The Coalition for Wildlife Corridors - Annual Partners’ Meet 2026
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
Two action-packed days (8th and 9th July 2026) at the WWF-India office in New Delhi!
25 organisational and individual partners, guest subject-matter experts were in attendance across India.
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
Fueled by coffee, tea, and an unwavering goal to strengthen connectivity conservation in India, we were planners, researchers, ideators, and institution builders under one roof.
We explored joint action for safeguarding the shared multi-use spaces that are corridors - home to people, wildlife, and a whole host of complex challenges!
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
We deliberated on connectivity aspects of policy, fundraising as a collective, connectivity in lesser-studied habitats, technology, and data tools to fill gaps in current knowledge, and more.
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
A big thank you to all members for their insights, meaningful engagement, and continued partnership.
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
The Coalition for Wildlife Corridors at the Indian Wildlife Ecology Conference
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
Everyone in ecology was Indian Wildlife Ecology Conference (IWEC), and The Coalition for Wildlife Corridors were too!
Coalition members - Divya Ramesh, Upasana Ganguly (Wildlife Trust of India), and Divya Vasudev (Conservation Initiatives) - led a Special Interest Group discussion on ‘Partnering for Connectivity’.
Photo credit: Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
At the end of a full first day of attending talks, panels, and networking, 25 folks gathered in a room, energies still high and keen on understanding connectivity in India.
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
We discussed knowledge gaps in connectivity conservation, the pressing need for more scientific studies on genetic connectivity across species for instance, including lesser studied ones, and key challenges in management and policy.
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
Why is connectivity important?
The answers in the room ranged from increasing habitat fragmentation and species survival to the fact that it exists in the human-wildlife interface and it matters how we define and talk about connectivity.
Photo credit: Divya Ramesh/Coalition for Wildlife Corridors
Grateful to IWEC for having us, and thanks to all the participants who wandered in at the end of a long day! The conversation is just getting started!
Notes from the Field with Raagini Muddaiah - Nature-Culture Fellow
Photo credit: Dilan Mandanna
All photo credits (unless mentioned otherwise): Raagini Muddaiah
