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 »
Karbi Anglong, Assam, October 1, 2017: 19 families in New Ram Terang village had voluntarily shifted out of their homes so that the Kalaphar-Daigrung Elephant Corridor could be secured. Last month, they received patta documents for the settlement land. Read more »
WTI-Apollo Tyres Mangrove Conservation Project Celebrates World Environment Day with Schoolchildren
Kunhimangalam, Kerala, June 9, 2017: ‘Connecting People with Nature’ – the theme of this year’s World Environment Day celebrations – is exactly what Wildlife Trust of India and Apollo Tyres Ltd strive to do through the Kannur Kandal (Mangrove Conservation) project in Kerala. Read more »
H is for Hummingbird, S for Sunbird
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Kannur Kandal Project: Mangrove Awareness Camp Organised for Schoolchildren on World Wetlands Day
Kunhimangalam, Kerala, February 6, 2017: A one-day mangrove awareness camp was organised for schoolchildren on February 2, celebrated as World Wetlands Day to mark the signing of the Ramsar Convention on wetlands in 1971, at the WTI-Apollo Tyres Kannur Kandal (Mangrove Conservation) Project site in Kunhimangalam. Read more »
WTI and JTEF Conduct Improved Livestock Management Camp at New Ram Terang
New Ram Terang, Karbi Anglong, January 30, 2017: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) recently organised an awareness camp on improved livestock management practices for the villagers of New Ram Terang in the Karbi Anglong Hills of Assam. Read more »
Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, January 20, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) today announced that the Chilla-Motichur Elephant Corridor, a vital habitat linkage between the Chilla and Motichur Ranges of Rajaji Tiger Reserve, has now been declared free of human habitation. Read more »
How the villagers of Ram Terang gave a migratory corridor back to elephants Read more »
Wandering Tigers and Conservation Hacks
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Daring to Restore: Coral Reef Recovery in Mithapur
This Conservation Action Series report documents the Mithapur Coral Reef Recovery Project, launched in 2008 by WTI, Tata Chemicals Ltd and the Gujarat Forest Department. The project includes a first-of-its-kind transplantation of coral species (Acropora humilis) from Lakshwadeep to Mithapur, where they were locally extinct. Read more »
