In the last couple of years, our suspicions about the presence of the endangered fishing cat in the river floodplains across north Bihar were confirmed when news reports of this elusive species began to emerge from various localities in the … Read More
What happens when some of the brightest minds in wildlife conservation from across the country gather in one of India’s most stunning tiger landscapes? Magic! The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) recently held its annual review meet at the serene MPT … Read More
WCT has been selected as one of the 2025 Satellites for Biodiversity Award Winners! In partnership with the Connected Conservation Foundation (CCF), UK, and the Airbus Foundation, WCT is harnessing high-resolution satellite imagery, on-the-ground data, and ecological research to conserve … Read More
One of WCT’s flagship community interventions in Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, has been the Water Heater Project that is focused on not just reducing firewood consumption, but also forest degradation, the drudgery of women and their exposure to harmful smoke, and … Read More
We are delighted to share our new picture books on nature conservation for children! Illustration: WCT and Pratham Books At the Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT), we have long aspired to bring wildlife conservation stories and concepts to children from all … Read More
A Data Visualisation Feature A new dot appears on the screen every hour. It is a Global Positioning System (GPS) fix, a real-time update on a large carnivore that has been rescued from a potentially dangerous situation in a human … Read More
There was a time when millions of vultures soared across the skies of the Indian subcontinent. This was true right uptil the late 1980s, when the estimated population of vultures was around 4 crore. Then, in the 1990s, the vultures … Read More
We are pleased to announce that the Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) has won the prestigious UNDP Mahatma Award for Biodiversity 2023. WCT bagged this coveted award because of the success of its flagship ‘Heater of Hope’ project, which involves the… Read More
The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) has been categorised as ‘Endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s latest Red List Assessment of the species. The species’ status remains the same as it was in previous assessments, given… 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