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February 2023 | Two-day Workshop on Wildlife Laws for Lawyers Held
The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT), in collaboration with the School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru, organised a workshop for lawyers …
February 2023 | Awareness talk Organised for Students at Royal College, Mumbai
WCT is committed to creating awareness about the critical issue of illegal pet trade and the rising demand for exotic animals in India as pets. As part of …
January 2023 | 4th Wildlife Protection Government Law College National Moot Court Competition
With the aim of creating awareness among law students in India about the wildlife conservation and environmental challenges and sensitising them to …
December 2022 | WCT’s Dr. Nachiket Kelkar Honoured with NDTV True Legend (Environment) Award
WCT’s very own Dr. Nachiket Kelkar has been honoured with the NDTV True Legend – Future of Young India (Environment) Award for 2022! He currently heads WCT’s Riverine Ecosystems And Livelihoods (REAL) Programme.
Kelkar, along with his team, has been working to study and conserve the endangered Ganges river dolphin, other threatened riverine biodiversity, and secure fisheries-dependent livelihoods in the Gangetic plains of Bihar. Their work is contributing to developing a model that focuses on coexistence between wildlife and people in riverine ecosystems. Along with …
October 2022 | WCT holds a Trapped In Trade Seminar at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
As part of the #Trappedintrade campaign outreach, WCT collaborated with Xavier’s Zoology Association (XAC), St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, to …
October 2022 | Trapped In Trade awareness talk organised at Christ University, Bengaluru
Creating awareness and sensitising people is key to tackling the problem of rising demand for exotic wild animals as pets and the brutal live animal …
October 2022 | Campaign Awareness Talk Organised During Wildlife Fest in Bhavan’s College, Mumbai
Continuing with the #TrappedInTrade campaign outreach, WCT held an awareness talk at Bhavan’s College, Andheri, Mumbai, for the students …
October 2022 | Campaign Awareness Session Held for Law Students in Bengaluru
WCT conducted an awareness session under its #TrappedInTrade campaign for the law students of KLE Society’s Law College, Bengaluru, on October 6, 2022. Students were introduced to the magnitude of the trade in exotic wild animals, the perils of keeping exotics as pets, existing legal frameworks for wildlife trade and the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021. The campaign aims to raise awareness about exotic live animals that are traded as pets.
WCT is working towards developing the capacity of frontline forest staff in areas prone to wildlife crime through the Combatting Wildlife Crime (CWC) …
WCT organised a three-day residential training programme for the mid-level officers (RFO to DCF) of the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department at and …
The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) and the Tamil Nadu Forest Department …
Paper titled ‘Chasms in charismatic species research: Seventy years of carnivore science and its implications for conservation and policy in India’ that was recently published in the journal Biological Conservation is a multi-institutional effort to review seventy years (1947-2020) of carnivore research in India. The authors reviewed a total of 1,792 published studies (of this 80 percent, i.e. 1,442 were journal articles) on carnivores found in India.
The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) and the West Bengal Forest Department …
July 2022 | IUCN’s latest Red List Assessment of the Ganges river dolphin
The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) has been categorised as ‘Endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature …
Rescue and rehabilitation efforts for freshwater fauna such as turtles and crocodiles …
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