grassroots conservation techniques can be recognized and benefit the Government.
- Technical expertise and experience are invaluable assets for grassroots conservation organizations.