Emergency Support between 2008 - 2000
Year 2007 – 08
Support to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
In 2007, WWF-India supported the desiltation of Suheli River in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve’s Sathiana wildlife range. This was to restore the pasture of grazing wild animals that had silted due to the floods.
Year 2003
Support to Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
WWF-India’s Tiger and Wildlife division supported Wayanad wildlife sanctuary in northern Kerala to mitigate the emergency created by serious man-elephant conflict in the form of electric fencing.
Year 2002
Emergency Support to Ranthambore & Sariska Tiger Reserves
Year 2000-2001
Support to Panna Tiger Reserve
TCP supported Panna Tiger Reserve to cope with devastating fires during the peak fire season in the year 2000-2001. This emergency support helped in preventing much damage to the Reserve's ecology. The support included:
Support to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
Siltation was the major cause of devastation of the Sathiana grassland in Dudhwa in the year 2001. WWF-India, through its emergency support, helped in restoring the grasslands which are a prime habitat for tigers. Other support included:
Support to Corbett Tiger Reserve
Located at the foot hills of the Himalayas, the Corbett Tiger Reserve has one of the best tiger populations in India. Additionally, it also has the best tusker to cow elephant ratio in India. Incidents of elephant poaching in the year 2001 created a situation of emergency. This was mainly due to the timing of the events, which coincided with the creation of Uttaranchal state. Almost all of the Corbett Tiger Reserve falls in Uttaranchal state. The poachers, as reported, were connected to a major mafia gang and were then using techniques that were new to this area. WWF-India supported:
Year 2000
Support to Kaziranga National Park
In the year 2000, a series of breaches in the Himalayas upstream, in Arunachal Pradesh, caused floods in River Brahmaputra. As a result, a large portion of Kaziranga National park went underwater, causing panic. Three staff camps were washed away. Large scale movement of animals to safer areas outside the park caused serious problems for the park management as these areas lie outside the jurisdiction of the Park. Support from WWF-India included:
Support to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
In 2007, WWF-India supported the desiltation of Suheli River in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve’s Sathiana wildlife range. This was to restore the pasture of grazing wild animals that had silted due to the floods.
Year 2003
Support to Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
WWF-India’s Tiger and Wildlife division supported Wayanad wildlife sanctuary in northern Kerala to mitigate the emergency created by serious man-elephant conflict in the form of electric fencing.
Year 2002
Emergency Support to Ranthambore & Sariska Tiger Reserves
- Due to severe drought situation in the preceding four years, a majority of the water sources in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore & Sariska Tiger Reserves had dried up. Much of the tiger prey species like sambar, nilgai and wild pig were on the verge of being forced out of the parks in search of water. They would have certainly been poached and the tigers would have been in a serious crisis. WWF-India’s Tiger Conservation Programme (TCP) released funds for drought relief and water management in Sariska. Later in March 2003, with the assistance of WWF International, WWF-UK and WWF-Netherlands, TCP bore the cost of four deep bore-wells in Ranthambore and two bore-wells in Sariska Tiger Reserves. These wells helped fill up water sources in the Parks.
Year 2000-2001
Support to Panna Tiger Reserve
TCP supported Panna Tiger Reserve to cope with devastating fires during the peak fire season in the year 2000-2001. This emergency support helped in preventing much damage to the Reserve's ecology. The support included:
- Temporary employment of fire watchers.
- Temporary employment of fire fighting squads.
- Provision of fire-fighting equipment and drinking water containers, medicines etc.
Support to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
Siltation was the major cause of devastation of the Sathiana grassland in Dudhwa in the year 2001. WWF-India, through its emergency support, helped in restoring the grasslands which are a prime habitat for tigers. Other support included:
- Repair of a D-4D tractor to harrow and burn and thereby suppress the coarse grasses which had come up in Sathiana Block of the reserve – one of the strongholds of Dudhwa’s swamp deer population. Swamp deer are one of the prey species of tiger. The prevalence of coarse grass was due to heavy siltation.
- Desilting of drainage system of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.
Support to Corbett Tiger Reserve
Located at the foot hills of the Himalayas, the Corbett Tiger Reserve has one of the best tiger populations in India. Additionally, it also has the best tusker to cow elephant ratio in India. Incidents of elephant poaching in the year 2001 created a situation of emergency. This was mainly due to the timing of the events, which coincided with the creation of Uttaranchal state. Almost all of the Corbett Tiger Reserve falls in Uttaranchal state. The poachers, as reported, were connected to a major mafia gang and were then using techniques that were new to this area. WWF-India supported:
- Funding to set up an intelligence gathering network.
- Hiring of 4-wheelers and pickup trucks as well as paying for their fuel.
- Logistics support for deployment of additional staff and volunteers.
- Ration to field guides, forest personnel in assisting the operation.
- Repair of wireless sets.
Year 2000
Support to Kaziranga National Park
In the year 2000, a series of breaches in the Himalayas upstream, in Arunachal Pradesh, caused floods in River Brahmaputra. As a result, a large portion of Kaziranga National park went underwater, causing panic. Three staff camps were washed away. Large scale movement of animals to safer areas outside the park caused serious problems for the park management as these areas lie outside the jurisdiction of the Park. Support from WWF-India included:
- Providing casual workers for patrolling and manning extra temporary camps as well as rescue marooned animals.
- Mobile duty on the highway and hiring of vehicles. Construction of 5 temporary camps along the national highway that cuts through the park.
- Signage on the highway to prevent road-kills.