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A Rocha India established in 2003 as a NPO protecting nature through scientific research, environmental education and conservation of wildlife species.

A Rocha India established in 2003 as a NPO caring for creation through scientific research, environmental education and conservation of wildlife species.

15/07/2026

📣 We're Hiring | Media & Communications Officer

Do you believe powerful stories can inspire conservation?

A Rocha India is looking for a passionate Media & Communications Officer to help tell stories from the field, grow our digital presence, and connect people with nature. If you're creative, enjoy photography, writing, social media, and don't mind getting your boots muddy, this could be the role for you.

This is a full-time hybrid position based at our Field Study Centre in Karnataka, with opportunities to work from home and travel to project sites across our landscapes.

Join us in creating meaningful stories that inspire action for people and nature.

📍 Karnataka | Full-time | Hybrid | Field Travel Required

📩 Send your CV and a short note on why this role excites you to [email protected]

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26/04/2026

A Wild Boar recorded on our camera trap at the AFSC (A Rocha India Field Study Centre) reminds us that even landscapes on the edge of a growing city continue to support quiet, often unseen wildlife movement. 🐗

Camera traps help us document these subtle presences species that move mostly at night, avoid human activity, and depend on small habitat patches, water bodies, and vegetated corridors to navigate fragmented spaces around the Bannerghatta landscape. Observations like this deepen our understanding of how wildlife continues to persist alongside people.

Urban-edge habitats such as those around AFSC are more than just green pockets they function as stepping stones that allow animals to forage, disperse, and survive in shared environments. Protecting and monitoring these spaces is an important part of building coexistence in rapidly changing regions.

22/04/2026

This World Earth Day, we are reminded that the planet we call home is not separate from us it is the ground we walk on, the rivers that sustain us, the forests that shelter life, and the shared future we are responsible for shaping.

Conservation is not a single action or a single day. It is a continuous commitment to living more carefully, restoring what has been damaged, and protecting what still remains.

Let this be a day to reflect, reconnect, and renew our responsibility to the Earth together. 🌏

20/04/2026

Protection in the forest often begins with the things most people never see.

During a recent Anti-Snare Drive in the Bannerghatta Wildlife Range, we walked sections of forest where animal movement is frequent but threats remain hidden in plain sight. Moving slowly through leaf litter, trail edges, and transition patches, teams worked alongside forest staff to locate and remove wire snares before they could cause harm.

These efforts depend deeply on the skill and intuition of forest watchers their ability to notice disturbance, read movement patterns, and guide safe passage through the landscape continues to shape how effective such operations can be.

Each snare removed is a preventive step. Quiet work like this strengthens the safety of shared habitats and reflects the steady commitment required to keep these forests secure for wildlife.

14/04/2026

🌿 We’re hiring a Field Assistant

Join A Rocha India in supporting ecological research, biodiversity monitoring, and community-based conservation across southern India. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working outdoors, engaging with people and landscapes, and contributing to meaningful, long-term conservation efforts.

Based at our Field Study Centre in Bannerghatta, with regular travel across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala.

📩 Send your CV and a brief statement of interest to
[email protected]

Be part of careful, grounded conservation work that connects science, communities, and nature.

10/04/2026

Illegal wire snares continue to pose a serious but often unnoticed threat to wildlife across forest-edge habitats in the Bannerghatta landscape. Join us for an Anti-Snare Drive and be part of a hands-on conservation effort alongside field teams help locate and remove snares, understand real on-ground challenges, and contribute directly to protecting species that share these spaces with us. 🐾

Whether you are a student, volunteer, or nature enthusiast, this is an opportunity to engage meaningfully with conservation in action.

📍 Bannerghatta Wildlife Range
📅 18 April 2026
⏰ 6:00 AM – 10:00 AM
📞 To Register Contact: *+91 87488 40463*

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04/04/2026

Strengthening coexistence across landscapes — India & Sri Lanka

We’re excited to share glimpses of our ongoing collaboration with Kaveri Kala Manram (KKM) in Sri Lanka, working together to better understand and address human–elephant conflict through community-led approaches.

As part of this initiative, social and key-informant surveys were conducted across multiple high-conflict northern districts, including the Vavuniya, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, and Batticaloa regions, which represent some of the most complex interfaces between people, elephants, and post-conflict landscapes.

Through discussions, community engagement, and participatory learning spaces, we are building a deeper understanding of local vulnerabilities, cultural perspectives, and practical mitigation strategies.

In this collaboration, A Rocha India’s role is to provide technical expertise to KKM, strengthening the design and implementation of effective, locally grounded human–elephant conflict mitigation strategies.

This work lays the foundation for long-term, community-driven solutions, including early warning systems, locally adapted mitigation measures, and cross-learning between South India and Sri Lanka.

We are grateful to partner with KKM, a member of the network in Sri Lanka, to advance a shared vision of coexistence rooted in both science and community resilience.

Together, we move towards landscapes where people and elephants can thrive side by side.

01/04/2026

Supporting communities at the forest–farm interface through partnership and shared responsibility.

A Rocha India and Lions Club of Bangalore Parisara recently worked together in Keserguppe village, located along the landscape surrounding Bannerghatta National Park, to engage with women and men whose livelihoods are directly affected by wildlife movement into agricultural areas.

As part of this joint effort, community members were identified for capacity-building and skill development opportunities that can strengthen alternative livelihood options and improve access to institutional support, including linkages to national banking schemes. The initiative was carried out with the support of Jeevan Mitra Social Service Trust and local stakeholders who continue to play an important role in enabling these connections.

Collaborations like these are small but meaningful steps toward reducing vulnerability at the human–wildlife interface, while strengthening long-term pathways for coexistence between people and the landscapes they share with wildlife.

30/03/2026

A quiet ripple in Bannerghatta’s waters has revealed something remarkable.

For the first time, Smooth-coated Otters have been confirmed from Bannerghatta National Park through field signs and a direct sighting of four individuals near a community reservoir. Their presence is a powerful reminder that even shared freshwater landscapes continue to support sensitive and often overlooked wildlife.

Findings like these highlight the importance of protecting wetlands and small water bodies that sustain biodiversity alongside people.

Read the full publication through the link in our bio.

27/03/2026

A Rocha India is seeking a Field Operations & Canine Training Lead to support the Elephant Anti Depredation Dog Squad (EADDS) in strengthening field-based responses to human–elephant conflict across southern India. The position is based in Bannerghatta (with regular field travel) and plays a key role in advancing applied conservation practice at the frontline of coexistence efforts.

This role involves managing day-to-day operations of the EADDS centre, leading training of working dogs and handlers, coordinating deployments with Forest Department frontline staff, supporting elephant tracking and deterrence interventions, maintaining scent sample and field documentation systems, and ensuring high standards of canine welfare and readiness.

We are looking for someone with experience in working dog training and handling, exposure to wildlife conservation or conflict landscapes, strong coordination and observation skills, and the ability to work in dynamic, field-driven conditions.

📩 Apply: [email protected]
Salary based on qualifications & experience

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Kyasaraguppe, Near Bilwaradahalli, Bannerghatta Post
Bangalore
560083

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+919886672041

Website

http://www.arocha.in/

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