ABOUT THE PROJECT

A National Initiative for
India's Small Wild Cats

Strengthening conservation and resilience of globally significant wild cat landscapes with a focus on wild cat & leopard conservation.

Project Objective

Secure populations and habitats of wild cats subject to habitat encroachment, human-wildlife conflict, poaching and illegal trade in priority landscapes of northern, north-eastern and western India.

The project aims to achieve the same through four components:

Policy

Enabling policy framework and institutional capacity

Habitats

Strengthen government management of wild cats and habitats

Landscape

Build community stewardship at the landscape level

Private Sector Partnership

Enhance private sector partnerships, regional collaboration and knowledge transfer and learning supported by gender mainstreaming and monitoring and evaluation

Project Partners

Snapshots from India’s wild cat habitats and our conservation efforts.

GLOBAL TIGER FORUM (GTF)

Global Tiger Forum (GTF) is the only inter-governmental organization working exclusively for the conservation of Tigers in the Tiger Range Countries with the goal of highlighting the rationale for Tiger preservation, providing leadership, and utilizing a common approach throughout the world in order to safeguard the survival of the Tiger, its prey, and its habitat.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life. Working on the ground in 170 countries and territories, UNDP supports national and local capacities to achieve sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals.

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF)

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an international partnership that provides funding to address global environmental issues. Established in 1991, GEF supports projects related to biodiversity conservation, climate change, land degradation, chemicals and waste, and international waters through grants and blended financing.

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST & CLIMATE CHANGE (MoEFCC)

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is the nodal agency of the Government of India responsible for environmental policy, forest conservation, wildlife protection, and climate-related initiatives. The Ministry oversees programmes related to biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration, pollution control, and sustainable environmental governance.