CWS | Centre for Wildlife Studies

Trust
1984

BIC Stall Location

31 | I Floor Foyer

Organisation purpose / activities

To mitigate anthropogenic impacts on wildlife and wild places by implementing programs to empower communities near protected areas through conflict mitigation, agriculture, education, healthcare, finance and  job skills training, and alternative livelihood options. To build individual and institutional capacity in wildlife research and conservation through education and training. To engage the public to care for wildlife and wild places through citizen science, storytelling, media and social-media platforms.

Impact assessment

Building resilience and capacity in remote rural communities for wildlife associated challenges. Facilitating individual and collective action. Creating opportunities for people to share space with wildlife. Our field based conservation program like Wild Surakshe, Wild Shaale and Wild Seve aids in rewilding and restoring the Western Ghats.

In Wild Seve since 2015 We have assisted more than 9000 farmers around Bandipur and Nagarhole file over 19000 ex gratia compensation claims for losses due to human-wildlife interaction estimated over Rs. 6.9 Crores out of which Rs. 3.2 crores is received by the farmers.

During Wild Shaale, since 2018,  we have reached with over 450 schools engaging over 20,000 children where we interactively try to build the empathy in the kids towards wildlife.

Wild Surakshe, our public health and safety program started in 2020 has conducted with over 350 workshops with more than 10,000 villagers in close proximity to forests and worked with them on avoiding human-wildlife conflict, about first aid and giving awareness about various zoonotic diseases prevelant in the geography

Extent of focus in Bengaluru

Headquartered here with focus on Western Ghats