Key facts
- Established
- 1998
- Organisation type
- NGO
- Tax compliance
- 80G (for 50% tax benefits), 12 A (Tax exemption for NGO income), FCRA (Eligible for international funding), Organization Registration Certificate
About the organisation
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is a leading Indian nature
conservation organisation committed to the service of nature. Its mission is to
conserve wildlife and its habitat and to work for the welfare of individual
wild animals, in partnership with communities and governments. WTI’s team of
150 dedicated professionals work towards achieving its vision of a secure
natural heritage of India, in six priority landscapes, knit holistically
together by nine key strategies or Big Ideas. Its team includes conservation biologists, scientists,
sociologists, wildlife veterinarians, managers, lawyers, finance experts and
communication specialists. They all are committed to the common cause of
wildlife.
Special features
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) currently runs 44 projects across India. Few of its important programmes include turning whale shark hunters into staunch protectors in Gujarat, relocating distressed Hoolock gibbons in Arunachal, restoring mangrove forests in Kerala, preventing elephant deaths due to train-hits in Uttarakhand, hand-raising rhino calves in Assam, satellite-tagging critically endangered gharials in Bihar, helping bring Manas National Park back from the brink, developing a comprehensive wildlife management plan for Odisha, training frontline forest personnel across 14 states and mapping and securing wildlife corridors across the country.
Why partner with them
Since
past two decades, Wildlife Trust of India has worked towards securing the natural
heritage of the country. Beginning with three member team in a small South
Delhi apartment, it has grown into one of the largest wildlife conservation
organizations in the country. WTI’s team of 150 dedicated
professionals work towards achieving its vision of a secure natural heritage of
India, in six priority landscapes, knit holistically together by nine key
strategies or Big Ideas. In this journey, it has achieved
several milestones. It has successfully lobbied to make the Whale Shark the
first protected fish species of the country. It is the first and only
organization to have mapped 101 elephant corridors in the country. Alongside
conservation, it has garnered support of several corporate which includes HCL,
ONGC, Tata Trusts, Tata Chemicals, Oracle, Apollo Tyres and others.
