Emergency Relief Network: Building Local Capacity through Regional Workshops
Noida, 27 February 2020: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and its partner IFAW recently conducted three regional workshops with local NGOs to build capacity on disaster management for animals. The Society for Protecting Ophiofauna & Animal Rights (SPOAR) in Jalpaiguri West Bengal, Animal Warriors Conservation Society (AWCS) in Bapatla, Andhra […] Read more »
Installation of solar streetlights in a remote village in Sundarbans landscape, West Bengal
Sundarbans, June 22, 2019: The Sundarbans delta, situated in the state of West Bengal in eastern India comprises a vast landscape of numerous islands amidst a network of rivulets and streams and estuaries, branching out from the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers. The Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is […] Read more »
Learning and Sharing for Tigers of the Sundarban Delta: A Transboundary Initiative
West Bengal, 20th June 2019: A three-day programme was organised in the Sundarban of West Bengal, by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and its partners in West Bengal and Bangladesh, the Lokmata Rani Rashmoni Mission and WildTeam, respectively. Under the programme, six personnel working with WildTeam Bangladesh visited the Indian […] Read more »
In a bid to engage relevant authorities and seek their support to mitigate Human-Elephant conflict in the Dooars region, Society for Protecting Ophiofauna and Animal Rights (SPOAR) our Green Corridor Champion organised a series of liaison meetings with forest officials, local administration and other relevant stakeholders from 11th -16th November 2018. Read more »
‘Faith in Conservation’ finds ground in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
Wildlife Trust of India and SPOAR (Society for Protecting Ophiofauna & Animal Rights) came together to save a small yet significant population of turtles identified as Indian Roofed Turtle (Pangshura tecta), a Schedule-I species under the WPA (1972) at Lotadevi Temple pond in Jalpaiguri. Read more »
