WRCS

WRCS

Community-led Conservation, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Habitat Restoration, Sustainable Livelihoods, Biodiversity Protection

1A Shriyog housing society , Sutarwadi, Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra, India

At Wildlife Research and Conservation Society (WRCS), our journey began in silence — listening to forests, fading wetlands, vanishing species, and unheard communities. For over two decades, we’ve worked where people and wildlife meet — restoring forests, reviving forgotten species, and resolving human-wildlife conflict through compassion and collaboration. We believe coexistence isn’t a strategy, but a relationship. Our efforts focus on empowering local communities, protecting biodiversity, and fostering harmony — not through fences, but understanding. Whether it's helping women earn through eco-friendly crafts or enabling farmers to live peacefully with elephants, every step we take honors both people and nature. We are not heroes, but companions and quiet catalysts for change. WRCS exists not above or outside, but with — as guardians of the wild, friends of the forgotten, and believers in harmony.

OUR STORY

Not all journeys begin with a grand declaration.

Some begin in stillness — in the soft rustle of leaves, the fading song of a bird, the quiet disappearance of a wetland. Ours began like that — in listening. To the wild. To the land. And most importantly, to the people who’ve lived beside it for generations, often unseen and unheard.

WRCS was not founded on ambition. It was born out of presence — of simply being there long enough to witness the changes. To see what was vanishing, what was forgotten, and what was being quietly endured. For over two decades, we have worked in the delicate and often tense space where humans and wildlife intersect — where crop losses, fear, tradition, and hope coexist.

We’ve walked with farmers who remember elephants from their childhoods — now viewed as threats to their survival.

We’ve listened to tribal elders recall the calls of birds no one hears anymore.

We’ve stood with frontline forest staff, protecting ecosystems with courage, yet without basic support.

And through these stories, a question shaped our path:

What if conservation was led by compassion? Guided by local wisdom? Built on community strength?

Our work does not begin with answers, but with questions.

We do not arrive with blueprints — we arrive with respect, with patience, and with a commitment to collaboration.

At WRCS, we believe conservation cannot thrive in isolation.

True change comes when solutions are co-created — when people are not seen as threats to nature, but as stewards of it. Our goal is not to fence off the wild, but to reconnect what’s been lost — between species, between people, and between people and nature.

We work with communities, not around them.

We build relationships with forest-dependent families, with forest guards, and with local governance. We revive lost ecosystems using both traditional knowledge and modern science. We support livelihoods that protect rather than exploit the land — from women turning waste fabric into resilient crafts, to youth being trained as conservation leaders.

Our projects span across:

Human-wildlife conflict mitigation — ensuring that farmers sleep peacefully, and elephants roam safely

Habitat restoration — reviving forests, wetlands, and grasslands from memory, data, and care

Community-based conservation — empowering local voices to lead and sustain change

Environmental education — nurturing the next generation to see snakes, owls, and forests not with fear, but with understanding

Our impact is measured not just in data and field reports — but in the smiles of women earning from sustainable livelihoods, the relief of farmers spared from nightly raids, and the confidence of a forest officer finally holding a field guide in a language they understand.

Because every life saved, every tree planted, every conflict prevented — begins with a simple shift in perspective: that people and wildlife both belong.

We don’t call ourselves heroes.

We are companions. Listeners. Quiet catalysts.

We stay in the background so the real voices — of the forest, of the land, of its people — can be heard.

WRCS exists in that in-between space.

Not above. Not outside. But with.

And our mission remains simple, yet profound:

To protect without dividing

To restore without erasing

To conserve without forgetting who else calls this land home

We are WRCS.

Guardians of the wild. Friends of the forgotten. Believers in harmony.

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