Krystelle Dsouza

A community-led initiative in Bhopal is empowering young volunteers to protect tigers and prove that coexistence between people and the wild is possible.

Vihaan Talya Vikas is a 12-year-old from Bengaluru whose picture won the 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year' award in 2023. Vihaan’s love for nature is slowly evolving into an intent to protect the wild, conserve forests, and ensure his generation grows up in a world where forests still stand tall, rivers still flow free, and the wild continues to thrive.

In the wet markets of Northeast India, illegal pangolin trade once posed a major threat to the numbers of the species of the world’s most trafficked mammal. But a unique project is now helping.

High in the cliffs of Nagaland, the Khiamniungan honey hunters practice a vanishing art that blends livelihood, ritual, and reverence for the wild.

Once royal trackers and hunters, the Pardhi community of Panna now uses its age-old forest skills to protect the very wildlife it once pursued.

The Stone House in Jaipur is built using pink sandstone and lime. Kamal Malik, the architect behind the project, shares how the home is an ode to the legacy of Rajasthan.

Once hunters of Mangalajodi’s wetland birds, the villagers of this Odisha community have, since 1998, transformed into dedicated conservationists and guardians of their local habitat.

Forest guard Bhera Ram Bishnoi has dedicated his life to protecting the wilderness of Rajasthan’s Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.

From bagh-rakhi to pedalling through Pench with a song of hope, the forest department in Pench National Park is ensuring villagers become more aware of the wilderness that surrounds them.

With an eye for truth and a camera that champions change, Rita Banerji has redefined wildlife filmmaking in India. Through decades of work and initiatives like GreenHub, she’s nurtured a new generation of storytellers driving conservation across the Northeast.