Jayant Wadatkar

WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION SOCIETY was registered in 2001. It is an NGO dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and environment.  It involved in the field of bird watching, butterfly, snakes studies and there rescue, vegetation studies, nature photography, nature walk and trekking for environmental awareness etc. Efforts were made to involve students and common people in the activities. Its research programs include monitoring, reviewing bird records and maintaining a checklist. Since most of the members are also engaged in research activities, all the activities of WECS have sound scientific base.

In a span of four years our organization started bird watching programs, study and documentation, study of reptilian fauna and its conservation, awareness programs. These activities gave smooth start to our WECS.

Research on different topics of our members, WECS comes up with lots of work on biodiversity and conservation, with the help of this WECS develops a scientific look. In order to create awareness amongst public, we have started arranging different programs for schools and college student such as bird watching, Melghat trekking, tree plantation, anti carry bags campaign etc.

During the development work in Amravati city, work of widening roads was started; hundreds and thousands of trees were on the verge of cutting. Our organization with the help of Citizen Forum opposed this act and thus several trees were saved and a proposal of new trees plantation were initiated.

From the last 10 years with the help professional idol makers, our WECS has been making Ganesh murti out of natural clay and making it available to the ecofriends (customers), now more than 1000 strong ecofriends which are our regular admirers.In 2009 our society achieved mile stone in field of ornithology of Vidarbha by organising sucessfull 11th Vidarbha Pakshimitra Sammelan as well as series of ornithology workshops. WECS also successfully organised 26th Maharashtra Pakshimitra Sanmelan in January 2013,