Wildlife compensation policy needs to be revised in Rajasthan
We are pleased to share with you an exciting new international scientific publication authored by Dr. McKenzie F. Johnson from Duke University (USA), Dr. Krithi [...]
Tech goes back to basics to mitigate human-wildlife conflict near Indian parks
A simple user-friendly mobile phone system has helped villagers near two Indian national parks report crop and livestock damages to authorities and receive appropriate compensation. [...]
The Hindu: Big cats, cow-dung, and changing rural economies?
Fluctuating coffee prices, lower demand for cow dung as manure and increasing foreign cattle varieties may be part of the changing local economy, fuelling man-carnivore conflict around [...]
Scientists unearth hidden drivers of big cat conflict in Bandipur
We are pleased to share with you an exciting new international scientific publication authored by Dr. Jared D. Margulies from the University of Sheffield (UK) [...]
Scientific American blog by Dr. K. Ullas Karanth
This article by Dr. Ullas Karanth in the Scientific American talks about evaluating where we are headed in the strenuous effort to recover this icon of [...]
Big Cat Comeback: How India Is Restoring Its Tiger Population
Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, Director - CWS, has spent a half-century working to protect India’s endangered tigers. In an interview with Yale e360, he argues that [...]
Conservation without Borders
CWS scientist Dr Krithi Karanth was interviewed on the "Conservation Without Borders" podcast by Dr Hayley Adams discussing her childhood influences, current work and driving [...]
9 human-animal conflicts every day in Bandipore, Nagarhole National Park
In the last three years, Bandipore National Park and Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka have recorded 10,000 instances of human-animal conflict, shows data from the [...]
Wild Seve files its 10,000th claim
Late on July 8, on the fringes of Bandipur National Park, a farmer in Shivapura village heard noises from his livestock shed. Moments later, he [...]
Garden Pests that Can Eat You: WCS Wild Seve Program Protects Farmers and Wildlife from Each Other
WCS’s Wild Seve program, which helps farmers living around India’s Bandipur and Nagarahole National Parks recoup losses of crops or livestock from tigers, leopards, elephants, [...]
