Organising Study Tour of Senior Officials of Government of West Bengal to Gain First-Hand Field-Based Experience of Comparable Wetlands Conservation Practices in South-East Asian Countries
An international study tour that took senior West Bengal officials into the field to learn from comparable wetland conservation practices across South-East Asia — bringing lessons home to inform local policy.
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Year
2007-2008
Geography
South-East Asia (comparative field study)
Sponsor
University of Essex, UK
SDG alignment
SDG 14, SDG 17
Project Investigator / Team
Project Investigators: Prof. Mohit Bhattacharya — Former Vice Chancellor, Burdwan University; and Dr. Stuart W. Bunting, University of Stirling, UK
Objectives
To organise a study tour of senior officials of the Government of West Bengal to gain first-hand, field-based experience of comparable wetlands conservation practices in South-East Asian countries.
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