The Corbett Foundation (TCF) with support from H T Parekh Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HDFC Limited, has initiated a conservation project in the buffer zone of Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand. The project addresses the issues of human-wildlife negative interaction, works towards the capacity building of the frontline forest department personnel and continues to provide facilities of primary healthcare to the villages along the periphery of the forest.

Based on its previous interventions and experience, TCF has provided chain-linked fences to the farmlands that are along the forest fringe areas where elephant movements are not recorded, to prevent wild animals from eating crops. TCF has been providing iron poles to villagers as replacement to tree trunks while making haystacks. The villagers in the vicinity of Corbett Tiger Reserve have accepted this as a viable alternative to using trees and thus has generated a good demand for such iron poles in making of the haystack. The Corbett Foundation has been providing iron poles to forest fringe villages to reduce their dependence on forests.

TCF organised two workshops on anti-poaching and legal provisions for the successful prosecution in case of wildlife crimes for the frontline forest department personnel of Corbett Tiger Reserve and other territorial forest divisions in the Corbett landscape.  These workshops were held in collaboration with the Uttarakhand Forest Department and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Government of India. In addition to this, TCF provided around 300 high-beam torches to the frontline staff of Corbett Tiger Reserve, Terai-West Forest Division and Ramnagar Forest Division to aid in patrolling.

The Corbett Foundation is grateful to H T Parekh Foundation for its support in implementing this project. TCF is also thankful to Uttarakhand Forest Department and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Government of India for the collaboration.

With the support from Eicher Group Foundation, The Corbett Foundation (TCF) has embarked on a new waste disposal project in Kaziranga. The project addresses the critical issue of non-biodegradable waste disposal in and around two important wildlife corridors of Kaziranga - Kanchenjuri and Haldibari. Clean-up drives, awareness about the keeping the surroundings clean, minimise the use of non-biodegradable wastes, providing waste bins to responsibly collect trash, promoting energy-efficient cookstoves to minimise the use of fuelwood, and promoting bee-keeping by villagers as alternative livelihood are the major activities under this 15-month project.  

TCF is grateful to Eicher Group Foundation for the funding support and Kaziranga Tiger Reserve for the collaboration.

The Corbett Foundation (TCF), with the support of PwC India Foundation, has taken up habitat restoration in the buffer zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve since 2019-20 over 16 hectares and another 20 hectares of degraded patch of forest has been taken up for restoration in 2022. Providing sustainable 'green' livelihood to the local communities is also an important aspect of this project. 

Around 60 beneficiaries belonging to two Selh Help Groups of Manoharpur and Saraipatera villages of KTR have been chosen to be trained in bee-keeping to promote extraction and sale of honey. These beneficiaries have been trained in the process and provided with honey boxes with live bee colonies. The beneficiaries have started extracting the honey. The next steps on the anvil are to provide FSSAI certification, help wth the packaging and market linkages to the honey produced. TCF team is working closely with these beneficiaries to provide them all the necessary support they need.

The Corbett Foundation is grateful to PwC India Foundation for the support towards these projects. The Corbett Foundation expresses its gratitude to Kanha Tiger Reserve for providing land for restoration and its cooperation and partnership.