Equip Forest Guards to Protect Wildlife in India

Greetings from Wildlife Trust of India!

Hope you are doing great.

We are back with the updates on our project ‘Equip Forest Guards to Protect Wildlife in India’, which you so generously chose to donate for.

Thank you so much for your kind donation and for believing in our work. It is through your support that we are able to work towards our vision of a secure natural heritage of India.

Forest guards are the backbone of a solid wildlife conservation structure and are instrumental in maintaining proper law and order within the protected areas through their tireless monitoring efforts.

In their line of work, they often face tough challenges such as inclement weather conditions, attacks by wild animals and poachers, and a dearth of basic amenities to function. While nothing much can be done about the first two problems, we can definitely try to mitigate the last one by supplementing the forest staff with basic amenities they require to operate optimally.

With your support, we equipped the temporary watchers protecting the Jammu and Kashmir wildlife division.

Jammu & Kashmir has some of the most scenic wildlife reserves in India which inhabit rare and endangered fauna such as hangul, snow leopards, Himalayan black bears, Himalayan marmots and markhors. Some of the protected areas include Dachigam National Park, Gulmarg Biosphere Reserve as well as Kishtwar High Altitude National Park. The wetlands of Hokersar, Hygam, Pampore and many more support several migratory bird species such as coots, teals, greylag geese, ruddy shelducks, etc.

The Department of Wildlife Protection is responsible for protecting, conserving and managing Wildlife Protected Area Network (PAN) spread over an area of 2000 sq. km. The Department has 24 control rooms functioning round the clock to ensure conflict mitigation, rescue & rehabilitation and anti-poaching activities. The temporary staff working in the Department required waterproof and warm jackets to carry out their protection activities in the harsh climatic conditions of the region. Thus a Rapid Action Project was sanctioned to provide 350 jackets for distribution among the staff.

That’s all for the updates from the reporting period. Thank you once again for all your support. We will soon be back with more updates. Till then, take care.

Warm Regards,

Team WTI