RONO HILLS, 29 Sep: A 'nature education workshop' was organised by a team of scientists led by Dr Mittal Gala, project coordinator of Bird Count India, in collaboration with the zoology department and the Centre for Wildlife Research &Rehabilitation at Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) here recently.

The programme was aimed at training the UG, PG and PhD students of life sciences to survey and document using conventional as well as modern tools and technology currently available for study of biodiversity.

Zoology HoD Prof D Das stated that "such programme of nature education through citizen-science programme in Arunachal Pradesh is the need of the hour."

The programme began with a morning nature work to record the campus biodiversity. Later, during the technical session, the students were trained through lecture, quiz and other indoor exercises. After the indoor session, a total of 63 participants were led out into the field for hands-on-training session to use season watch, Merlin Bird ID, ebird account, early bird and nature on campus, besides journaling while surveying for biodiversity on the field.