Ramesh Pandey
Ramesh K. Pandey is a member of Indian Forest Service1, 1996 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre. He did his masters in Botany with specialisation in Forest Ecology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Science (Environmental Pollution and Management). He is also accompanished with AIGNFA Honours Diploma, equivalent to M.Sc. Forestry from Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy2, Dehradun. He had actively been involved in protection, conservation and management of wildlife and natural resource management for more than 10 years including his stint in Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (2005–2008), a Project Tiger3 area under Dudhwa Tiger Reserve4 (Uttar Pradesh). He has won WWF-PATA 5 award in 2001 for his outstanding contribution in tiger and wildlife conservation. He has been working on field monitoring of wild animals including big cats. His works on enforcement and organised wildlife crime particularly on Bawarias poachers and other wandering gangs has been instrumental in revival of tiger population in Katerniaghat and other part of Terai in Uttar Pradesh.Presently he is on deputation to GoI and working as Regional Deputy Director (Northern Region),Wildlife Crime Control Bureau,New Delhi 6 (WCCB). He is also involved in implementation of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora)7 in the Northern Region of the country and works as Assistant Management Authority (AMA), CITES-India 8.
Achievements:
1. Gold Medal for achieving 1st position in Purvanchal University in M.Sc. final examination in 1992. ( Honoured by Governor of Uttar Pradesh )
2. Ten Awards and prizes in IFS 9 Profession Course (1996–99) with Honours AIGNFA Diploma 10
a. Govt. of India Prizes: ( Honoured by Vice President of India )
i. All round outstanding performance award- a GOLD MEDAL for being Topper of the Batch.
ii. Best all round forester award- a SILVER MEDAL after for best all round performance.
iii. Topper in ‘core forestry’ subject prize- after securing highest marks in main forestry related subjects.
iv. P. Srinivas memorial prize- after achieving highest marks in subjects "Forest Protection and Forest Law".
b. Donor’s Prizes: ( Honoured by Vice President of India )
i. Hill Memorial prize- after achieving highest marks in subject Silviculture.
ii. D.C. Agrawal prize- for best performance in the subject Soil Conservation and Range Management.
iii. E.P.Gee prize- best performance in Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation subject.
iv. Senior Foresters Award for Best Field Forester- a Gold Medal for the best performance in the field during "on the job training".
v. K.P. Sagreiya- Shreshtha Vanik Puraskar for Best Overall Performance.
vi. Dr. Barin Ganguli Award for Academic Excellence- for being topper of the batch, cash prize of Rs. Twenty Five Thousand and Certificate.
3. State Level Award for best performance in “Forest Protection and Operation Green Year 2001” by Department of Forests, Government of U.P. (Honoured by Governor of U.P.)
4. Award and commendation certificate for outstanding performance in forestry and wildlife conservation on World Forestry Day-2002 by Department of Forests, Government of U.P.
5. WWF-PATA 11 Tiger conservation award-2001 for outstanding performance in Tiger and wildlife conservation. ( Honoured by Sri Jagmohan, Minister of Tourism, Government of India and Sri N.D. Tiwari, Hon. Chief Minister of Uttaranchal on 29.9.02 in Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi)
6. Clark R Bavin for wildlife law enforcement Award-201012 (received the award for WCCB in CITES CoP-15 at Doha on March 15, 2010)
Publications:
1. A research paper entitled “Effect of Petro-Chemical effluents on Algal composition in Lentic ecosystem” published in PAS (Purvanchal Academy of Sciences) Volume, 5, 1996.
2. An article entitled “Baruabagh blueprint: The socio-political dynamics of PRA” published in Wastelands News (2000).
3. An article on ‘Participatory Rural Appraisal’ published in the magazine Yojna 13 (Hindi) in the year 2000.
4. An article ‘Protecting forgotten Tigers’ published in Sanctuary Asia14 June-2004.
5. A research paper entitled “Kashi vanya jeev prabhag evam ausadhiya padap prajatiyan”:Ramesh Pandey, published in Vijnana Parishad Anusandhan Patrika, Vol.48, No. 1, January 2005.
6. Impact of grazing on Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus in Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary, India: Orus Ilyas, R.K.Pandey, Jamal A. Khan & Junaid N. Shah. pp. 160–167 in: Fuller, R.A. & Browne, S.J. (Eds) 2005. Galliformes 2004. Proceedings of the 3rd International Galliformes Symposium. World Pheasant Association 15, Fordingbridge, U.K.
7. A research paper entitled ‘Ethnomedicinal investigations among Tribes of Vindhyan-Kaimur region of Uttar Pradesh’: Ramesh Pandey et al., published in Environmental Conservation Journal 9 (1&2) 41-44, 2008.
8. A research paper entitled ‘Forest types of Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary-A biogeographic classification’: Ramesh Pandey et al., published in Environmental Conservation Journal 9 (3) 83-85, 2008.
9. A research paper entitled ‘Phytodiversity of Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary’: Ramesh Pandey et al., Environment Conservation Journal 10(1&2) 77-79, 2009.
10. Wildlife Surveillance Technique for monitoring Tiger and Leopard population in Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (Dudhwa Tiger Reserve), U.P., India: Ramesh K Pandey and Ganesh S Bhat; 2009, (Accepted in Environmental Conservation Journal 16, India, under publication)
11. Involvement of Bawaria Communities in organized wildlife crime with special reference to poaching of tigers and leopards: Ramesh K Pandey, Indian Journal of Criminology and Criminalistics 17, Vol. [...] No.1, January–April, 2009 .
Field Experience:
More than 10 years field experience in the area of conservation, protection and management of wildlife and natural resource management including almost 5 years working experience in Tiger landscape (Pilibhit-Dudhwa-Katerniaghat). Besides this he has been working on various aspect of wildlife crimes, illegal trade of wildlife derivatives, legal issues, trans-boundary coordination, capacity building of [...] edge level staff in combating wildlife offences etc. He has been working on problems relating to organized wildlife crimes by Bawaria poachers in Northern India 18.
His effort in reviving and restoring the Katerniaghat and drawing attention on forgotten tigers of Pilibhit are some of the significant works in the field of tiger conservation. The success story of Katerniaghat got voice in Rajya Sabha during call attention motion on tiger conservation crisis in India. He also worked extensively on Gharial conservation in river Girwa particularly in fascilitating natural breeding of Gharials from 5 nests in 2005 to 27 nest 2009. From July' 2008 he is working on issues related to organised wildlife crime and trans-national illegal trade of wildlife derivatives, regional co-operation and co-ordination, capacity building of enforcement agencies and implementation of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES)in the country.
Other Links:
JungleCraft
Indiatoday.in 19
Gharial Conservation Alliance 20
WWF Newsletter 21
International Reptile Conservation Foundation 22
Crocodopolis 23
IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 24
Wildlife Trust of India 25
National Geographic News 26
Indian Express The wall of fame-2007 27
Clark R Bavin Award-2010 28
Interpol-Environmental Crime/Wildife-News Letter 29
Project Tiger-Security Plan 30
References:
http://www.ssn.org/aboutus_awards_2010_EN.htm
http://news.nationalgeographic.co.in/news/2008/12/081203-leopard-poaching.html
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4641744.cms
http://travelandtourism.mathrubhumi.com/english/news.php?id=30576
http://www.savetheelephants.org/news-reader/items/elephant-poaching-on-the-rise-ivory-seized-40india41.html
http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/06/02/authorities-stress-on-need-for-cross-border-cooperation-to-fight-wildlife-trade/
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/enviornment/tiger-poacher-nabbed-in-haryana_100276221.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Earth/Illegal-pet-trade-thrives-/articleshow/4691680.cms
http://www.interpol.int/Public/EnvironmentalCrime/Wildlife/WorkingGroup/Newsletter57.pdf
http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?605994
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Independent-team-during-post-mortems-of-tiger-deaths/Article1-404997.aspx
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife/wildlife-trade/wildlife-crime-bureau
http://www.hindu.com/holnus/002200905291012.htm
http://www.hindu.com/holnus/008200810091631.htm
http://www.wti.org.in/current-news/100209_court_denies_bail_to_interstate_wildlife_trade_gang_members.html
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/court-denies-bail-to-man-held-for-selling-endangered-turtles/382430/ http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2010/10/3718 http://www.wildlifetrustofindia.org/current-news/110408_Woman_sentenced_to_five_years_imprisonment_for_trade_in_tiger_parts.html