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LOCAL LOVE in their patrolling camps. Jehan Numa Wilderness
Jehan Numa Wilderness is making a case for wildlife regularly engages with local park guides for timely
conservation through working closely with local training to enhance their skills and thereby income
communities, employing more than 80 per cent local staff, opportunities. We have also provided all park guides of
contributing towards conservation projects done by forest Satpura Tiger Reserve with binoculars so that they are
department, and participating in grassroot education able to effectively carry out their guiding craft,” says Aly
through adopting village schools in wilderness areas. Rashid, Director, Jehan Numa Wilderness.
“We also practice regenerative tourism, where we have
made our lodge premises thriving micro habitats for REGENERATIVE TOURISM
wildlife and biodiversity. We have worked closely with the The retreats are also a fine example of how rejuvenating
forest department to empower the foot soldiers of the land has helped build a new ecosystem that is
conservation, the Forest Guard by enhancing the facilities ecologically sensitive too. Reni Pani, for instance, was

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