What is NCF and what does it do ?
Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) is devoted to science-based and socially responsible conservation of India’s wildlife and natural ecosystems. NCF is a non-profit organization that believes in carrying out innovative research into conservation issues and translating this knowledge of ecology and society into imaginative and locally-appropriate on-ground solutions. Established in 1996, NCF has highly-qualified and motivated conservation scientists working in a range of wildlife habitats, from coral reefs and tropical rainforests to the high mountains of the Himalaya. Here, they strive to understand the survival needs of highly endangered wildlife such as snow leopards and elephants as well as equally fascinating but lesser-known species of plants and animals. A major area of NCF’s research is human use of natural resources and its impacts on wild species and ecosystems. Its work has also led to the discovery of new species to science and to India. Conservation efforts emerging from
