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Katarniaghat, 1st July 2025: As part of the Van Mahotsav 2025 celebrations (July 1–7), the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department, has launched the ‘Aapka Prahari’’—a public awareness campaign at the...

Bihar, 30th June 2025:  The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) team based in Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR), recently conducted a series of Counter-Wildlife Trafficking (CWT) Orientation workshops for the four battalions under Bettiah Sector of the Sashastra Seema...

Kultali, Sundarbans, 15 June 2025: The West Bengal Forest Department, supported by village volunteers, safely relocated an adult male tiger from human habitation, back into the wild. Deulbari is one of the most remote human habitations in the Sundarbans and...

Oceans cover over 70% of the planet, produce at least 50% of the Earth’s oxygen, support countless marine species, and are a vital source of food and livelihood for millions of people. However, our oceans are facing unprecedented challenges, ranging...

WTI celebrated World Environment Day 2025 across its project landscape, focusing on this year’s theme of minimising plastic pollution. The team organised activities ranging from a bicycle rally to plantation drives and awareness events in schools and local...

Ukhrul, Manipur, 5th June 2025 — In a landmark decision marking World Environment Day 2025, under the leadership of Mr. Kashung Tennyson, President of the Tangkhul Naga Awunga Long (TNAL), the TNAL Assembly has passed a historic resolution to ban the...

Kashmir, 2nd June 2025: The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Protection (DWP), Jammu & Kashmir (UT), and with support from Astral Foundation, conducted a one-day capacity-building programme to strengthen...

Tiger conservationist, author, and lifelong defender of India’s wild heritage. Valmik Thapar was one of India’s most passionate and influential voices for wildlife conservation. For nearly five decades, he stood at the frontlines of the country’s...

Kashmir, 26th May 2025:  On 2nd May 2024, the United Nations General Assembly officially declared May 24th to be observed annually as the ‘International Day of the Markhor’ —a historic step to raise global awareness about the conservation needs of the...

Pilibhit, 22nd May 2025: To commemorate the International Day for Biological Diversity 2025,  the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in collaboration with the Pilibhit Social Forestry Division, Uttar Pradesh, organised a series of awareness and outreach...

CBRC, 12th May 2025: The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) team at the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) in Pakke Tiger Reserve has had their hands full with back-to-back arrivals of Asiatic black bear cubs. Over the past two weeks, five...

Manipur, 8th May 2025: The largest pheasants in the Tragopan genus, Blyth’s Tragopan is characterised by strikingly-coloured males with an orange-yellow facial skin and a sandy-grey breast and belly. In contrast, the females are dull coloured, similar to...

CWRC, 5th May 2025: A male elephant calf, estimated to be around 18-24 months old, was admitted to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga after it was found alone and distressed near an agricultural land in Assam’s Orang...

India’s conservation community mourns the passing of Dr. L. N. Acharjyo, a towering figure in wildlife veterinary science and a lifelong guardian of the voiceless. With his passing, we have lost not just a healer of animals, but a pioneer whose work has...

Paschim Bardhaman, 29th April, 2025: In an effort towards the conservation of lesser-known fauna, WINGS (Wildlife Information and Nature Guide Society) conducted an awareness event at Churulia NK School in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, this...

Manipur, April 17, 2025: In a remarkable demonstration of community-led conservation efforts, Mr. Kashung Tennyson, President of the Tangkhul Naga Awunga Long, has facilitated the rescue and safe release of a live Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) found...

Veraval, 5th April 2025: A whale shark that was satellite-tagged on the 22nd December 2024, returns to the waters offshore Gujarat, after 100 days of tracking and travelling more than 4000 kilometres across the Arabian Sea. The 28-feet-long individual was...

Sienthuk, 29th March, 2025: The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with Garung Thuk NGO, initiated a three-day naturalist training program with local homestay owners, naturalists and youth from the Sherdukpen community in Shergaon, Arunachal...

Kerala, 20th March 2025: Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Amphibian Recovery Project team celebrated  World Frog Day at Mathikettan Shola National Park (MSNP), a protected area renowned for its flagship species, the galaxy frog (Melanobatrachus indicus)-...

Bongaigaon, 25th March 2025: The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in collaboration with the Primate Research Centre – NE, Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and the Assam Forest Department, organised an international workshop and consultation in...