Coimbatore: Forest development agencies launch a number of initiatives to raise funds for elephant conservation activities and create awareness about the same thing among young people.
Funds, he said, will be used to protect and preserve elephants and provide livelihoods of people living in villages along the forest fringes.
Friday, the agency that the Coimbatore Forest Division was formed last year, released a collection of t-shirts with elephant conservation themes.
Forest Minister K Ramachandran launched a T-shirt that came in nine molds.
They use illustrations or images of Asian or African elephants with messages related to saving wildlife or elephants.
T-shirts will be sold in tourism tail places such as the elephant interpretation center that will come in Mettupalayam, monkeys are near the pollachi and kovai courtallam, etc.
I am anwardeen, the head of the forest, coimbatore, and limbs, said T-shirts will be sold by villagers along the edge of the forest.
“T-shirts were given prices at Rs 600.
They were produced by classic polo, a garment manufacturer based in Tirupur.” The agency was formed to make the Ministry of Forestry and the people living along the edge of the forest working together and supported each other.
It has the main conservator forest as president and district forest officers as his secretary.
Other members include President Panchayat in villages along the edge of the forest.
Funds are needed for in-situ conservation initiatives, anti-hunting and rescue in the forest and provide some livelihoods to villagers along the edge of the forest.
Trying to mimic the tiger backup model, where eco-tourism is promoted and the results of the same use to save tigers, agencies are planning several initiatives to raise funds.
“As soon as the pandemic is over, we plan to support a different community to come up with various products that can be sold with an elephant symbol on them.
Once we have more products like that, we will establish souvenir shops,” Anwardeen said.
The District Forest Officer Venkatesh Durairaj said they also had a plan to approach large companies to support the conservation of wildlife and elephants because they were a good source of funds and recognition.