Chhattisgarh’s State animal on a special postal cover
Raipur, 8 October 2019: The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Shri Bhupesh Baghel released a special cover on the Wild Buffalo, the state animal at the CM Office today. The commemoration of the state animal is a key milestone for the ongoing campaign conducted by Wildlife Trust of India along with […] Read more »
Baghon ki Kahani, Munna ki Zubani
Bhopal, 1 October 2019 : Munna the iconic tiger from Kanha reached young children through an illustrated book released at Van Vihar today. This handy little edition is full of coloured photos of tigers in their natural environment and caricature illustrations and is produced by the Madhya Pradesh Tiger Foundation […] Read more »
26th September 2019, Keonjhar, Odisha : Earlier in July, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) signed a Letter of Agreement with the Keonjhar Forest Division, Odisha to establish and operate a Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit in Keonjhar, to attend to wildlife emergencies originating from the region. After establishing a successful model […] Read more »
Environment and Nature Quiz by Kannur Kandal Project
Calicut, 17 September 2019: Wildlife Trust of India organised a quiz contest at Farook College, Calicut on 17th September 2019. The contest was a part of the Kannur Kandal project, focussing on the conservation of mangroves. The Kannur Kandal Project – ‘Kandal’ being the Malayalam word for mangroves – aims […] Read more »
When Assam Floods displace animals, humans step in to help
Kaziranga, August 23, 2019: Almost a month after the flood waters submerged 95 percent of Kaziranga National Park, the wildlife rescue centre we run near this UNESCO World Heritage Site has five new resident rhino calves. Rescued under various situations from swirling floodwaters or separated from their mothers, the rhino […] Read more »
Vivek Menon wins the prestigious Clark R. Bavin award for excellence in combatting wildlife crime
21 August 2019, Geneva Vivek Menon, founder, trustee, executive director and CEO of Wildlife Trust of India, wins the Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award, 2019 for a decades-long career training more than 20,000 wildlife enforcement officers in more than 50 countries; documenting, prioritizing and securing elephant corridors in […] Read more »
International Mangrove Day Celebration in Kerala
Trivandrum, Kerala, July 29, 2019: The UNESCO mandated ‘International Day for the conservation of the mangrove ecosystems’ is celebrated every year on 26July 26. This year International Mangrove Day is indeed a milestone for mangrove conservation in Kerala since the Forest Minister of the state proposed to create a mangrove cell […] Read more »
Alternative Livelihood Training on Pisciculture at USTR
Udantai Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, Chattisgarh, July 12, 2019 : The state of Chhattisgarh accounts for more than 42% of the forest cover in our country. However, it is being highly threatened by habitat degradation from a variety of anthropogenic pressures. Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve (USTR) has rich forest cover and […] Read more »
Collaboration for Conservation
Thimpu, Bhutan , July 15, 2019 : The benefits of having trained and equipped staff on the ground were seen when an Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) whose head was stuck in a kettle was rescued from a monastery in Bhutan last month. Yet another black bear was rescued from […] Read more »
Installation of solar streetlights in a remote village in Sundarbans landscape, West Bengal
Sundarbans, June 22, 2019: The Sundarbans delta, situated in the state of West Bengal in eastern India comprises a vast landscape of numerous islands amidst a network of rivulets and streams and estuaries, branching out from the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers. The Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is […] Read more »
