School teachers as stakeholders in wildlife conservation
Delhi, September 18, 2014: Exhorting educators to become stakeholders in conservation of India’s natural heritage, IFAW-WTI and the Environment Department, Government of Delhi, began a series of workshops for school teachers in the capital, today. Read more »
Critically Endangered Bengal Florican rescued and released in Assam
Kaziranga, August 21, 2014: The IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) tended to its first case of an injured Bengal florican recently, after the bird had been picked up by locals and taken for worshiping. Read more »
Forest Department officials to be trained in Kanpur
Kanpur, September 18 2014: The fifth session of Wildlife Trust of India's Van Rakshak Project's wildlife conservation and management training will take place in the Forestry Training Institute in Kanpur from September 18-28, 2014. Read more »
Staff of Tiger Reserve trained and equipped on wildlife crime prevention
Nagzira-Nawegaon (Maharashtra), August 22, 2014: The International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) recently initiated the wildlife crime prevention training for frontline staff of the Nagzira-Nawegaon Tiger Reserve. Read more »
Rescuing and rehabilitating endangered greater one-horned rhinos in Assam
Assam, September 22, 2014: This World Rhino Day we take you behind the scenes on the rhino rescue and rehabilitation programme being run by IFAW-WTI in Assam, with five rhinos already rehabilitated and three ready to return to the wild next year. Read more »
Creating human-elephant harmony in Garo Hills
Meghalya, August 24, 2014: WTI with support of the people and Nokma’s of Siju, Rewak and Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) have notified the elephant corridor area of Siju-Rewak elephant corridor into Village Reserve Forest (VRF). Read more »
Tharu women undergo training to adopt green livelihoods
Naurangia, Sept 28, 2014: For the first time in their lives, 26 Tharu tribal women living in remote villages in the sylvan settings of Doan Valley in north Bihar learnt about the potential of earning a decent livelihood using their traditional skill Read more »
Weaving stories and spinning yarns to bring back Manas
Rowmari, Assam, 29 September 2014: The IFAW-WTI initiatives to provide green livelihoods to communities under the Greater Manas Conservation Project went a step further with a three week long training workshop in weaving techniques Read more »
Another orphan male elephant calf admitted to CWRC
Kaziranga, October 3, 2014: The tempo of rescuing elephant calves seems unabated with the arrival of yet another male calf at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC). Read more »
Livestock health check up and treatment camp in Uttar Pradesh
Dudhwa, Sept 22, 2014: As a part of a healthcare drive for wild and domestic animals, WTI’s project team in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and Aircel conducted a livestock health check-up. Read more »
