Three-day refresher training on use of WebGIS portal and mobile application on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) map exercise under the Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP) concluded Friday at Forest Office Complex, Kohima.
A press release by the department stated that addressing the participants on the first day of the training, DFO and DMU head, Kohima Rajkumar M said that every individual has to update themselves with the ever changing and progressing technology.
He also requested the trainers to make the training simple and elaborate as the main purpose of the training was to make the trainees understand and grasp the concept.
Resource persons for the training, GIS experts, Anurag Verma and Dr. Limasanen Imsong described about the WebGIS application and the changes incorporated to the mobile application.
The second day of the training was conducted at Zhadima Village under Chiephobozou Range where all the participants under the supervision of the resource persons entered data in to the mobile application.
PRA map exercise was also conducted where Anurag Verma explained the importance of the exercise for selection of different treatment areas under NFMP project.
On the third day of the training, the uploaded data gathered from the field on the second day using mobile application were reviewed and discussed. The participants also gave feedbacks and suggestions on further improvement of the mobile application.
The department informed that WebGIS portal was used for evaluation and monitoring of activities under NFMP project while mobile application was used for field data collection along with PRA map exercise.
Participants from Kohima, Phek, Wokha and Kiphire divisions along with field management unit heads and staffs and FNGOs under NFMP took part during the three days training.