Waterholes for Wildlife: How a Rapid Action Project Addressed a Hot Weather Crisis in Maharashtra
Muniya Conservation Reserve, Maharashtra, July 31, 2017: Between May and July this year, Wildlife Trust of India’s Wild Aid division initiated a Rapid Action Project (RAP) to address the scarcity of surface water repositories in Muniya Conservation Reserve. Read more »
Pangti, Nagaland, June 29, 2017: With Amur falcon roosting site lacking basic infrastructure, Wildlife Trust of India took up the mantle of constructing an eco-tourism guest house that could service the needs of visitors to the Doyand Reservoir area. Read more »
Tippi, Arunachal Pradesh, June 27, 2017: A Rapid Action Project (RAP) initiated by Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Wild Aid Division has helped mitigate Human-Elephant Conflict in the Tippi-Bhalukpong region of Arunachal Pradesh. Read more »
West Bengal, May 25, 2017: The Greater short-toed lark arrives in large flocks from Russia, China and Mongolia, and makes its home mainly in the crop fields of the Birbhum, Murshidabad and Bardhaman districts of West Bengal between September and April. WTI launched a Rapid Action Project to curtail the rampant poaching of larks reported across the three districts. Read more »
How Awareness Activities in Jaipur Aided Avian Conservation During the Festival of Makar Sankranti
Jaipur, Rajasthan, February 7, 2017: An increasing number of kites in the air during Makar Sankranti and a sharper than ever competitive edge in kite-fighting has turned areas in Rajasthan and Gujarat into killing fields for their bird populations. Read more »
RAP Addresses Human-Leopard Conflict and Fall in Leopard Numbers in Rajasthan’s Jaipur District
Jaipur, Rajasthan, January 30, 2017: Leopards occupy the highest trophic level in the forests of Rajasthan’s Jaipur district. The best stealth predators among India’s big cats, they are highly adaptable and particularly adept at living close to human habitations. Read more »
Ongoing RAP in the Sundarbans Enlists Help from Local Communities to Mitigate Human-Tiger Conflict
Sundarban National Park, West Bengal, January 18, 2017: In a bid to engage with local communities affected by human-tiger conflict in the Gurguria Bhubaneswari Gram Panchayat in Sundarban National Park, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), as part of a Rapid Action Project launched last November Read more »
WTI Partners with BVIEER, ONGC to Conduct Training for Conservation Guides and Naturalists
Khumbargaon, Maharasthra, August 3, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has partnered with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) and the Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environmental Education and Research (BVIEER), Pune, to conduct a skill development course for conservation guides and naturalists from Sultanpur National Park, Corbett Tiger Reserve, […] Read more »
Participant guides with officials from ONGC and WTI New Delhi, September 14, 2016: An event to felicitate ten conservation guides from Rajaji National Park, Sultanpur National Park and Corbett Tiger Reserve was organised at the New Delhi offices of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on September 12. The […] Read more »
Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, November 18, 2016: In a bid to educate and sensitise tourists to avoid interacting with and disturbing reptiles in a rivulet outside Dudhwa National Park, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), as part of a Rapid Action Project (RAP) conducted with support from Europaeische Tierschutzstiftung (ETS), Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department, and the Vivekanand Academy, Bhira Kheri, has arranged for the creation and installation of prominently displayed information boards in the area. Read more »
