Wildlife enforcement and legal workshop in Dharchula, Uttarakhand

Dharchula (Uttarakhand): Authorities who met at the wildlife enforcement and legal workshop last week in Dharchula, Uttarakhand, unanimously recommended institutionalization of cross border coordination and joint enforcement operations, among others, for effective wildlife trade control along the western Indo-Nepal border. The recommendations will soon be submitted to the [...]

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Amur leopard photocaptured in a camera trap survey done by WCS and ISUNR

Primorski (Russia): Despite being home to the Amur leopard – one of the world’s most endangered large cat species with just about 30-35 wild individuals remaining, Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve in the south-western Primorski region in Russia has been paralysed by lack of [...]

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One of the two WTI documentaries being screened
at Vatavaran film festival

New Delhi: Two documentaries featuring Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) projects have been shortlisted for the prestigious Vatavaran Awards, and final screenings which began yesterday in the India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi. The WTI films  – ‘On the Right Track’ and ‘A Shawl to [...]

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File photo: Carcass of an elephant that fell victim to ivory poachers in Kuttampuza Forest Range, Kerala, in July this year.

Delhi: Despite ivory trade being banned 20 years ago, hundreds, if not thousands, of wild elephants continue to fall prey to poachers across their distribution range, each year.

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File photo: Wildlife traders arrested in Mahendranagar, Nepal in May 2008, in a joint operation by Nepali authorities, Wildlife Watch Group – a Kathmandu-based NGO, and Wildlife Trust of India.

Dharchula (Uttarakhand): For effective wildlife trade control across the porous Indo-Nepal border, authorities from India and Nepal met today for a two-day workshop, in the bordering [...]

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