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(February 20, 2020) India is hosting the Thirteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CoP13 India) at Gandhinagar, Gujarat between the 15th and 22nd February 2020.The theme of this meeting is “Migratory species connect the planet and together we welcome them home”.WCS-India is organizing four side-events, two events at the India Pavilion and an exhibition.15th February, 2020 (Day 1)Exhibition: An exhibition ...

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(February 19, 2020) Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India, in collaboration with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), and TRAFFIC – India, organised a side event titled ‘Control of Illegal Trade in Wildlife Including Migratory Species’ at CMS-CoP13 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Wednesday.Speaking at the event, Dr. Susan Lieberman, Vice President, International Policy, WCS, said ...

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(January 22, 2020) IFS officers from across the country participated in “One-week compulsory training on voluntary relocation from Tiger Reserves” jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) and WCS-India with the support from WildCAT-C & WildCANE from November 11th to 15th, 2019. T Mohan Raj, DCF, Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, Kota, Rajastan, talks about the workshop.https://youtu.be/cVITTAmZZsk

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(January 14, 2020) Aarey Conservation Group organized an event called “The Aarey Ecosystem: Impacting the future of Mumbai” at Pragnya Bodhini High School, Mumbai. The event aimed at raising awareness on the fast urbanization of Mumbai, and its effects on the ecosystem. The event had various speakers such as Shwetha Wagh (Urban Conservationist & Associate Professor at KRVIA), Hema Ramani (Lawyer), Hussain Indorewala (Urban Researcher & Associate Professor at KRVIA) and WCS-India’s Nikit S...

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(January 14, 2020) IFS officers from across the country participated in “One-week compulsory training on voluntary relocation from Tiger Reserves” jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) and WCS-India with the support from WildCAT-C & WildCANE from November 11th to 15th, 2019. C Selvam, DFO, Visakhapatnam, talks about the workshop.https://youtu.be/z0nwNLawMlI

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(January 10, 2020) IFS officers from across the country participated in “One-week compulsory training on voluntary relocation from Tiger Reserves” jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) and WCS-India with the support from WildCAT-C & WildCANE from November 11th to 15th, 2019. Shivani Dogra, DFO Mancherial, Telangana State, talks about the workshop.https://youtu.be/cVITTAmZZsk 

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(January 08, 2020) IFS officers from across the country participated in “One-week compulsory training on voluntary relocation from Tiger Reserves” jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) and WCS-India with the support from WildCAT-C & WildCANE from November 11th to 15th, 2019. Supongnukshi, CCF (Biodiversity & Research), Nagaland, talks about the workshop.https://youtu.be/LKt9vofflUM

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(January 07, 2020) IFS officers from across the country participated in “One-week compulsory training on voluntary relocation from Tiger Reserves” jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and WCS-India from November 12th to 16th, 2018.https://youtu.be/szZ09zfCCbY

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(December 27, 2019) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India, conducted a two-day capacity building workshop to combat wildlife trafficking on 26th and 27th of December, 2019. The workshop, held at the Central Academy of Forest Education in West Bengal, was attended by 34 ranger trainees.“The workshop was for ranger trainees. By conducting a workshop at the academy, we did not only get future rangers from across the country at one place as our audience, but also grabbed the opportunity of catching them y...

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(December 27, 2019) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India, conducted a two-day capacity building workshop to combat wildlife trafficking on 26th and 27th of December, 2019. The workshop, held at the Central Academy of Forest Education in West Bengal, was attended by 34 ranger trainees.“The workshop was for ranger trainees. By conducting a workshop at the academy, we did not only get future rangers from across the country at one place as our audience, but also grabbed the opportunity of catching them y...

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