NEWS & UPDATES

21 August 2019, Geneva Vivek Menon, founder, trustee, executive director and CEO of Wildlife Trust of India, wins the Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award, 2019 for a decades-long career training more than 20,000 wildlife enforcement officers in more...

July 30, 2019 : On July 29, 2019, WTI orchestrated and participated in Global Tiger Day celebrations in a number of its project areas, in concert with local communities, state forest departments, partner NGOs and other supporters. All our major stakeholders...

Wildlife Trust of India, ED & CEO, Vivek Menon said “Continuing our effort for holistic conservation action, we celebrate the new tiger census numbers of 2976 with a commitment to manage the emerging issues of tiger conservation, that of habitat degradation...

Trivandrum, Kerala, July 29, 2019: The UNESCO mandated ‘International Day for the conservation of the mangrove ecosystems’ is celebrated every year on 26July 26. This year International Mangrove Day is indeed a milestone for mangrove conservation...

Raipur, Chattisgarh, July 18, 2019 : Owing to increased instances of human-elephant conflict, the Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the 14th Steering Committee Meeting of the Project Elephant Division last year, had decided to...

Flood waters separate young rhinos from their mothers.  Exhausted and unable to keep up in swirling currents, they land up in backyards of inundated homes, looking for some high ground to lay their tired feet on. Calves below two years of age are brought to...

Kaziranga, Assam, July 19, 2019 : Floodwaters bring in the most unlikely guests. This time it was a tiger at a house in Harmouti in the Kohora range, relaxing on a bed. The IFAW-WTI- Assam Forest Department teams initially considered tranquilising the tiger...

July 18, 2019 : 14th July is celebrated as Shark awareness day around the globe and aims to spread awareness on different species of sharks and their relevance to the ocean & humans at large. Sharks play an essential role in the world’s oceans...

Udantai Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, Chattisgarh, July 12, 2019 : The state of Chhattisgarh accounts for more than 42% of the forest cover in our country. However, it is being highly threatened by habitat degradation from a variety of anthropogenic pressures....

Thimpu, Bhutan , July 15, 2019 : The benefits of having trained and equipped staff on the ground were seen when an Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) whose head was stuck in a kettle was rescued from a monastery in Bhutan last month. Yet another black bear...

Mithapur, Gujarat, July 12, 2019:  Often called as rainforest of the sea, although coral reefs cover meagre 1% of the ocean floor, have a huge effect on the health of the rest of the world. Healthy corals equate to a healthy ocean. But for these corals to...

5th July 2019, Adobe India initiated a nature trail for their team of volunteers in partnership with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Group of 45 enthusiastic volunteers from Adobe India were a part of this green initiative at Okhla Bird Sanctuary with birding...

Bhutan, June 28, 2019 : IFAW-WTI in collaboration with Nature Conservation Division (NCD) of Department of Forest and Park Services (DoFPS) had initiated training of frontline forest staff on Wildlife rescue and handling techniques. Conceptualized and...

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...

Geater Manas, Assam, 21 June, 2019: With the rise in concern over issues related to hunting and trading in wildlife, the Wildlife (Protection) Act was enacted in 1972. Back then, it attempted to stop such practices in letter and spirit. This is understood...

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...

Nagpur, June 19, 2019: A two-day training workshop on “Wildlife Investigation through Forensic Techniques” for NNTR and Buffer Zone field staff was held on 12 – 13th June 2019 in Gondia. From the last two years, there have been several wild animal/bird...

India has by far the largest number of wild Asian elephants in the world, estimated at 27,312 according to the 2017 census, about 55% of the species’ global population. Despite the animal being listed as endangered by IUCN, most Indians are aware of the...

Garo Hills, Meghalaya, May 30, 2019:  WTI-WLT Conducts Free Medical Health Camp in Mandalgre, Garo Hills. A one-day Medical Health Camp was organised for residents of three villages in the Garo Hills at the community hall of Mandalgre village on May 30. The...

Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) is a semi-aquatic mammal with an affinity towards undisturbed wetland habitats. India is home to three different species of otters, amongst which smooth-coated otters are the most widely distributed species across...