Corbett Pledge
An interesting development that happened during the Nature Guide Refresher Course was a request by Mr Imran Khan for everyone present to sign a pledge indicating their support for wildlife and prevention of global warming. Everyone present agreed and took an oath and signed the below pledge.
“We promise to do our best to protect, conserve and preserve our flora and fauna at Corbett Tiger Reserve. To commit to the principles that man and nature must live in harmony and to observe all park’s rules.
We want to support the tigers in the wild and to secure a permanent future for them so that they will still prowl the forests of India.
We agree that we must act now to save the Earth. Each and every one of us can make changes in the way in which we live our lives.
WE WANT TO BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION.”
Altogether 252 signatures were collected. We are in the process of collecting more signatures.
Group Insurance for Nature Guides
Our Chairman, Shri Dilip D Khatau felt that there is a need to provide financial security for Guides and announced that TCF will provide a group insurance cover for personal accident free of charge for 1 year, for all those who have signed the pledge.
Harela Saplings Distribution
To celebrate Harela festival in a unique way, TCF distributed over 160 saplings to villagers. Harela is a local festival which is celebrated in Uttarakhand and there is a tradition of planting trees on this day. It is believed that if you plant a tree on this day it will grow well. TCF distributed about 160 saplings of Mango, Litchi and Ashoka pendulum to the villagers in Ramnagar. A stall was setup for this purpose along the main Ramnagar-Ranikhet road. The villagers who received these free saplings appreciated the programme fully. All villagers were asked to not only plant trees but also to understand the importance of trees in our eco-system and conserve them. This programme was celebrated in conjunction with World Environment Day on 5th June.
Jim Corbett’s Birthday Celebrations
Jim Corbett’s 132nd birthday was celebrated at Choti Haldwani by Corbett Gram Vikas Samiti. Cultural programmes and a play titled ‘My India’ was presented by children residing at Choti Haldwani. Shri Khadag Singh Bohra, MLA, Nainital was the Chief Guest. Mr. and Mrs. Rajiv Bharteri were also present at the function. TCF sponsored the souvenirs for all participants.
Two elephants and 3 tigers died in Corbett Tiger Reserve
A female elephant was found dead on 13 June 2007 in Kalagarh range while one tusker was found dead on 14 June 2007 in Jhirna range. In a separate incident, a one month old tiger cub was found dead on 15 June 2007 in Dhela range. According to the forest department, both elephants died after falling from cliffs while the tiger cub was drowned in the Dhela River.
Two tigers were found dead during the month of September, one each in Kalagarh and Sonanadi ranges.
Tiger – Human Conflict research Project Update |
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All field work for the 2nd phase of Tiger-Human Conflict Project has been completed. In the 2nd phase, two camera trap units were placed in the Buffer zone of Corbett. Tigers were photographed 22 times in our camera traps . Other animals such as elephants, leopards, bears, deer, monkeys and porcupines were also caught by the camera traps. These data will be analyzed before we present our conclusion and recommendation for the 2nd phase study.
We would like to thank Mr Gideon Egger, Founder of Forever Tigers, USA for sponsoring the above research project. He had also gifted a Mahindra Jeep to TCF for the Interim Relief programme. We are indeed indebted to him for his kind support. |
FRIENDS OF TCF – MEMBERSHIP DRIVE |
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T-shirt given free when you sign up as Friends of The Corbett Foundation |
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Many of our friends and guests at Infinity Resorts asked us how they can help TCF. We have started a programme to recruit friends who will form the backbone of our group of supporters when we need their help or expertise. Application forms together with their rates and benefits can be found in this website. The welcome kit includes a special edition T-shirt as show in the picture below. For further details, please email: corbettfoundation@yahoo.com or tcf1994@gmail.com. |
OVERSEAS STUDENTS’ VISIT TO CORBET |
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Villager demonstrating solar power fence to students from Singapore |
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We are pleased to welcome a group of Geography trainee teachers from Singapore who were here from 30 November to 3 December 2007. A total of 17 trainees and their lecturers were here to study various topics such as ecotourism, man-animal conflict, river ecology, etc. TCF staff such as Mr Gyan Sarin, Dr Harendra Singh, Mr Harish Bhandari were instrumental in facilitating their research during the stay.
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