Bony and dishevelled, Kanta Kamde stands barefoot outside her house. I stand with her in silence, arms wrapped around my chest, gaze lowered. It feels like a condolence visit. Then she speaks, “We had run out of firewood. The cooking… Read More
She is there. Right there, inside a neatly dug-out borrow under those shapely boulders deep inside the Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. Previously acquired camera trap footage confirms that she has a pup along with her.… Read More
In 2018, WCT President Dr. Anish Andheria sent me to the Melghat Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, to witness the life and work of frontline forest staff, so that I could be their voice. With each of the forest guards… Read More
What is the value of a 100 year-old Banyan tree sustaining countless animals and providing oxygen, shade as well as aesthetic reprieve to people? What price would you assign an entire mangrove forest that buffers a city from bearing 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
WCT held its Annual Review Meet (ARM-2022) at the NCBS field station in Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, on June 28-30, 2022. WCT’s Satpura field office is located within the NCBS campus. Heads and representatives of WCT’s verticals including Conservation Research, Conservation … Read More
Bramhapuri, Maharashtra: A nippy November night in 2019. Kishor Bansod is circled by a rapt audience of more than a hundred. A mic in one hand and a bucket of water in another, he pours into a one metre high… Read More
It is make or break in a courtroom. So much rests on the sound judgement, knowledge, fairness, and powers of interpretation of evidence of the presiding judge. It falls upon the lawyers to articulate evidence and testimony and build airtight … Read More
At the heart of a multitude of Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (WCT’s) projects lies science. Science drives and underscores the organisation’s approach to its broad and diverse range of conservation work, be it research, capacity building, conflict mitigation or advocacy. Photo … Read More
Nachiket Kelkar is an ecologist working towards identifying ways to both conserve endangered riverine biodiversity and secure livelihoods of fisherfolk. He believes in interdisciplinary science and conservation approaches that may enable both entities to coexist, even as they remain affected … Read More