WRCS Handicraft

Hand Painted Coasters with magnet

Use it as a coaster and then arrange it back on the refrigerator! These magnet coasters are painted by our tribes from Karnataka (Siddis), Melghat and Koyna with beautiful wildlife themes.

Unique collection that you must have!

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Applique and hand painted pouches - on sale exclusively for you!!

A pair of owl 🦉🦉happily swinging on a branch, a commonRose butterfly 🦋in a basking pose, pretty sunflower 🌻 stitched using felt - and many more, these are our nature related themes for the Pouches...and made by our artisans from Melghat and Koyna!

Appreciate the lovely work of these local artists and support their livelihoods.

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Applique Office Bag - inspired by wildlife 🦉 🐘 🐿️

Nice and sleek, this sling bag has a long handle and is really comfortable to carry. Our tribal community from Karnataka and Melghat has made it more attractive by stitching the Elephant and owl applique designs at the front.

Going for a walk, or a meeting or just a coffee or to present your art work, this bag is good company ☺️.

Handmade Bamboo and Fabric Keychains

We have lovely collection of bamboo and fabric keychains for all wildlife lovers. Flamingo with a long neck, Tiger pugmark with various colours, Forest owlet with its curious eyes, Fluffy Tiger with blanket stitch...wow that's a good variety.

Do visit our SHOP to buy your favourite one: https://wrcsindia.org/shop-1

Owl Applique Cushion Cover - exclusive sale for the upcoming wildlife week and festive season.

'They look cute together'!! - Cushion cover stitched of comfortable cotton material, collaged with a great combination of applique fabric in the form of our favourite Owl by our community artists!!

A nice to have collection for your living room or garden seating.

Link in bio!

Hello Everyone! If you are looking for a cool and unique gift for Raksha Bandhan, please have a look at the link below and choose from wildlife-themed handicrafts made by the local communities..We are sure you will love it.. Please visit our shop and make your choice! Thanks.
https://www.wrcsindia.org/shop-1

Shop | WRCS Featuring hand made products crafted by tribal artisans and local artists residing in the remote forest area of Melghat, Koyna, and Karnataka. Your purchase of the products is contributing to wildlife conservation and supporting livelihood. Be Local Be Vocal!

New Arrivals for tge Tiger Day!

Here is a pretty bracelet for owl lovers!
Our products generate livelihood and create a positive profile for wildlife among local communities.

To shop, click on the link in our bio.

These pretty looking bird keychains are made from bamboo and handpainted by our tribal artisans of Maharashtra.
Get hornbill, owl and flamingo keychains today!

To purchase, click the link in our bio.

New arrival - meditating elephant applique tote bags art by our Siddis tribe from Karnataka!

SHOP: https://www.wrcsindia.org/product-page/elephant-tote-bag

What's new???

A tiger faced tshirt handpainted by the tribal communities!
Lets go local for vocal. Visit our website and shop now!
Link in the bio👆

Our favourite owls now even on pouches.

Can be used to keep stationery, jewellery or gadget accessories.

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Bringing another beautiful handmade product on the table. This 2-in-1 magnetic coaster is handpainted by the tribal community of Melghat Tiger Reserve.

Use it as a coaster or fridge magnet. Available in sets or per piece. For more information
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Survey of Forest Owlet in Burhanpur District, Madhya Pradesh

Wildlife Research and Conservation Society’s Owl team was invited by the Divisional Forest Officer, Burhanpur to carry out a survey of the Forest Owlet in Burhanpur forests. The survey cm training workshop was organized at Burhanpur for the frontline field staff. WRCS team comprising of Shubham Giri, Sumedh Bobade Ashok Bethekar, and Ram Kasdekar carried out the survey successfully in the area. The team trained the field staff in monitoring protocol and owl ecology study methods. Happy to be working once again in the familiar landscape of Madhya Pradesh! We thank Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, Mr. Gaurav Chaudhary DFO Burhanpur for facilitating the training workshop. We thank Mr. Abhay Singh Tomar, RFO Khaknar, and the field staff for providing excellent support during the workshop.

Researchers come up with natural solution to prevent red ants from attacking olive ridley turtle nests in Maharashtra.

Article first published in Hindustan Times by journalist Badri Chatterjee (Dec 20, 2020)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/researchers-come-up-with-natural-solution-to-prevent-red-ants-from-attacking-olive-ridley-turtle-nests-in-maharashtra/story-VLP2tWIjnjUz1dhvuEU4pM.html

Gist
On olive ridley turtles: Named for the greenish colour of its skin and shell, olive ridley sea turtles are found in warm tropical currents of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and classified as vulnerable
by the IUCN Red List and travel thousands of kilometres in the ocean, with only the females returning to their original nesting sites within a minimum of two years to lay eggs. After a 45-65 day incubation period, juvenile turtles break the eggshell, dig through the sand, and crawl to the sea. While females return to their place of birth, males never return to land. Female turtles navigate to their geographic area of origin using magnetic field along with smell.
According to the mangrove cell, only two-fifths of total hatchlings made their way to the sea in Maharashtra in 2019-20 with 12,149 hatchlings survived from 27,254 eggs during the period, accounting for a survival rate of 44.5%. In 2018-19, the survival rate was 54.4% with 12,601 hatchlings that made it to sea from 23,131 eggs.

A first-of-its-kind study in India, researchers tried to combat the problem of red army ants predating on olive ridley turtle eggs and hatchlings, and found natural control measures to protect nesting sites for further conservation of the species. Funded by the Mangrove and Marine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation –an autonomous body that assists the state mangrove cell (under the forest department) in coastal marine conservation through research
projects – Anuja Vartak from the department of biodiversity, MES Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, under the supervision of Sumedha Korgaonkar, research scholar, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, commenced a study from December 2019 to understand the feeding, foraging and predatory behaviour of this ant species during the nesting season and find a solution to prevent predation. Researchers identified that changes in weather pattern have led to a shift in turtle nesting months, followed by the ant attack. By maintaining a safe distance from the nest, protective layers were carved out sprayed with neem powder.

“This is the first time that any study from the Indian subcontinent has identified ant species responsible for predatory behaviour affecting turtles. It has provided a roadmap for species conservation for the west coast and across India,” said Virendra Tiwari, additional principal chief conservator of forest (mangrove cell) and executive director, Mangrove Foundation. After collecting samples, researchers with help from expert Dr Himender Bharti, identified the ant species as Dorylus orientalis (commonly called blind ant or red ant).

It is native to the Indian subcontinent and known to be an agricultural pest that attacks potato and groundnut crops. “In this case, the nesting site did not have these crops but our survey with locals revealed that these ants were present in these areas for over three decades, which meant they were an ecological indicator,” said Vartak.

“We found the solution was 100% effective with not a single case of predation or destruction of eggs during the 2019-20 season at Wayangani Beach. However, the solution is not locally available and a more native eco-friendly measure is being sought under the next phase of the study,” said Korgaonkar. “Being a vulnerable species, such behavioural research has assumed top priority for conservationists worldwide, furthering the effectiveness of conservation management,” said Vartak.

Forest Owlet, Black-hooded Oriole or your favourite Tiger Pugmarks, we have interesting products for you......
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WRCS Handicraft

A taste of honey: how bees mend fences between farmers and elephants A pioneering method from Africa that protect farms from forest herds is now paying off in India, with more profit and less conflict

Good morning. Sharing the link of our wildlife handicraft shop. All the items are made by local communities living at our project sites in Melghat Tiger Reserve, Kali Tiger Reserve, and surrounding forest areas and Sahyardri Tiger Reserve. This is a part of our Community Initiative Program. We request you to circualte the link in your network. Thank you.

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In Celebration of World Elephant Day..!!

It is a constant challenge to keep both, people and elephants within their boundaries and also maintain peaceful existence for both. This is what we are attempting through our long-term project in Uttar Kannada District, Karnataka (https://www.wrcsindia.org/human-elephant-interactions-1). Gratefully acknowledge our supporters @ India, Elephant Conservation Fund, Kali Tiger Reserve Foundation, Karnataka Forest department


Photo Credits: WRCS

Elephant T-Shirt for Kids
The colorful lively elephants holding balloons are hand stitched by the members of our Airawat group in the Project area in Uttar Kanada district in Karnataka. Under our Community-Initiative Program, we are training the women and men in handicraft at all our project sites. The objective of the program is skill-building and livelihood generation for wildlife conservation through community support. We will keep you posted on our latest handcrafted products with owls, elephants, tigers, endangered species and biodiversity theme.

To learn more about the project :https://www.wrcsindia.org/human-elephant-coexistence

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Owl mug rug

Hand-stitched owls in colorful fabric

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There's Many a Way to Keep the Elephant Away"
Communities living in the proximity of elephant landscapes face daily challenges in terms of protecting their crops from elephants. Elephants find agricultural crops irresistible – they are way tastier than grass and bamboo that elephants normally eat. No wonder that farmers find it difficult to keep elephants away from their crop fields. To cope with this problem farmers, elephant scientists, and wildlife managers in Asia and Africa have come up with a variety of techniques to keep the giant at bay. These solutions range from simple common-sense solutions to those that use advanced technology. They all share a common feature – they display a high degree of ingenuity. Some of them are very effective at keeping the elephant away from those delicious goodies that farmers grow in agricultural fields. However, much of this information is dispersed in scientific journals and websites and is not easily accessible to the farmers and wildlife managers, people who need it most. We thought that it would be useful if all these techniques are brought together inside the covers of one book – which is just what we did. This book describes, in simple terms, all the techniques and solutions that people have come up with to protect agricultural crops from elephants. Each section describes one technique. We have also pointed out the pros and cons of each technique so that you can make an informed decision on which one you should use. The last two chapters are devoted to more general elephant management issues. You can request for a free copy of the digital version on the url: https://www.wrcsindia.org/publications-1. We hope this book makes it easier for people and elephants to live together in the same landscape.'

" There's Many a Way to Keep the Elephant Away"

Communities living in the proximity of elephant landscapes face daily challenges in terms of protecting their crops from elephants. Elephants find agricultural crops irresistible – they are way tastier than grass and bamboo that elephants normally eat. No wonder that farmers find it difficult to keep elephants away from their crop fields. To cope with this problem farmers, elephant scientists, and wildlife managers in Asia and Africa have come up with a variety of techniques to keep the giant at bay. These solutions range from simple common-sense solutions to those that use advanced technology. They all share a common feature – they display a high degree of ingenuity. Some of them are very effective at keeping the elephant away from those delicious goodies that farmers grow in agricultural fields. However, much of this information is dispersed in scientific journals and websites and is not easily accessible to the farmers and wildlife managers, people who need it most. We thought that it would be useful if all these techniques are brought together inside the covers of one book – which is just what we did. This book describes, in simple terms, all the techniques and solutions that people have come up with to protect agricultural crops from elephants. Each section describes one technique. We have also pointed out the pros and cons of each technique so that you can make an informed decision on which one you should use. The last two chapters are devoted to more general elephant management issues. You can request for a free copy of the digital version on the url: https://www.wrcsindia.org/publications-1. We hope this book makes it easier for people and elephants to live together in the same landscape.'

Prachi MehtaJayant KulkarniRavi YellapurHarin Aiyanna KodavaSunil KaleRakesh KalvaRajiv K Srivastava

Hornbill T-Shirt

Coming soon...!!

WRCS Crafts exhibition stall

@ The Lalit Mumbai

CSR Conference

Thanks to
UNDP
&
Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board.

19th Nov 2019

Crafts exhibition 😊

Sleeping beauty
Limited Stock
Hand-stiched owls in colorful fabric

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