wildlife

In Bandhavgarh’s fringe villages, where tiger attacks and forest fires are a painful reality, children are emerging as unexpected conservation leaders. Led by conservationist Bhavna Menon through Prakriti Ki Pathshala and the ‘Junior Fire Watchers’, students are counselling families, preventing fires, and spreading awareness door-to-door.

Uttar Pradesh’s sarus crane, once seen as a pest and pushed out by shrinking wetlands, is finding its way back—thanks to farmers who now protect its nests and habitats. Through the Sarus Habitat Securement Project, villages across 10 districts are reviving the bird’s population and restoring crucial wetlands.

This unique conservation programme sees the coming together of the Bishnoi community, forest officials, and wildlife teams to ensure the survival and thriving of the Godawan, the Great Indian Bustard.

From Ranthambore National Park to Panna Tiger Reserve, wildlife can’t exist in silos. Co-existence is crucial. And here are homestays that are ensuring travel does not come at the expense of the wild.

From homestays to bird trails, Rathuadhab’s residents are proving that protecting nature can also mean sustaining livelihoods.

Mukhi, India’s first home-born cheetah, has given birth to five healthy cubs at Kuno National Park. This new generation offers hope for a self-sustaining population and the revival of cheetahs in their ancestral Indian grasslands.

Wild At Heart aims to celebrate community conservation, species diversity and exemplary initiatives that are helping make nature and conservation part of an everyday dialogue.

During Vadodara’s Vishwamitri flood mitigation, 410 eggs of crocodiles, turtles, and birds were carefully rescued and incubated to protect biodiversity. This conservation effort safeguarded 440 crocodiles and demonstrated how infrastructure projects can coexist with wildlife preservation.

The bagh mitras of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve are trained community mediators; they ease tensions, spread awareness, and show how coexistence can thrive through compassion and conversation.

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