“We are not the owner of the earth – we are part of it. We should share it with wildlife.”
This is the famous example, conservationist Steve Irvin – and Shika Srikanth is the inspiration for his path.
Assam resident flame is a wildlife and security worker. Since 2002, he has been active in conservation and has worked on the ground in collaboration with the community forests with the protected regions of India.
This experience has given him the opportunity to understand deep relationships between nature and the local community.
Learn with women in Orissa during the design phase of the GEF -Backed Project.
Shrikanth in May 2021, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) – In India, UN Swamsevak started working as a biodiversity program officer.
He is now working on projects supported by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), which leads to India’s 30×30 biodiversity target and the Cunming-Matriarial Global Biological Structure.
Learning tasks connects science, principles and communities – so that those environmental processes can be protected on which people depend on people’s livelihoods. The flame also ensures that ground experience and tribal knowledge will be in the policy.
Prior to joining UNDP, the project coordinator of the northeast India Bi-Cultural Protection Initiative was the project coordinator of the flame Dusty Foot Foundation. In this initiative, he found that how the local community protects the tradition of the local community by adopting science and science.
He used this experience, in a region where both life and culture are deeply involved with nature.
As a UN volunteer, flame is also playing the role of a person in the issue of gender equality – it ensures that women have equal participation in environmental protection decisions.
He said “Communication and inclusion – this is my biggest education. Save is a mission that is driven with emotions and self -self -indulgers it it is actually a service of nature” “
Flame, when supporting women in Rajasthan.
“We believe that youth is a powerful carrier of change,” said UNDP, a top doctor in India’s natural resource management.
Volunteers, such as the flame, are making progress in the ground level protection and sustainable development. He is from India’s bi-culturally rich northeastern region-which is included in the worldwide biodiversity hotspot. “
Sustainable development goals such as Rounds (SDG 15) and Goals (SDG 17) are contributing to the sustainable development goals for the sustainable development goals for climate action (SDG 13), Marine Life (SDG 14), Life (SDG 15).
He believes, “Volunteer is a beautiful example of serving society with loyalty to the good and balance of society.”
Shika with school students in Manipur while conservation of biodiversity.
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