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Non-invasive monitoring of the dhole is crucial for knowledge about its conservation status. Monitoring of wildlife populations is an important part of conservation because it allows managers to gather information about the status of threatened species and to measure the effectiveness of management strategies.
Kids for Tigers, founded in 2000, is an educational outreach programme that seeks to instill in children a love and respect for nature through trails, workshops, fests and camps. Going way beyond conservation education, the programme is dedicated to ‘leaving kids with a better planet and leaving the planet with better kids’.
Wildlife management is the management process influencing interactions among and between wildlife, its habitats and people to achieve predefined impacts. [1] [2] [3] Wildlife management can include wildlife conservation, population control, gamekeeping, wildlife contraceptive and pest control. [4] [5] Wildlife management triad.
Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitats and prevent species extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range. [1] It is a priority of many groups that cannot be easily characterized in terms of any one ideology .
Bee Lick Creek in the Jefferson Memorial Forest, a National Audubon Society wildlife refuge. A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed ...
Conservation-far is the means of protecting nature by separating it and safeguarding it from humans. [29] Means of doing this include the creation of preserves or national parks. They are meant to keep the flora and fauna away from human influence and have become a staple method in the west. Conservation-near however is conservation via connection.
The sanctuary occupies an area of 74 acres (30 ha) and is one of the smallest wildlife sanctuaries in India. [2] [8] The sanctuary consists of many small water bodies interconnected with the main tank, located at an altitude of about 122 m (400 ft). [1]
Active participation in wildlife conservation enables one to be more conscious of environmental friendly principles, lifestyles and the importance of nature. Although this program was initially slow to gain momentum, it is gaining popularity gradually and the demand is increasing to adopt more animals housed at the zoo. [6]