Wild At Heart

Trained to handle snakes, read animal tracks, and manage wildlife emergencies, local residents now lead the response when animals stray into villages. Their work is reducing conflict while keeping both communities and wildlife safe.

Think of an elephant corridor as a conduit, a migratory route from one habitat to another. But what happens when roads are built over these routes? This unique project is mapping out elephant corridors to ensure gentle giants can migrate without clashing with communities.

The Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust, established by Rinchen Wangchuk and led by Dr Tsewang Namgail, champions the harmonious coexistence of villagers and snow leopards in Ladakh through its insurance schemes and sustainable tourism initiatives, fostering ecological balance in the region.

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.

With his camera as his voice, Mike Pandey’s 'Shores of Silence' stirred a nation’s conscience and secured the whale shark’s future in Indian waters.

This World Wildlife Conservation Day, we explore the story of snow leopards and humans learning to share spaces in the highlands of Sikkim. Behind it is a group of local volunteers who routinely assess and study rangeland health.

For 100 years, one family has documented Bharatpur’s birds, people, festivals, and disappearing wildlife. Today, filmmaker Abhinandan Sharma is racing to digitise this priceless archive before the memories fade.

Where once the Nyishi tribe hunted the hornbills for their beaks, they are now turning into protectors of the bird. You can now be a part of this community-driven effort by adopting a hornbill nest.

Once listed as endangered by UNESCO, because of rampant hunting and poaching, the Manas National Park was led on the road to recovery by a group of ex-poachers.

What began as one man’s effort to curb hunting has grown into a powerful community movement in Changlangshu, where forests are returning and hope is taking root again.