TCF’s publication of the first-ever coffee table book on the Great Indian Bustard was released by Ms Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director, IUCN Asia at The IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Hawaii on September 4, 2016, in the presence of other esteemed delegates and dignitaries. 'Great Indian Bustard - A Pictorial Life History' is authored by Dr. Asad Rahmani and co-authored by Devesh Gadhavi and Kedar Gore, and is available for purchase at TCF’s e-shop. 
Above: Kedar Gore and Devesh Gadhvi presenting the book to IUCN President Zhang Xinsheng

The Corbett Foundation is the proud recipient of the Best Responsible Tourism Project Award for its "Tribal Museum"  project  during the MP Tourism Awards 2016 held in Bhopal on 15th October. The award was presented by the hon'ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the presence of other dignitaries, and received by TCF's Baiga colleagues from Kanha. The Baiga community from Bandhatola village in the buffer zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve, manage the Tribal Museum through Mukki Eco Vikas Samiti - a Self Help Group facilitated by TCF. All earnings from this Tribal Museum go to this SHG. We take this opportunity to thank Mr Sharad Sanghi, our Trustee and a Member of the State Wildlife Advisory Board of MP, who supported the construction of the Tribal Museum in 2013.

USHA International Ltd. and The Corbett Foundation have collaborated to launch the ‘Silai School’ Programme in Kanha Tiger Reserve. A batch of ten local women entrepreneurs are being trained, in TCF’s Community Conservation Centre in village Baherakhar on the outskirts of Kanha Tiger Reserve, to tailor various garments and also to become master trainers in the Silai School they will establish in their village. USHA has sponsored a sewing machine for each trainee and advanced training in this skill.

The Corbett Foundation has initiated a vulture conservation project in villages in Demoh in Sivsagar, Assam. Protecting nest-bearing trees contributes greatly to conserving the critically endangered vulture species. As a community-based conservation approach, TCF has identified seven villagers who have undertaken to protect nest-bearing trees in their farms and premises, and presented each with a certificate of appreciation and a bicycle, honouring them as ‘Vulture Sentinels’. Other activities under this project include a population survey and mass awareness programmes. TCF also celebrated International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) across its divisions, conducting poster, drawing and essay competitions for students, discussions and documentary screenings to raise awareness about the ecological significance of the vulture and the conservation of its rapidly declining population.

TCF collaborated with the respective forest departments of Kanha, Bandhavgarh and Pench Tiger Reserves to conduct a Capacity Building and Skill Development programme for the nature guides of these reserves from September 21st to 30th, 2016. Three-day sessions were conducted at each reserve, attended by a total of 280 individuals comprising experienced and freshly recruited nature guides.