WWF-India
Location
Kota | India
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About Us
WWF India's Wildlife & Habitats Programme focuses on eight terrestrial landscapes located in diverse ecoregions across the country. Conservation at the landscape scale involves working on a range of issues that impact the landscape both directly and indirectly. This includes wildlife conservation related issues (species and habitat management & monitoring, addressing human-wildlife conflict, enhancing protection); social development and community empowerment (participatory governance, promoting sustainable livelihoods, community based conservation initiatives); natural resource management; freshwater conservation, understanding and implementing climate change adaptation, as well as engaging with external drivers of land use change such as infrastructure development, agriculture production and extractives. Approaches include field implementation, research & monitoring, capacity building & institutional development, policy advocacy and engagement with multiple partners including local communities, industries, government agencies and CSOs. WWF- India has been working in the Western India Tiger Landscape (WITL) spanning the states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh for a decade and a half. Most tigers within the landscape reside within the Ranthambhore National Park, which is the source site for dispersing tigers to the potential recovery site in Kailadevi Wildlife Sanctuary, the newly declared Ramgarh Vishdhari and Dholpur Tiger Reserves and the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve and the adjacent Kuno-Madhav forest complex in Madhya Pradesh. The Chambal river, which divides the two states, is home to the critically endangered Gharial and other aquatic species and its ravines provide cover and enable movement of tigers. Parts of the landscape also hosts populations of species such as the wolf and caracal. The WITL of WWF-India engages with key stakeholder groups in myriad ways and approaches to maintain the ecological integrity of the landscape. WWF- India seeks a candidate committed to conservation and sustainable development and proven leadership abilities to drive and manage the Western India Tiger Landscape. The candidate is expected to work across multiple disciplines and lead a diverse team of naturalists and social scientists, and field staff. The candidate is also expected to engage and work with diverse stakeholders, including senior government officials and community leaders, to achieve the landscape conservation objectives. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Programme DevelopmentJob tags
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