Programme

Our Partner Objectives

Our Partner Programmes have the following objectives:

  • Survey availability and connectivity of suitable tiger habitat
  • Monitor tiger populations and tiger-human conflict
  • Motivate Tiger Reserve staff by providing achievement rewards
  • Expand the level of tiger protection beyond Tiger Reserve boundaries
  • Support local communities in the process of relocating from tiger habitat
  • Develop education campaigns to raise conservation awareness locally
  • Support community self-reliance projects
  • Support a network of informers reporting incidences of poaching
  • Provide legal support for wildlife related Court prosecutions
  • Network organizations and people actively involved with tiger conservation
  • Organise annual seminars for exchange of ideas

Our Programme

Saving Wild Tigers has a number of initiative programmes running continuously across the landscape. These have been developed over time to ensure we have at least one programme addressing each of the primary threats and that we cover all the key parks – this way we can ensure best practice is transferred across the region.

“Due to active patrolling and the support received from Tiger Ambassadors, now there is reduced movement of villagers in the forest in the early morning and late evening period which is good news as the wildlife movement is high during this time. The Tiger Ambassadors picked up monitoring initiatives like line transects very quickly and the forest staff has also received their assistance during surveys and wildlife rescues.”

Sushant Gaurkar, a forest guard from Ghodajhari Wildlife Sanctuary who has benefited from the formation Tiger Ambassador teams (TRACT Project), locally known as the Primary Response teams.

“From doing odd jobs earlier without any regular income, I am now in a proper job, earning Rs 1,800/- per month and can give some money to my parents regularly. This is all thanks to the Satpuda Landscape Tiger Programme, which presents great opportunities to our youths if they use it properly.”
Gendlal Hinge, 29, Aamajhari village (Pench), Housekeeper with Tuli Tiger Corridor Resort, January 2009

“I handled and installed a camera trap for the first time in my life. I have been very enthusiastic about camera traps since the first lecture on new technology in wildlife conservation. I learned about the different types of camera traps, GPS and how to use them. I also used GPS to record the location of the camera. I’ll try to tell others about this now.”

“The NCSA medical camps are very essential are there is no medical facility nearby and transport options are also limited. The local community supports and trusts us more due to these camps and we also receive assistance from the village community for conservation initiatives like combating forest fires. The NCSA team provides us with essential medicines as we work in remote areas and patrol camps which are often cut off during the monsoons.”

Forest staff of Chaurakund village in Melghat where NCSA is conducting medical camps for the local community and forest staff.

“Earlier we did not perceive dairy as a sustainable livelihood option, but now since we have received the high yielding cattle and switched to stall feeding with the help of TCF, we are earning an additional income of around Rs. 12,000 a month. We don’t send our cattle to graze in the forest anymore due to which they are safeguarded from attacks by big cats. We can also monitor their health on a daily basis as they are stall fed at home only”Basant Bairavi, a resident of Baherakhar village who has benefitted from TCF’s stall feeding project in the buffer of Kanha Tiger reserve

Details of our programmes are give below:

Programme Details

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MOBILE HEALTH UNITS

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MOBILE EDUCATIONAL UNITS

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VILLAGE RESETTLEMENT

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ENERGY PROGRAMME

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TIGER AMBASSADOR

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CAMERA TRAPPING

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LOBBYING & ADVOCACY

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RESEARCH PROGRAMME

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CONSERVATION HERO

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LAND MANAGEMENT

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NEW SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

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BUFFER ZONE TOURISM

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CATTLE MANAGEMENT

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ANNUAL SEMINAR

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