Poaching

Discover how India is using AI-powered camera traps, drones, and apps to combat poaching and protect wildlife. Here are five innovative tools making a difference.

Orang National Park in Assam faces challenges like habitat loss, poaching, and human-wildlife conflict. Despite this, it remains a beacon of hope for wildlife conservation in India.

Wildlife conservationist Sharvan Patel is using a WhatsApp group of 1,000 members, each contributing Rs 365 annually, to restore habitats, protect endangered species, and improve farming practices in Rajasthan.

Over the last two decades, P Sivakumar, field director of the Kaziranga National Park has taken multiple initiatives for the protection of wildlife and increasing habitats

Once known for their cruelty against animals, poachers at Manas National Park in Assam are now at the helm of protecting the wildlife at the UNESCO world heritage site, restoring the Indian Rhino’s glory

In 2009, there were no tigers left in Panna Tiger Reserve. What happened in the next 10 years is really heartwarming at a time when the world's tiger population is under a serious threat. #WildIndia #Respect

“Many forest guards were apprehensive because it would track their walking routes, and the time they spent in the forest. But I convinced them that the app was not to punish the non-performers but to reward the good workers.”

Spread over 600 hectares, the Marayoor range is one of the most the vulnerable forests in the state where the illegal tree felling by lumberjacks and loggers continues on a rampant scale, and the job of these vigilant officers is nothing less of a risky gamble.

The provision will allow the public to anonymously file complaints of illegal activities like tree felling, poaching and other violations.

Alwar was a victim of large-scale tiger poaching and had lost its tiger population