Students Conference on Conservation Science
The Students Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) was held in the JN Tata auditorium in Bangalore on the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th of October 2019. This annual conference was attended by Beeman, Chandrasekar and Nayanatara from the Biodiversity Management and Restoration Programme and Bhavya from the Field Courses and Research Programme. The aim of […]
Keystone Foundation partakes in the 4th leaders meeting of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN
The IUCN Species Survival commission (SSC) is a science-based network of expert groups from all over the world addressing conservation issues of several species of plants and animals, mainly the ones that are majorly declining due to loss of habitat, climate change etc.; The group consists of Researchers, Government Officials, Wildlife Managers,and many other experts […]
Organic farming-school campaign: Kookalthorai government school
Kookalthorai the region, enjoys a unique landscape which shapes the predominant occupation of the people- agriculture. The valley between the hills of Kookalthorai serves as a large water catchment area, allowing for a wide range of vegetables to be grown here. Earlier more local crops which required little or no chemical inputs were grown, however, […]
Beekeeping Training – From Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary to Mudumalai National Park
On September 14th, a group of 16 people from Corinaga Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh visited our Sigur Center, located in the Mudumalai National Park for two-day beekeeping training. Among the 16, three of them are Forest Department personnel of Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary. They accompanied 13 others (three women and ten men) based out of villages […]
Community Stewards are training and building local capacities
It has been a year since Ponamma and Shailaja started monitoring wildlife movement around water sources in Kotagiri town. They record observations in five areas each, twice a week, by noting down the different animals that visit these sources. Accompanying each other for their monitoring activities, they prepare for a full days field work by […]
Barefoot Ecologists of the NBR – not low cost field assistants!
Its a little more than 10 years that we have been hosting a Barefoot Ecology program – which trains community members to observe and record habitat quality and changes . Over 50 + community members have been part of the program and they have taken up ecological monitoring, raising nurseries, conducting nature education programs and village […]
Training of Trainers – Participatory Guarantee System
Training of Trainers April 2019 Vaagdhara Banswara, Rajasthan 25-04-2019.Trainers: Mr. Robert Leo Mr. Rajesh Pandian At this stage of the Switch Asia project funded by WHH, our partners Vaagdhara had registered 200 PGS groups onto the NCOF portal. Keystone Foundation have verified and activated 30 groups and the rest are in the process. As a […]
Wildlife monitoring – Observing bovines with verve
Wildlife monitoring is an essential part of conservation. In many parts of the world, it is proven to be a critical step taken to protect endangered species, as well as developing corridors for animals that will help prevent increasing human-wildlife interactions due to our invasion of their spaces in the name of development. Understanding human-wildlife […]
