Wildlife Conservation Trust is working with forest departments and local communities across the country to protect critical ecosystems. Check out our impact below!

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We work across multiple locations around the country to safeguard what we care for.

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Education: Empowering communities living in and around forested areas is at the heart of our mission. WCT’s staff and NGO partners regularly visit schools in the buffer zones of tiger reserves to train teachers, introduce new teaching methods, and assess progress of the students.

Education

Empowering communities living in and around forested areas is at the heart of our mission. WCT’s staff and NGO partners regularly visit schools in the buffer zones of tiger reserves to train teachers, introduce new teaching methods, and assess progress of the students.

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Livelihood: Communities living in buffer zones largely rely on the forest for their livelihood – an unsustainable practice. To reduce this dependence, we empower them by providing them employment.

Livelihood

Communities living in buffer zones largely rely on the forest for their livelihood – an unsustainable practice. To reduce this dependence, we empower them by providing them employment. We provide vocational training to unemployed youth living in and around India’s forests, and use a network of job providers to find them gainful work.

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Conservation Milestones

12,000 Forest Officers Trained in Wildlife Law Enforcement

12,000 Forest Officers Trained in Wildlife Law Enforcement

WCT’s Wildlife Law Enforcement Training (WLET) team has developed an integrated training programme on ‘Law Enforcement, Evidence Collection and Site Security’ (LEECSS), and ‘Module on Offense Reduction and Enforcement’ (MORE) for the frontline forest staff in the Central Indian Landscape.

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Save Our Tigers: The campaign reached over 100 million people worldwide and generated INR 95 million in funding towards tiger conservation.

Save Our Tigers

The campaign reached over 100 million people worldwide and generated INR 95 million in funding towards tiger conservation. Support poured in from all corners – the Chief Ministers of various states and celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni appeared on television to voice their support for the campaign.

Lakhs of children participated in rallies, calling for the protection of India’s national animal. The campaign saw unprecedented success, bringing tiger conservation to the forefront of India’s consciousness.

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WCT’s profile on OpenForests’ explorer.land

Learn more about WCT’s Conservation Projects by visiting WCT’s profile on OpenForests’ explorer.land mapping and networking platform. You can view the map link below:

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