CBD CoP 11 : Securing wildlife corridors as an avenue to halt the loss of biodiversity
Asian elephants Hyderabad, October 17, 2012: The Project Elephant in collaboration with the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) today organised an event to showcase the significance of wildlife corridors to halt biodiversity loss. Forests and wildlife face immense threats due to unregulated developmental activities […] Read more »
Animal Action Education in Assam
Guwahati, October 16, 2012: A four-day Animal Action Education awareness programme for school children was held at the Regional Science Centre – Guwahati on October 4-7. Read more »
CBD CoP : IFAW WTI advocates empathy for animals to achieve the convention’s targets
Hyderabad, October 12, 2012: Advocating welfare of individual animals as a necessity for conservation, the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) stressed on the need for empathy for all life forms. Read more »
CBD CoP 11 begins – 193 countries in India’s cyber city to discuss biodiversity conservation
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), October 8, 2012: Delegates from 193 member countries began discussions on biodiversity conservation in Hyderabad today with the launch of the eleventh Conference of Parties of the Convention for Biological Diversity. Read more »
Animal Action Education for students during Wildlife Week
New Delhi, October 6, 2012: Thousands of schools across the country, including 200 in Guwahati, will be participating in the world’s biggest animal - centric educational programme – the International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Action Education. Read more »
Water level rising again in Kaziranga, wildlife rescue teams on high alert
Kaziranga National Park (Assam), September 24, 2012: Wildlife rescue team of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) are on high alert anticipating a second wave of flood in Kaziranga National Park after incessant rains. Read more »
Support provided to people injured in conflict with elephant
Kokilabari (Greater Manas, Bodoland), September 18, 2012: Three people undergoing treatment for injuries incurred during a human-elephant conflict case in the fringes of Manas National Park were provided monetary support by the IFAW. Read more »
Securing the Kalapahar Daigurung elephant corridor
Silonijan (Karbi Anglong), September 13, 2012: One-fifth of the population of Asian elephants in India lives in Assam.The Kaziranga - Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve in Central Assam is one of the state’s five elephant reserves. Read more »
Against All Odds: Conservation during crisis
Manas (Assam), September 11, 2012: This August, a devastating flood made way for devastating bloodshed as ethnic communal riots broke out across Assam. Read more »
Protecting tigers in Central India
Nagzira-Nawegaon (Maharashtra), September 10, 2012: India is home to 60% of the global tiger population with just 25% of the global tiger habitat. The Central Indian Tiger Landscape covers 35% of the forest areas of the states of Maharashtra, Madhy Read more »
