Despite its significance as a tiger habitat, the Satpuda region has received little attention and support from both NGOs and the government. As a result the continuity of tiger habitat is increasingly under threat from development and infrastructure projects, logging, mining and poaching. There is an urgent need for ground surveys and scientific assessments to guide conservation action aimed at maintaining the viability of existing tiger habitats and even expanding them. Against this background, the Satpuda Foundation was established to highlight the biodiversity of the Central Indian Highlands (i.e. the Satpuda mountain range), educate different sections of the society about its importance and to tackle threats to the area’s forests and wildlife through well-coordinated research oriented conservation action. This seems to be the only way to protect this region, the world’s largest contiguous tiger habitat.

conducting research to support conservation action and educating sections of the society about the short and long term benefits of protecting this magnificent mountain range.

The main objectives of the Satpuda Foundation are to :

Impart conservation education to young conservationists.
Impart anti-poaching training to forest and wildlife wing staff and other select individuals.
Conduct anti-poaching operations to stop the illegal wildlife trade in central India.
Conduct training workshops for enforcement authorities, government agencies and NGOs.
Conduct detailed field investigations in areas that are considered particularly important for the tiger.
Assist villagers that seek voluntary rehabilitation from Protected Areas.
Assess the environmental impacts of developmental projects such as dams, mines, etc.
Undertake specific research programmes to guide the framing of wildlife conservation policies.
Initiate research and conservation programmes for specific threatened species in the Satpuda region.
Community conservation work in villages surrounding Sanctuaries, National Parks and Tiger Reserves to reduce Human-Wildlife conflict.

Projects ( Some of the ongoing projects that the Satpuda Foundation is involved with are: )

'Kids for Tigers' programme in the schools of Nagpur city
Nature Education Programme for tribal kids and villagers in and around Tiger Reserves in the Satpuras.
Green Army Project: Creating a ‘Green Army’ by imparting training in selected schools from Akola, Wardha, Gondia, Buldhana, Nagpur districts.
Community Conservation programme for villages in and around Pench Tiger Reserve Maharashtra and Pench Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh.
Establishment of a Wildlife Research and Community Conservation Centre at Kanha National Park.
Relocation of villages from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR)
Vulture Conservation programme in Central India
For the last six years, almost everybody concerned withnature conservation is worried about the disappearance of vultures. There has been a decline in the population of two most common species of vultures, the white -backed Gyps bengalensis and Long-billed Vulture Gyps Indicus.
Experts initially declared that a viral disease was the main cause of the vulture decline but later, many of them changed their stand and declared the chemical diclofenac, used for veterinary purposes, as the cause of death..more
Tiger Protection Fund
Assistance for Tiger Protection in TATR. (Funded by Wildlife Conservation Trust) Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, presently one of the best tiger reserves of India , is located in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state. Tadoba is the place where one can see Tigers...more
Satpuda Foundation joins Satpura Landscape Tiger Project (SLTP).
Satpuda Foundation has started protection and conservation initiatives under Satpura landscape Tiger Project with some partner organizations. Born Free Foundation promised three year support to Satpuda Foundation under SLTP project...more

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