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Wildlife Conservation Trust.[1] (WCT) is an Indian not-for-profit organisation based in Mumbai and was registered in 2002. WCT has registrations under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961; Section 12-A (a) of the Income Tax Act, 1961; Bombay Public Trust Act 1950; and the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010. WCT currently works in and around 160 Protected Areas across 23 states in India and works closely with government bodies,[2] corporates, communities and local NGOs through funding and technical support, knowledge partnering and consultancy.

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WCT’s core areas of work focus on application of conservation methodologies on the ground; conservation research; understanding behaviour of people who live in and around forests to understand the inter-relation between them and the natural ecosystems; human-wildlife interface management;[3] building capacity of the forest department in wildlife law enforcement and forensics; conservation education; livelihoods; health of frontline forest staff[4] and road ecology[5]

History

WCT was registered in the year 2002. For the first seven years it operated as a family trust, making donations to various tiger reserves to strengthen protection of those parks. In September 2009, an office was set-up and subject matter experts were hired to run on-ground projects.

Members

Mr. Hemendra Kothari[6] is the Founder, Chairman and Trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Hemendra Kothari Foundation. He is the former President of the Bombay Stock Exchange and founded DSP Financial Consultants Limited which later became DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd. He is currently the Chairman of DSP Investment Managers Private Limited. Dr. Anish Andheria,[7] a Carl Zeiss Conservation Awardee is the President of the Wildlife Conservation Trust. He is a large carnivore biologist and a wildlife photographer of repute. Mr. Hemendra Kothari, Mr. Bittu Sahgal,[8] Ms. Aditi Kothari Desai and Ms. Shuchi Kothari are the trustees of WCT. The advisory board of WCT comprises Mr. Subramaniam Ramodarai, Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai, Mr. Amit Chandra, Mr. Prashant Trivedi, Mr. Dereck Joubert, Dr. Thomas Kaplan, Mr. Alok Kshirsagar and Mr. Anshu Jain.

Important positions held by WCT

  • The advisory board, Global Tiger Forum[9]
  • Member, National Tiger Conservation Authority[10]
  • State Boards of Wildlife for the following states - Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir[11]
  • Executive Committee of the Gujarat State Lion Conservation Society (GLCS)

References

  1. ^ "This Organisation Doesn't Just Protect Wildlife, It Conserves Forests and Empowers Villagers Too!". www.thebetterindia.com.
  2. ^ "Many from Vid on state wildlife board". www.timesofindia.com.
  3. ^ "WILDLIFE WEEK 2019: INDIA'S TIGER CENSUS POINTS TO AN URGENT NEED FOR PEACEFUL ECOSYSTEMS WHERE HUMANS, TIGERS COEXIST". www.firstpost.com.
  4. ^ "Focus on quality of life, mental health of Forest Guards: Study". www.dnaindia.com.
  5. ^ "About 400 proposed infrastructure projects will destroy tiger corridors: report; Wildlife Conservation Trust recommends measures to achieve a win-win solution for development and wildlife". www.downtoearth.org.in.
  6. ^ "Hemendra Kothari: Beyond Profits". www.forbesindia.com.
  7. ^ "An Interview With India's Leading Wildlife Conservationist Dr. Anish Andheria". www.worldatlas.com.
  8. ^ "Bittu Sahgal". en.wikipedia.org.
  9. ^ "National NGO's from India". globaltigerforum.org.
  10. ^ "Reinforce rules in tiger corridors, buffer zones: NTCA". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  11. ^ "Wildlife Board constituted for J&K". www.greaterkashmir.com.
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