dehradun the cases of diseases transmitting from wildlife to human has been happening all across the world uttarakhand witnessed fatal fever of scrub typhus in the garhwal which claimed nine lives in the garhwal region in last few years in wake of tackling with this emerging scenario a three weeks skill building course has been organized by zoological survey of london and university of edinburg alongwith wildlife institute of india at sariska tiger reserve on february 5 some 10 participants will come from spain uk belgium switzerland france nigeria rawanda south africa while other 10 participants will come from various parts of india director of wii vb mathur said it is for the first time that a course on wildlife health is being held this course is meant to enhance the capacity and skills of veterinary and wildlife doctors working in the protected forest area as the interface between human domestic animals and wildlife is increasing so it has become imperative to develop skills in health management covering all the aspects he said interventions are required to address humanwildlife conflict issues to carry out effective metapopulation management through translocation to reduce the risk from disease in reintroduction and translocation prograsm to carry out investibation in disease outbreaks in freeliving widllfie and to understand the role of disease in the decline of the species he further added that the training will also be provided in learning techniques for field monitoring of wildlife using range of techniques from animal tracks and sign survey to camera trapping and radio telemetry pk malik wii scientist who will participate in the course said most of emerging diseases such as influenza nipah virus tuberculosis anthrax mers ebola do not differentiate between men and animals it is the not that the wild animals are transmitting these diseases to human but humans are reaching out to the wild animals so closely that that the diseases are passing on to them those who eat meat of wild animals or live in proximity to them as pets or use them for recreation are greater risk of catching these diseases he said the reason he said sariska tiger reserve has been selected as venue for the course for being an excellent place for training in field techniques he said the course has been designed by zoological survey of london which is the oldest organization in the world for the wildlife conservation wii signed mou with zoological survey of london in 2014 to work in critical areas of conservation which is mutually beneficial we too are collaborating with them on captive management of asiatic lions in gir region of gujrat he said