Wildlife Trust of India conducts workshop on Prevention of Illegal Wildlife Trade in Ladakh
Leh, December 5, 2019: The land of high mountain passes, rarefied air and cold desert has seen a huge inflow of tourists since 2010. With new sources of livelihood for the local residents here, the increased inflow of people also brought in new challenges for wildlife conservation and pollution to […] Read more »
11th Gujarat Whale Shark Day celebrated at Veraval, Gujarat
Veraval, Gujarat, November 27, 2019: After fifteen years of entering Gujarat to save the whale shark, Wildlife Trust of India along with Junagadh Wildlife Circle, Gujarat Forest Department, jointly organized 11th Gujarat Whale Shark Day at Veraval. The project is an exemplary marine conservation model of Government, corporate, NGO and […] Read more »
WTI Trains Frontline Forest Staff in Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli, 21 November 2019: Wildlife Trust of India along with Maharashtra Forest Department conducted a two-day training workshop for the frontline staff in Gadchiroli. The workshop was held at two locations for Round officers and Forest guards of six ranges; forty-seven staff attended the workshop on 13th and 14th November […] Read more »
He was recognised for making a positive change to the world’s wildlife New Delhi, 19th November 2019: Vivek Menon, ED and CEO, Wildlife Trust of India won the Excellence Award at the ninth edition of Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards, held at ITC Maurya, New Delhi on 19th November. Vivek Menon was felicitated for his exceptional contribution towards wildlife […] Read more »
WTI Celebrates Wildlife Week across India
WTI celebrated Wildlife Week from 2 to 8 October across key projects in India. Various activities that focused on the need to save India’s natural heritage were organised in collaboration with local organisations, forest departments, educational institutions and communities. Meghalaya This year marked the first ever Wildlife Week […] Read more »
Raipur, Chattisgarh, July 18, 2019 : Owing to increased instances of human-elephant conflict, the Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the 14th Steering Committee Meeting of the Project Elephant Division last year, had decided to hold four regional workshops on “Right of Passage to Elephants to mitigate […] Read more »
HAWK’s eye- Watching over poachers!
Trivandrum, Kerala : Poaching and trade of wildlife especially that commands high-price has always been a major challenge faced by conservation and enforcement agencies across the world. The network of wildlife crime is well organised and that makes it difficult to deal without proper intelligence gathering, operation planning, and prosecution of […] Read more »
Announcement of three Masters scholarships of INR 2 Lakhs each, in remembrance of Shri Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar Memorial Scholarships for Wildlife Law and Enforcement. Read more »
Sloth Bear Cub trapped in a snare, successfully rescued by WTI
WTI recently attended to a Sloth Bear Cub trapped in a snare in Swarnachuda Reserve Forest under Nilagiri Beat and Range under Balasore Division in Odisha. The issue was flagged by DFO, Balasore. WTI’s MVS-SBR team, along with Dr Piyush Soren, FVO immediately attended to the trapped bear cub. Read more »
Wildlife Crime Prevention Training conducted for Madhya Pradesh Forest Staff
Madhya Pradesh, April- June 2018: As part of the continuing efforts under its Van Rakshak Project to train, equip and boost the morale of frontline forest staff across the country, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department Read more »
