Expert Consultation Workshop on Wetland
12 Dec 2023

Date: 12 to 13th December 2023

A two-day workshop on 'Integrated Management Planning Strategy for Wetlands in Bihar', was organized by the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) from 12 to 13 December 2023 in Patna, Bihar. This event was a collaborative effort between the Climate Change and Wetland wing of the Department of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Government of Bihar, and GIZ.

Sri N. Jawahar Babu (IFS), Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Environment, Climate Change & Wetland, Govt. of Bihar, Sri Surendra Singh (IFS), CCF, Member Secretary, Bihar State Wetland Authority, Sri Ashutosh (IFS), Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (HOFF), Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and DFO Samastipur were present on the occasion. Some other organizations like BSWA, SEEDS, ADRI also participated in the workshop. All the team members also visited DEBKHAL CHAUR (wetland) Samastipur.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Gupta and Ms. Pooja Kumar from CSEC-ADRI Patna participated in the workshop and gave their expert views during the panel discussion on wetlands.