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Department and the Primary Response Teams (PRTs) which comprise local volunteers and influential people. As local community members are the first responders to Human-wildlife conflict, the constitution of these PRTs among local communities is crucial to addressing such issues in the long term. Each PRT member is trained to extend support to RRT and take up activities like managing crowds, identifying the presence of carnivores, and negotiating safe passage for wildlife in conflict situations to mention a few.
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Dibyendu Bhattacharya in pivotal roles.. Based on court documents and testimonials, Poacher is a fictional dramatisation of true events that transpired in the dense forests of Kerala and the concrete jungle of Delhi. The series showcases the immense contributions made by Indian forest service officers, the Wildlife Trust of India, police constables, and good samaritans who risked their lives to investigate the largest ivory poaching ring in Indian history. Wildlife Trust of India's Wildlife Crime Control Division provided crucial technical support in the creation of Poacher.
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Arunachal Pradesh serve as key centres. Additionally, Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) units are strategically stationed in Protected Areas where such displacements are prevalent. WTI has also taken the lead in establishing a network of wildlife rehabilitators in India through the Emergency Relief Network (ERN) who contribute to the rehabilitation of distressed wildlife.
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Central-Indian region which corresponds to the geographical heart of India supports about 37% of India’s tiger population and has been identified as an area of global priority for tiger conservation. The WTI’s Right of Passage big idea also aims to secure secured wildlife habitat and connectivity for long-term survival of tigers in the Central Indian Landscape.
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who once hunted the species into protectors. Equally remarkable is the fact that the fish has achieved an iconic status as Vhali, or ‘the loved one’ in
Gujarat with thousands of schoolchildren painting it, celebrating its arrival with plays and street drama, and with six towns on the western coast of India declaring it their city’s mascot.
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is a crime drama, created, written, and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Richie Mehta. A compelling investigative crime series that unearths the largest ivory poaching ring in Indian history, the fast-paced eight-episode scripted series features a diverse and versatile cast, including
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With 70% of the global tiger population, landscape connectivity is a vital component of tiger conservation in India, since the dispersion of tigers outside of existing reserves is critical to maintaining the genetic diversity of the larger population. Of all the critical tiger habitats in the nation,
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WTI along with Govt. of India and top scientists have identified and surveyed 101 such functional corridors across 11 states for the 29,000 odd Asian
Elephants in India (60% of the species global population). The organization, in partnership with the Government of India's Project Elephant, the forest
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Through NHCs, WTI has been able to achieve ‘zero hunting’ of Whale Sharks along the
Sourashtra Coast of Gujarat. The campaign is one of the stellar conservation stories that have come out of India in the past decade. The Gujarat Whale Shark Conservation campaign has successfully converted the fishers
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Trade control works through various projects across the country to assist enforcement agencies through field-level support. Information regarding IWT is shared with the state forest departments, Wildlife Crime
Control Bureau (WCCB) and other enforcement agencies for necessary action. The division has
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Conflict between humans and large carnivores is an escalating problem across the country and WTI has been successfully implementing proactive approaches towards mitigating such conflicts. Under WTI’s holistic model, a team comprising a biologist, sociologist and veterinarian is constituted as a Rapid
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WTI has helped the recovery of the last remaining wild buffalo sub-species in central India through cloning and conservation breeding. Notably, the organization contributed to the restoration of the
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To tackle these displacements, dedicated wildlife rehabilitation facilities play a crucial role. The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga Tiger Reserve in Assam and the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) near Pakke Tiger Reserve in Pakke Kesang
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securement is a unique strategy that aims to secure critical habitats outside the traditional protected area system. The secured lands include important habitat linkages, wetlands, mangroves, grasslands, Important Bird Areas (IBAs), sacred groves etc. The focus of this Big Idea is to secure critical
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Wild Aid, is dedicated to offering short-term, focused aid, encompassing both financial and technical support, to address emergencies and emerging conservation issues. The organization promptly responds to distressed animals, introduces pilot initiatives and creative concepts to bolster conservation
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Under Pan India Enforcement Assistance, the division assists in the prosecution of wildlife offenders by providing legal intervention and assistance at the District and High Court levels. This ensures that suspects who are involved in IWT face fair trials and legal procedures as per the laws of the
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Since 2003, WTI, in partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), and the Assam Forest Department, has led conservation efforts to ‘Bring Back Manas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose flora and fauna were ravaged by militancy through the
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