OUR PROJECTS
Turning whale shark hunters into staunch protectors in Gujarat. Relocating distressed Hoolock gibbons in Arunachal. Restoring mangrove forests in Kerala. Preventing elephant deaths due to train-hits in Uttarakhand. Hand-raising rhino calves in Assam. Satellite-tagging critically endangered gharials in Bihar. Helping bring Manas National Park back from the brink. Developing a comprehensive wildlife management plan for Odisha. Training frontline forest personnel across 14 states. Mapping and securing wildlife corridors across the country.
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) currently runs over 40 projects across India.
Our Depth Projects holistically address multiple conservation hurdles specific to an area through a multi-pronged approach and embody more than one of our nine Big Ideas.
Our Breadth Projects address specific conservation issues that may not be limited in time and space in the country, such as the training of frontline forest staff and preventing wild animal deaths due to train hits.
Explore all our projects below.
Center for Species Survival: India (CSS: India)
Center for Species Survival (CSS), India is a collaborative partnership between leading national wildlife conservation organisations and the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), a network of over 8,300 conservation experts worldwide.
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Capacitate Legal Assistance against Wildlife crime (CLAW)
Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) responsibilities in the project largely involve aiding law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and the judiciary through... Read More
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Countering Pangolin Trafficking Project
Pangolin trafficking remains a grave concern in India, posing a significant threat to the country’s wildlife and biodiversity. These elusive,... Read More
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Pan India Enforcement Assistance (E&L)
Illegal Wildlife Trade or IWT as it is popularly known across the globe is identified as one of the major... Read More
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Forgotten Cats of Shergaon
Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary spreads over 218 sq. Km area and hosts a variety of mammal species, including four small cat... Read More
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Kaimur Recovery Project
The Kaimur Recovery Project is an initiative dedicated to conserving the largest protected area in the state of Bihar. Our... Read More
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GajUtsav Campaign
The ‘GajUtsav’ Campaign is an initiative aimed at securing the Right of Passage for the magnificent Asian elephants in India.... Read More
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Hangul Recovery Project
Wildlife Trust of India’s Hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu) recovery project aims at securing hangul corridors in the landscape to ensure... Read More
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Vets on Wheels, Odisha (Mobile Veterinary Service)
To address the increasing cases of wildlife deaths and injuries amidst escalating human-wildlife conflict, WTI, in collaboration with Odisha State... Read More
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Wildlife Crime Prevention Assistance in Karnataka
Karnataka boasts a rich biodiversity and is home to the country’s second-largest population of tigers (Panthera tigris) and leopards (Panthera... Read More
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Strengthening cross border wildlife crime prevention and law enforcement between India and Nepal
India shares international borders with Pakistan, Nepal, China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, thus significantly highlighting its strategic position in... Read More
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Odisha HWC Mitigation Training
Recent surge in human wildlife conflict cases in Odisha, an eastern state of India led State Forest Department of Odisha... Read More
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Hostile Activity Watch Kernel
Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) is Cloud Based Information Management System designed to manage interlinked databases of wildlife crime, wildlife criminals, and wildlife mortality, and help officials analyse the information and develop actionable intelligence to prevent wildlife crimes. and curb Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT).
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RIGHT OF PASSAGE: NATIONAL ELEPHANT CORRIDORS PROJECT
An umbrella project by WTI to secure a future for wild elephants by protecting and securing elephant corridors, while simultaneously rehabilitating people affected by conflict in corridor areas.
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KASHMIR MARKHOR RECOVERY PROJECT
Wildlife Trust of India’s The Kashmir Markhor Recovery Project aims at improving the population status of the once thought to be-extinct species, the Pirpanjal Markhor (Capra falconeri) in Jammu and Kashmir
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Protecting tigers, people and their vital habitats in the Sundarbans Delta of India and Bangladesh
The Sundarbans Delta falls in the state of West Bengal in eastern India and spreads over to Southwest Bangladesh.
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GANDAK GHARIAL RECOVERY PROJECT
The Gandak Gharial Recovery Project aims to recover the population and increase the occupancy of the Indian Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)... Read More
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AMPHIBIAN RECOVERY PROJECT
Amphibians have overtaken reptiles as the most threatened taxa in the IUCN Red List of species with an unmitigated decline through the past decades.
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RECOVERING WHITE-WINGED DUCK IN ASSAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH
White-winged duck Asarcornis scutulata (or White-winged wood duck), also known as “Deo hanh” in Assamese, was once widely distributed in north-east India and south-east Asia.
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Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC)
The first specialised rehabilitation centre for Asiatic black bears in India, with an aim to rehabilitate displaced cubs back into the wild.
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Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC)
The only facility in India where orphaned and/or injured wild animals of several species are hand-raised and/or treated and subsequently returned to the wild.
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VAN RAKSHAK PROJECT (GUARDIANS OF THE WILD)
Tags Assurance, Ex-gratia, Forest Guard, IFAW, Protected Area, Rangers, Training, VRP, Wildlife, WTI
India’s protected areas (PA’s) encompassing its national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves and even marine national parks and sanctuaries are guarded by frontline enforcement staff; and the total PA staff strength of the country would be
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GREATER MANAS RECOVERY PROJECT
Wildlife Trust of India’s The Greater Manas Conservation Project aims on bringing back past glory of Manas landscape by restoring the ecological functionality of the landscape through implementing multifaceted actions under the umbrella of other big ideas of WTI,
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Save the Whale Shark -Kerala and Lakshadweep
In its first phase, WTI and Cochin Shipyard Ltd’s conservation initiative aims to increase awareness levels among coastal communities and marine fishers along the coast of Kerala through a full-fledged campaign.
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MOBILE VETERINARY SERVICE (MVS) UNITS
At its essence, this project envisages the deployment of trained wildlife veterinarians in important national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across India to ensure that 24x7, quality veterinary support is made available to displaced wildlife, which is often in distress.
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GARO GREEN SPINE CONSERVATION PROJECT
This project's overarching aim is to connect the fragmented forest patches located between the West Garo Hills and Nokrek National Park, with a view to establishing an unbroken wilderness link with Balpakram National Park. This network of forest patches forms the backbone of the region’s biodiversity.
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EMERGENCY RELIEF NETWORK
ERN acts as a platform for expert and amateur rehabilitators and those working for wildlife conservation, including wildlife veterinarians, forest officials and biologists, to share and contribute their knowledge and professional skills in the care for animals in crisis.
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WHALE SHARK CONSERVATION PROJECT
A pioneering and widely-acclaimed project that has stopped the widespread slaughter of whale sharks along the Gujarat coast and turned local fishing communities into staunch protectors of the world's largest fish.
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WILD BUFFALO RECOVERY PROJECT
This project aims to stabilise the critically endangered wild buffalo population in Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhattisgarh by implementing a number of ex situ and in situ interventions.
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MITHAPUR CORAL REEF RECOVERY PROJECT
Launched in 2008, the Coral Reef Recovery Project seeks to develop and implement appropriate strategies for the conservation of the Mithapur Reef, situated 12 kilometres south of the Gulf of Kachchh in Gujarat.
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KANNUR KANDAL PROJECT
The Kannur Kandal (Mangrove Restoration) Project aims to ensure the survival of existing mangroves and increase the acreage of such coastal wetland habitats across Kannur, potentially making it a prototype for other coastal districts in Kerala and the rest of the country.
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TERAI TIGER PROJECT
A multi-pronged approach to mitigating conflict between humans and big cat species in and around Dudhwa and Pilibhit Tiger Reserves, including the promotion of community participation in conflict mitigation.
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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.
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RAPID ACTION PROJECTS
The concept of a Rapid Action Project – one of WTI’s oldest initiatives – owes its genesis to the realisation that wildlife in India is plagued by innumerable threats that require an immediate response. Be they human-induced or natural, such threats, if not addressed in time, can have a disastrous effect on the country’s natural heritage.
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