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Shajan M.A. is a sociologist who has worked with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) for the last 11 years. He joined as a Field Officer at the Elephant Corridor Securement Project in Wayanad, Kerala. He completed his post-graduate degree in social work from the University of Calicut, Kerala, and M.Phil. in psychiatric social work from […]

Jose Louise is the CEO of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI).

Protecting the migratory corridors for India's elephants benefits countless other plants and animal as well, making elephants an “umbrella species” whose protection benefits other wildlife that shares the same ecosystem.

In southern India, villages were built in the middle of an “elephant superhighway” used by the largest population of Asian elephants on Earth, leading to ongoing conflict that was dangerous for both the human residents and the elephants themselves.

Pawpaws are in season, ocean waves gain rights, and salmon can swim freely in the Klamath

Along the coast of Gujarat, India, a renowned spiritual leader is inspiring fishermen to become guardians of the world’s biggest fish: the endangered whale shark.

It hasn’t been easy to convert the fishing community of Gujarat, India to be whale shark allies — but the message is finally breaking through.