There are about 50 Green Corridor Champions who have similar responsibilities to Keepers of the Wild, but in a country where 1.3 billion people and one third of the world’s poor live, keeping huge and dangerous animals safely away from humans is a daunting proposition.
John and Viv Burton, founders of World Land Trust (WLT), were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award for their contribution to Asian Elephant conservation by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change at the Gaj Mahotsav Elephant Festival in Delhi, India on World Elephant Day.
