Update on Save the Pangolin Campaign - August 2009

SEMINAR ON CHINESE PANGOLIN BY

FOREST DEPARTMENT, DARJEELING

Thanks to the support of all participants in Riverdale's "Save the Pangolin" Campaign in Pokhriabong over the last two years, the Forest Department in darjeeling is holding its first ever seminar for its officials at Manibhanjeyang on 03 August 2009. The aim of the seminar is to educate the forest department officials about the Chinese Pangolin and its endangered status. Hopefully this will be the harbinger of positive change and affirmative action towards the conservation of the Pangolin and its habitat in the Darjeeling hills.

As posted earlier, this year's annual run and awareness campaign will aim at distributing CFLs to homes in Pokhriabong. In addition to energy conservation through replacement of conventional incandescent bulbs with CFLs, the drive is to motivate locals to participate in Pangolin conservation and assist by providing timely information on captured animals. We have begun to receive enthusiatic support for this campaign. We thank you and hope to have more of you joining hands with us.