Garo Green Spine Project stakeholders conduct Cleanliness Drive on World Soil Day
Garo, Meghalaya, 24 December 2020 Wildlife Trust of India with the support of HCL Foundation in collaboration with the Garo Student Union (GSU), Southern Zone celebrated World Soil Day on the 5th of December 2020. On this day, a cleanliness drive was held in a stretch of six kilometres inside […] Read more »
WTI-WLT Conducts Nature Guide Training in Daribokgre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, November 26th-28th, 2019: A three-day Nature Guide training for watchers appointed to monitor Village Reserve Forests (VRFs) in and around Nokrek National Park was conducted from 26th-28th November, 2019 under the Garo Green Spine Conservation Project. The project is run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and […] Read more »
WTI-WLT Conducts Free Medical Health Camp in Mandalgre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, May 30, 2019: WTI-WLT Conducts Free Medical Health Camp in Mandalgre, Garo Hills. A one-day Medical Health Camp was organised for residents of three villages in the Garo Hills at the community hall of Mandalgre village on May 30. The camp levied no charges for the villagers. […] Read more »
Gaj Yatra Rolls Out in Meghalaya
Led by partners Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Gaj Yatra is the biggest event ever planned around India’s National Heritage Animal – the Asian elephant. It will move through 12 elephant range States over the next few months, generating a groundswell of popular and policy support to help secure Right of Passage for elephants through 101 vital migratory corridors mapped across India. Read more »
WTI-WLT Conducts Free Medical Health Camp in Darichikgre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, Aug 2, 2017: A free, one-day Medical Health Camp was conducted at the community hall of Darichikgre village in the Garo Hills on July 27. The camp was implemented under the Garo Green Spine Project run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and World Land Trust (WLT). Read more »
GARO GREEN SPINE CONSERVATION PROJECT
This project's overarching aim is to connect the fragmented forest patches located between the West Garo Hills and Nokrek National Park, with a view to establishing an unbroken wilderness link with Balpakram National Park. This network of forest patches forms the backbone of the region’s biodiversity. Read more »
WTI-WLT Conducts Free Medical Health Camp at Mesimagre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, October 13, 2016: A free, one-day Medical Health Camp for residents of four villages in the Garo Hills was conducted at the community hall of Mesimagre village on October 6. Read more »
First-ever Skill Development Workshop on Settled Cultivation Held at Chandigre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, August 11, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and World Land Trust (WLT), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and with support from the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) and the Meghalaya Forest Department, organised a first-of-its-kind training workshop on settled cultivation […] Read more »
Free Medical Health Camp for Five Villages in Garo Green Spine
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, July 04, 2016: A free, one-day Medical Health Camp for residents of five villages in the Garo Hills was conducted at the Chandigre village community hall on June 25. Dr ST Sangma of the Asanang Primary Health Centre examines a young patient at the health camp The […] Read more »
Canopies and Corridors: Conserving the Forests of the Garo Hills
The Balpakram and Nokrek Protected Areas are the two ecological crown jewels of the Garo Hills. The two are connected tenuously by forested lands along the spine of the Garo Hills much of which is akhin owned, private community forests and jhummed land. This Conservation Reference Series report documents the […] Read more »
