The Corbett Foundation and Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) have together embarked on a brand new Conservation Education Project. Local urban as well rural awareness programmes for school students by way of nature trails, treks and interactive sessions with TCF’s resource persons are at the heart of this programme, along with sensitizing and mobilizing the rural forest-dwelling population to the conservation of STR’s important biodiversity.

The debut event saw 30 children from 3 local schools participating in nature trails, interactive quizzes and games.

The Corbett Foundation was an organizing partner in a two-day National Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation by the Kaziranga Study Centre, J.D.S.G. College in association with Kaziranga National Park and other conservation NGOs, held on 29th and 30th June 2017. The seminar was inaugurated by esteemed guests and chairpersons, including TCF’s Dr. Naveen Pandey. Dr. Satyendra Singh, Director, Kaziranga National Park spoke about climate change and global warming with regard to biodiversity and its conservation. After a keynote presentation by former professor of Guwahati University Prof. P. C. Bhattacharjee, the technical sessions commenced, during which presentations were made on biodiversity conservation as well as on relevant subjects like flood control, particulate matter, butterflies as pollinators and indicators of a healthy environment and such.