AITE 2026 kicked off with the first Training of Trainers workshop for Central India & Eastern Ghats at @PenchMP. The workshop began with an overview of the upcoming exercise by DIG, NTCA, Dr. Vaibhav Mathur, followed by detailed account of field protocols and key insights from previous cycles shared by Nodal Officer Dr. Bilal Habib @wildwithwolves and Associate Nodal Officer Dr. Vishnupriya Kolipakam @V_kolipakam, Tiger Cell @wii_india. Senior researchers from Tiger Cell also delivered in-depth presentations on Phase I and Phase III protocols. The day was marked by enthusiasm, collaboration, and a renewed commitment among officers to ensure a robust and scientific estimation process.
#AITE6 #NTCA #Tigers #wildlife
It’s a Himalayan Lynx. One of the wild cat species found in India. A beautiful and rare creature. Found in Leh-Ladakh. Other found in this zone are Snow leopard and Pallas cat. Pic Wikipedia.
Now can you tell me what are the other creatures in video and what are they doing.
Orchis canariensis a beautiful orchid high up in the mountains on La Gomera. Had to wait for the clouds to disappear before we could venture up to see them
Glaciological field work at Satopanth Glacier, Sep 2022.
Done discharge measurement at the head of #Alaknanda River and installed pressure transducers.
#glaciology#himalaya#Uttarakhand
Here is a simple illustration to understand temperature anomalies between 1880 - 2021. As we are seeing extremes more often.
For more; https://t.co/MMtgFlCWmz
Flowering in Himalyan Gentian/Trayman in our #Ranikhet centre- a critically #endangered plant, native to #Himalayas, notable for intense blue colored #flowers; roots of this plant very important in #Ayurvedic preparations and widely used in liver ailments
Conserve #biodiversity
Lion's Mane/mountain priest #mushroom ...at our #cyptogamic_garden; named so because of long spines, similar to lion's mane; culinary and #medicinal use in India, china and Japan
Dehradun | When the world did not know about the education system, India had Nalanda University which worked to educate the entire world: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami at 15th & 16th Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress
Uttarakhand | In significant finding, research wing of Uttarakhand Forest department discovered rare carnivorous plant Utricularia Furcellata, in Mandal valley of Chamoli. This is 1st such recording in entire western Himalayan region said Chief Conservator of Forest (Research)
A carnivorous plant in the Himalayas! The Himalayas are an absolute treasure trove of biodiversity and I'm so glad @ukfrihaldwani is doing so much to uncover it.