Our work in restoring green cover has shown us a powerful truth—when communities care for the land, nature begins to return. In many of our plantation sites, signs of wildlife have slowly reappeared: birds, insects, and even large mammals reclaiming space once lost. Our Wildlife Initiative emerges from this shift. It reflects our belief that conservation doesn’t only happen in sanctuaries—it happens wherever people and wildlife share space. Guided by science and grounded in community partnership, this program marks our next step in building landscapes where both can thrive.
Wildlife
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Coexisting at the
Edge of the Wild
Living with Lions: Monitoring for Coexistence
India’s Asiatic lion population has grown significantly, reaching 891 wild lions in 2025, a 32% increase since the last census in 2020. While this reflects decades of successful conservation, it also brings new challenges. Lions are no longer confined to Gir National Park and Sanctuary alone and are now spread across Gujarat with a greater number of lions residing outside protected areas. This growing presence in human-dominated areas underscores the urgent need for coexistence-focused conservation approaches that address rising interactions between lions, people, and shared landscapes.
There’s an urgent need to understand how these apex predators navigate human-dominated landscapes. The Wildlife Initiative responds to this challenge by using non-invasive acoustic monitoring to track lion movements and behavior beyond traditional forest boundaries. The project aims to generate critical data that can inform conflict mitigation, guide conservation efforts, and promote safer coexistence between communities and wildlife.