WTI’s Sarus Crane Conservation Project Implementer Awarded ‘Prakriti Ratna’
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, February 24, 2018: A feather in the cap of Wildlife Trust of India’s Sarus Crane Conservation Project team in eastern Uttar Pradesh as Arshad Hussain, Assistant Manager and point person for the project's on-ground operations ‘was awarded the ‘Prakriti Ratna’. Read more »
The Sarus Crane is the world’s tallest flying bird, India’s only resident breeding crane and the official State Bird of Uttar Pradesh (UP). Since 2013, the Sarus Crane Conservation Project, run across 10 districts of eastern UP by Wildlife Trust of India in collaboration with Tata Trusts and the UP […] Read more »
Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, February 12, 2018: ‘Where the Sarus Sings’, a documentary on sarus crane conservation initiatives effected in eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) by Wildlife Trust of India was released by the Chief Minister of UP Shri Yogi Adityanath Read more »
From Panbari to Nichlaul to Kunhimangalam, WTI Celebrates World Wetlands Day with Students
February 5, 2018: WTI celebrated World Wetlands Day, held on February 2 to mark the signing of the Ramsar Convention on wetlands in 1971, with school and college students across a number Read more »
Farmers Felicitated for Sarus Crane Conservation in Eastern UP
Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh, December 29, 2017: In order to acknowledge the stellar efforts of local farmers for sarus crane conservation in eastern Uttar Pradesh, a felicitation event was organised in Nichlaul Forest Range Campus, Maharajganj Forest Division. Read more »
Sarus Cranes Suffer in Floods in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh, September 18, 2017: Monsoon floods in eastern Uttar Pradesh last month have not only affected the human population but also the sarus crane, which is the state bird. The sarus’ nesting season coincides with the monsoon and the floods have destroyed most of the nests in the wetlands and rice paddies. Read more »
SARUS CRANE CONSERVATION PROJECT
That the sarus crane is able to dance for joy in the agricultural flatlands of eastern Uttar Pradesh is thanks in no small measure to the Sarus Crane Conservation Project, run across 10 districts of the state by WTI in collaboration with Tata Trusts and with support from the UP Forest Department. Read more »
Crane Constituencies: Important Sarus Wetland Sites in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
This Conservation Reference Series report documents important wetland sites in the agriculture dominated landscape of Eastern Uttar Pradesh wherein the sarus crane, India’s only resident breeding crane, has been found. Read more »
