Wildlife Research and Conservation Foundation

Wildlife Research and Conservation Foundation is a non-government organization founded to conserve wildlife and its habitat. Our motto is “Retchrawun” which in Kashmiri means to conserve nature.

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Our Work

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Research and education
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Conservation science should always be backed by authentic research. One of the main and important project is to involve local and Indian institutions to conduct scientific research related to wildlife ...
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Conservation education and awareness
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Increasing urbanization has created a disconnect from nature in younger generation. Our aim is to bring children closer to wildlife by improving their knowledge, empathy and attitude towards conservation. We ...
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Illustrating wildlife
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Children from both urban and rural areas of Kashmir have never had a chance to know about their wildlife. Inadequate environmental education and lack of resources has aggravated this issue. ...
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Upcoming Events

Wetland Monitoring of Odonates

We, at Wildlife Research and Conservation Foundation, are looking for volunteers to participate in Wetland Monitoring of Odonates, a citizen science survey which aims to observe and Identify Odonate species in Wetlands.

This work involves on-ground visits to wetlands from October to December. Both habitat and species survey will be part of the job of the volunteer. They will observe, identify and photograph evidences of odonates.
The duration of monitoring will be 3 months.
Volunteers will have to report directly to WRCF regarding data. Towards the end of the monitoring, an e-certificate will be provided to the participants.

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Read Our Blog

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A poetic investigation of nature
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When breeze rustles the leaves, when water splashes against the rocks, when birds tweet on the branches, poets weave a new poem in their minds. Each sound is like an ...
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Hangul in the room!
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It was a hot summer evening in July 2018, and I was at my Uncle’s house. My little cousin had just drawn a watercolour painting which he was showing to ...
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Journey of a wildlife biologist
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The field of wildlife sciences came my way when I was actually looking for an opportunity to go for a Masters degree in any of the biotech branches. However, days ...
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Meet our Team

Dr Mehreen Khaleel

Trustee, Founder and Chair

Adv. Nadiya Abdullah

Trustee, Founder and Legal Advisor

Qazi Hammad Mueen

Coordinator - Social Media, Research and Monitoring

Suriya Sartaj

Coordinator - Outreach and Education

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