The Daily Telegrams / Sept. 22, 2004
50th Wildlife Week Celebration; elaborate progs. drawn up

Port Blair, Sept. 21

Together with the rest of the country the Wildlife Week will be
celebrated from October 2 to 8th to rededicate ourselves towards
conservation of our rich floral and faunal wealth, In this connection, the
wildlife wing of the department of Environment and Forest, A&N Islands has
drawn up elaborate programmes to celebrate the 50th wildlife week, 2004 in
these islands in a befitting manner.

Accordingly, a rally for the cause of wildlife conservaion will be
organized on Oct. 3, 2004 at 6.30 am from Van Sadan to Netaji Stadium. An
interschool quiz competition will be held on Oct 4, 2004 at Van Sadan
Conference hall. While, a debate competition for both school and college
students will be organized on Oct 5, 2004 at 1000 hrs at the same venue on
the topics 'Are wildlife to be conserved? and 'do we need zoological
gardens?' for school and college students respectively.

An interschool monoact/skit competition on theme related to pressing
environmental issues will be organized on Oct 6,2004 at 5.30 pm at mini Zoo
Auditorium. An essay competition will be held at Mini Zoo on Oct 6, 2004
between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm on the topics 'need for wildlife conservation
and need for environmental conservation' for school students of junior and
senior category respectively.

Painting competition for school students of Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior
category will be conducted by the respective schools, Poster and Photo
competition will be organized and will be open to all. The theme for poster
competition include 'Tropical rain forest of Andamans, and underwater marine
world of A&N Islands.' The theme for Photo competition include 'Wildlife
tourism destination in Andaman, and wildlife of A&N Islands.' The size of
the Poster should be 28"/22" and the Photograph should be 10"x12". The name,
address and contact number of the participant should be written at the
reverse side of the entry. The photograph should be sent alongwith the
negatives. Each participant can send a maximum of two entries on each theme.
The last date of submission of entry for both Photo and Poster competition
will be Oct 5, 2004.

In addition to these bird watching / nature camp for college students
will be organised on Oct 5, 2004 with the objective to provide exposure to
the students about the flora and fauna of our islands, the principles,
concepts, policies and law related to wildlife management, a communication
from the DCF, WD-1 said here.


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