CONSERVATION

Protecting Jawai’s Wild Landscape

The Work Behind The Wildlife · Living Alongside Rajasthan’s Leopards

✦ CONSERVATION · THE WORK BEHIND THE WILDLIFE

Conservation Begins With People

Every leopard I photograph lives in a landscape shared with people.

That is what makes Jawai extraordinary. And that is what makes it vulnerable.

There are no simple fences separating wildlife from human life here. There are villages, livestock, temples, roads, grazing grounds and ancient granite hills — all part of the same ecosystem.

For me, conservation means protecting the relationship between them.

Explore The Principles View 4 Field Efforts
Pushpendra Singh Ranawat — Dedicated Field Naturalist & Conservation Host
FIELD STEWARDSHIP
INTO THE FIELD WITH PUSHPENDRA Field Naturalist · Jawai & Beyond
Conservation principle
✦ MY BELIEF

Protect the Leopard. Support the People. Protect the Landscape.

“A leopard cannot be conserved in isolation.”

  • ♦ If a shepherd loses livestock, that loss matters.
  • ♦ If a village loses income, that matters.
  • ♦ If a hill is destroyed, that matters.

Conservation has to work for the entire ecosystem — including the people living inside it.

FOUR DIRECT INITIATIVES

Action in the Field, Not on Paper

Direct ground stewardship funded through private safari expeditions and museum print acquisitions.

Leopard on granite ledge near local settlements in Jawai
Conservation Initiative PASTORALIST HARMONY

Livestock Compensation

When a community suffers because it shares its landscape with wildlife, asking people to simply "tolerate" the loss is not enough.

I believe conservation must also stand beside the people.

Through my community support work, I provide compensation assistance when local livestock losses occur, helping reduce the possibility that economic loss turns into retaliation against wildlife.

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Because protecting a leopard should never mean ignoring the person who lost a goat.

Ancient granite kopjes and volcanic hills of Jawai
Conservation Initiative GEOLOGICAL HABITAT

Protecting Jawai From Destruction

The granite hills of Jawai are more than beautiful scenery.

They are leopard habitat.

Mining and destruction of these landscapes can permanently alter the places where wildlife lives, breeds and shelters.

I work to raise awareness and oppose activities that threaten the natural landscape of Jawai.

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Protecting the leopard begins with protecting the rock beneath its paws.

Pristine untouched wilderness and water bodies of Jawai
Conservation Initiative LEAVE NO TRACE

A Plastic-Free Jawai

Wild landscapes cannot become dumping grounds simply because tourism arrives.

I am working towards a cleaner Jawai by encouraging responsible tourism, reducing plastic use and creating greater awareness among visitors, staff and local communities.

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A wildlife destination should leave less behind than it takes.

Local Rabari pastoral community and team in Jawai
Conservation Initiative COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT
Local Livelihoods VOCAL FOR LOCAL

Conservation Must Create Opportunity

At Varawal Leopard Camp, I intentionally create employment for local people.

The idea is simple:

The value created by wildlife should reach the people living beside it.

When a young person from the local community earns because wildlife exists, conservation stops being an abstract idea.

It becomes personal.

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When a young person from the local community earns because wildlife exists, conservation stops being an abstract idea. It becomes personal.

✦ CONSERVATION CLOSING

If the Leopard Lives, the Landscape Lives.

And if the landscape lives, communities around it can continue to build their future with it. That is the conservation model I believe in.

✦ COME INTO THE FIELD

Tell me where you want to go, when you want to travel and what you hope to experience.

Whether it is your first wildlife journey, a dedicated photography expedition or a return to a landscape you already know, I personally plan the experience around the wildlife, the season and the people travelling with me.

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