Tag Archives: Awareness for Conservation

Inviting Ideas to Save Elephants in India

Throughout India, the elephants are running out of space and time. The spread of human settlements, plantations, farming, mining and railways is squeezing elephant populations into decreasing pockets of forest. Those that survive are forced into areas of human activity, if not just to pass between forest patches, then directly to feed on crops. The once harmonious relationships between elephants and people are breaking down, and both are getting killed all too frequently when conflict becomes extreme. We need Solutions to save the elephants and people. Read more »

IFAW-WTI Organises Wall Painting Event and Conservation Awareness Workshop for Students near Manas

Howly, Assam, March 24, 2018: Working in collaboration with the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), IFAW-WTI organised a wildlife conservation and biodiversity-themed workshop and wall painting programme in the town of Howly in Assam’s Barpeta district yesterday. About 250 students from DIET as well as ten schools across […] Read more »

‘Nukkad Natak’ Headlines WTI’s Celebration of the International Day of Forests at Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve

Mainpur, Chhattisgarh, March 23, 2018: In celebration of the International Day of Forests on March 21 – mandated by the United Nations as a day to raise awareness about the importance of all types of woodlands and trees, and celebrate the ways in which they sustain and protect us – […] Read more »

Finals of the Markhor Cricket Tournament Held in Baramulla, J&K

Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir, March 11, 2018: Working in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Protection (J&K), Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) organised the finals of the ‘Markhor Cricket Tournament’ on March 10. Read more »

CWRC Celebrates World Wildlife Day with Awareness Programme for Schoolchildren

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, March 3, 2018: In celebration of the UN mandated World Wildlife Day, the field team at CWRC organised an awareness programme for students of the nearby Panbari Model Village earlier today. Read more »

CWRC and Kaziranga Forest Authority Conduct Wildlife Crisis Management Orientation for SSB Personnel

WRC, Kaziranga National Park, February 21, 2018: An orientation session on wildlife rescue and rehabilitation was organised for personnel from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) on February 17. Read more »

Elephants Take Centrestage as Noida’s Shriram Millennium School Dedicates Annual Sports Events to WTI’s Gaj Yatra and Right of Passage Initiatives

Noida, NCR, February 18, 2018: The Shriram Millennium School’s commitment to the environment shone through as its annual sports events were dedicated to the cause of protecting the elephant, India’s National Heritage Animal. Read more »

WTI, Chhattisgarh Forest Department Launch 2018 Wild Buffalo Calendar under Ongoing Natural Heritage Campaign

Raipur, Chhattisgarh, January 8, 2018: Wild buffalo themed wall and table calendars for 2018, produced by WTI as part of an ongoing awareness campaign, were formally launched by the Hon’ble Forest Minister of Chhattisgarh Mr Mahesh Gagda. Read more »

Whale Shark Awareness Campaign Makes Waves at Cochin Carnival

Cochin, January 1, 2018: As the 40-foot inflatable whale shark traversed the two-kilometre stretch from Veli Ground to Parade Ground in Fort Kochi, it provoked a palpable a sense of awe and wonder among the nearly two lakh people who had gathered. Read more »

WTI, J&K Department of Wildlife Protection Mark the New Year with a ‘Markhor Cricket Tournament’

Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir, January 4, 2018: Working in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Protection (J&K), Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) marked the New Year with a first-of-its-kind event in Jammu & Kashmir: a ‘Markhor Cricket Tournament’ Read more »