Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 23 (HBTV): Experts from one of India's leading research-oriented biodiversity conservation organizations Aaranyak imparted GPS training to frontline forest officials from various divisions of the Assam Forest department as part of the ongoing Elephant Estimation 2024 exercise, according to the Assam Forest department.

Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite navigation system that is utilized to pinpoint the ground position of an object. 

As requested by the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Goalpara in Assam, Tezas Mariswamy, an expert team from Aaranyak imparted GPS training to forest officials of the division at the DFO office premises. 

Aaranyak’s senior official Arup Kumar Das imparted the training and presented block maps of the Elephant Estimation exercise to each of the forest personnel of the division as well as to elephant estimation experts from Assam Forest department of Guwahati. 

‘We have shown GIS-based block maps of different ranges of Goalpara Forest division. All the Forest Range Officers of Goalpara Forest Division attended the program. Approximately, 70 forest officials attended the training. GPS hands-on training was provided to about 15 staff of the Goalpara Forest division (T) with a practical session on uploading block boundaries in GPS,’ Aaranyak’s Arup Das said. 

Arup Das and another expert with Aaranyak Madhumita Borthakur imparted another GPS training program to forest officials of the Kamrup West Forest division of the state in response to the request made by Divisional Forest Officer Dimpi Bora. 

Apart from imparting the GPS training, the Aaranyak experts also prepared block maps which will be helpful for elephant population estimation.

Accordingly with an official request from NK Das, DFO of Tinsukia Wildlife division, to the secretary general and CEO of Aaranyak Dr Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, the organization's senior official Arup Kumar Das had assisted the forest division in preparing block maps and hands-on GPS training for the ongoing Elephant Estimation 2024. 

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