Tag Archives: Maharashtra

WTI conducts capacity building training for frontline forest staff in Gadchiroli

Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, 27 February, 2020  : Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) recently conducted a training workshop for frontline forest staff in Sironcha, Gadchiroli. The staff were sensitized and trained with knowledge on wildlife management, principals of biodiversity, camera trapping, sign-surveys, animal tracking, conflict mitigation, human-wildlife co-existence and wildlife behavior. “Gadchiroli, a […] Read more »

A Better Way for a Sustainable Future

Gondia, 30 August 2019: The simplest of solutions can go a long way to add value to people’s lives and save the environment. A better method of collection of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) and value addition by turning it into a marketable product is expected to help communities co-exist with […] Read more »

Training Workshop on “Wildlife Investigation through Forensic Techniques” for NNTR and Buffer Zone Field Staff in Gondia.

Nagpur, June 19, 2019: A two-day training workshop on “Wildlife Investigation through Forensic Techniques” for NNTR and Buffer Zone field staff was held on 12 – 13th June 2019 in Gondia. From the last two years, there have been several wild animal/bird deaths under conditions not known, in the buffer […] Read more »

It Takes a Village

By Mahendra Bhojram Read more »

Two-day Training Programme for Nature Guides Held in Tipeshwar WLS

Maharashtra, March 29, 2018: Working in partnership with the Maharashtra Forest Department and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF), WTI recently organised a two-day training workshop for nature guides of Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary Read more »

Vidarbha Tiger Project Team Celebrates World Water Day with a Street Play Performed by Local Schoolchildren

Gondia, Maharashtra, March 24, 2018: In celebration of World Water Day on March 22, Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Vidarbha Tiger Project team organised a street play performance in Shenda village in the Nagzira-Navegaon Tiger Reserve (NNTR) Corridor. Read more »

WTI Holds Training Workshops for Frontline Staff, PRTs in Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Maharashtra, March 2, 2018: In partnership with the Maharashtra Forest Department and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF), WTI recently organised two training workshops to mitigate human-tiger conflict around Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary Read more »

Community-oriented Conservation in Focus as UNEP Team Visits WTI Project Site in Maharashtra

Gothangaon, Maharashtra, February 22, 2018: A team from UNEP, led by its Executive Director Erik Solheim and Country Head (India) Atul Bagai, accompanied WTI Executive Director & CEO Vivek Menon to Gothangaon, a village near Maharashtra’s Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday afternoon. Read more »

In the Lap of Humanity

By Anil K Nair and Mahendra Raut Read more »

Call of the Wild

By Nikhil Dandekar Read more »