On a rainy July evening in the Kanha National Park in Central India, forest guard M. P. Kartikey was returning to the anti-poaching camp after patrolling his beat, when he accidentally came uncomfortably close to sloth bears – a female … Read More
The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) recently concluded a year-long occupancy survey for four large carnivores in the vital Sahyadri-Konkan corridor. Wildlife biologist Girish Punjabi, who is in charge of the project, speaks to WCT’s Conservation Writer Rizwan Mithawala about valuable … Read More
Extraordinary sense of smell, limitless zeal, and love for the job. With these unique traits, dogs have been assisting humans for thousands of years. As we grapple with poaching, forest fragmentation, and other human activities that harm wildlife and ecosystems, … Read More
In the Middle of the Pandemic, a Water Heater Brings Hope for Human and Forest Health Even as marginalised communities in rural Maharashtra struggled with the challenges presented by Covid-19, a project to safeguard human and forest health by the … Read More
Dr. Anish Andheria, a conservation biologist, naturalist and wildlife photographer, is the President of the Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) that works in and around 160 national parks and sanctuaries in 23 Indian states. After decades of studying and monitoring wildlife … Read More
As we wrestle with the countless conservation challenges, it becomes all the more clear that the interplay between humans and their natural environment is at the heart of every single environmental issue. Conventional conservation efforts are falling short sans the … Read More
A trained field biologist and scientist, Dr. Anish Andheria and his team at the Wildlife Conservation Trust are currently engaged in a range of conservation initiatives in Madhya Pradesh. This article, a result of their field experience, explores the potential … Read More
Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic More than halfway through 2020, the world continues to find itself in the middle of a pandemic of an unprecedented magnitude. Initially reported in Wuhan, China, as pneumonia of unknown cause, COVID-19 has metamorphosed into … Read More
Small protection huts, better known as anti-poaching camps (APCs), dot the tiger reserves across India. Men and women in uniforms keep flitting in and out of these camps. There are rangers, other senior forest officials, forest guards and special tiger … Read More
“Bambb! Bambb! Bambb!” The alliterative sound blares from a trumpet-shaped loudspeaker tied to a bicycle, and fills the evening air around the 400 household Lohara village in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. As twilight falls, men assemble at the office … Read More