The Art & Science Of Camera Trapping

What is camera trapping? How does it work? How does the age-old camera trapping technology aid in conservation and research? We break down the art and science of camera trapping for you. Watch.

WCT’s long-term camera trapping exercise in the Central Indian Landscape has yielded some fascinating and important information about tigers, wildlife corridors, tiger population connectivity, anthropogenic threats to wildlife and has even resulted in new discoveries! WCT’s camera traps produced the first photographic evidence of Eurasian otters in the Central Indian Landscape (CIL) in 2016.

Through camera trapping efforts, we have been able to influence policy to bring newer forest areas under legal protection, as well as reduce the impact of linear infrastructure projects such as roads cutting through critical tiger habitat. Furthermore, our robust analyses of the camera trapping data have been helping the Forest Department in mitigating human-wildlife conflict, tiger population census efforts, strategising conservation plans, etc. WCT has also been working to develop the capacity among the frontline forest staff to understand and carry out camera trap-based monitoring of tigers outside Protected Areas.

In collaboration with:
Maharashtra Forest Department
Madhya Pradesh Forest Department

Supported by:

BNP Paribas
DSP Investment Managers
HT Parekh Foundation
Illuminati Trading Pvt. Ltd.
SBI Foundation
U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service
USAID
Vinati Organics Ltd.

Visuals:
Anish Andheria
Aditya Joshi
Vivek Tumsare
Girish Punjabi
Gajendra Gore

Script by Purva Variyar

Edited by Shrutika Mulaye