WTI supports an anti-grazing patrolling initiative in Jammu & Kashmir
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In the overarching landscape of Kazinag National Park, Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary and Tattakutti Wildlife Sanctuary resides the world’s largest mountain goat, Kashmir or Pir Panjal Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis), a Near Threatened species and Schedule -1 species under Wildlife (Protection) Act (1972) and Jammu and Kashmir WPA (2002a).
Global Tiger Day celebrated with students at Delhi’s National Zoological Park
Founded in 2010, at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit, Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July. The celebration commemorates the day when an ambitious and visionary species conservation goal, TX2 was set by the governments of the 13 tiger range countries: to double the number of wild tigers by 2022.
A rapid response to wildlife emergencies – The Rapid Response Team (RRT)
The shrinking habitats of wild animals due to escalating human population result in unsolicited and inevitable encounters between humans and wild animals in and around forests, leading to human-wildlife conflict. Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Rapid Response Team (RRT) was established to provide an expert emergency response to such conflict situations and address human big-cat conflict proximally.
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.
Statement in response to the article in The Wire, titled ‘Are Conservation Organisations Complicit in Ethnic Discrimination’.
This has reference to a report dated 13-11-2017 in the online news publication The Wire, titled 'Are Conservation Organisations Complicit in Ethnic Discrimination'.
Women Weavers from Done Valley Receive Certificates on Completion of STEP Training in Moonj Grass Handicrafts
Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, February 21, 2017: WTI, in association with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur and the Bihar State Forest Department, has provided women from Done Valley, Valmiki Tiger Reserve, training in the weaving of handicrafts made from locally available moonj and kharai grasses.
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.
IFAW-WTI Inaugurates Community Managed Learning and Weaving Centre for Bodo Women Weavers
Rangijhora, Chirang, Assam, January 09, 2017: With a view to encouraging ecologically appropriate livelihoods that reduce the dependence of local communities on wild habitats, IFAW-WTI inaugurated a community managed learning and weaving centre for Bodo women weavers
WTI Launches ‘A Dance to Forget’, a Publication Detailing the Eradication of Sloth Bear Dancing from India
BVIEER, Pune; January 6, 2017: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has launched a Conservation Action Series publication titled ‘A Dance to Forget: The Story of the Eradication of Sloth Bear Dancing from India’.