About Pardos Conservation
The forests of Nagarhole are ancient. Long before roads were drawn and villages settled at their edges, elephants moved freely across the Titimathi Range — following water, season, and memory across hundreds of kilometres of connected woodland.
Today, these landscapes are changing rapidly. Expanding agriculture, infrastructure, and human settlements have fragmented natural habitats, increasing interactions between people and wildlife.
Pardos Conservation works to protect these fragile ecosystems by combining science, technology, and community engagement — ensuring a future where both wildlife and people can coexist.
Protecting Nature, Preserving the Future
Pardos Conservation Charitable Trust was founded by conservationists who did not come to Nagarhole as outsiders. The forests of the Titimathi Range were where our founders first encountered the complexity of wildlife conservation — not in textbooks but on foot, in pre-dawn light, following the trails of wild elephants and learning from the communities who have coexisted with them for generations.
The name Pardos carries within it a commitment to place. We are not a travelling organisation mapping the world's crises from a distance. We are rooted here — in the specific ecology of the Western Ghats, in the particular pressures facing the Titimathi elephant population, and in the daily realities of the villages that border Nagarhole Tiger Reserve.
Karnataka's Nagarhole is one of India's most ecologically significant protected areas. The Titimathi Range within it supports a resident elephant population that is both genetically diverse and behaviourally rich — a population shaped by centuries of movement through connected forest. But connectivity is increasingly threatened.
Expanding agricultural boundaries, infrastructure cutting across movement corridors, and intensifying human-elephant conflict are placing real pressure on this population and on the people who live alongside them.
Pardos was created to respond to this specific challenge with rigour, empathy, and long-term commitment. We combine scientific research and field-grade technology with genuine community partnership — not as a formula, but as a philosophy.
We believe that lasting conservation outcomes are only possible when the humans who live within a landscape are active stakeholders in its protection.
Our team includes field biologists, conservation technologists, community liaison officers, and wildlife researchers — many of whom have spent years working within the Nagarhole ecosystem.
We work in close collaboration with the Karnataka Forest Department and the management of Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, and we hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards of conservation science and transparent impact reporting.
At Pardos, we are not protecting elephants from a distance. We are protecting the landscape that makes them possible.
Our Work
Conservation as Partnership
The Business of Coexistence
Tusker Harmony is Pardos Conservation Trust’s flagship corporate engagement programme — a structured framework through which businesses and institutions can make a direct, measurable contribution to elephant conservation and human-wildlife coexistence.
The human-elephant conflict in Nagarhole is not abstract. It affects farmers, families, and entire ecosystems. When coexistence is well-managed, everyone benefits.
Tusker Harmony offers a credible, science-backed pathway for organisations to create real environmental impact — beyond symbolic ESG efforts.
Partners contribute to core intervention areas including monitoring technology, conflict mitigation systems, and habitat restoration — generating measurable outcomes and transparent reporting.
Our Active Programmes
On the ground in Titimathi
Corridor Watch
AI-powered wildlife monitoring using camera traps and sensors to track elephant movement, identify corridors, and predict conflict zones.
Conflict Shield
Early warning systems, solar fencing, and community alert networks to reduce human-elephant conflict.
Green Corridor
Restoring degraded habitats, reconnecting forest corridors, and rebuilding ecological balance.
Community First
Supporting forest-edge communities through livelihoods, education, and conservation partnerships.
Get Involved
Together, We Hold the Line
Conservation at the scale that Nagarhole’s elephants require cannot be achieved by any single organisation. It demands a network of committed partners working together.
Pardos builds partnerships across three key tracks:
CORPORATE & ESG PARTNERS
We collaborate with businesses to design meaningful ESG partnerships that deliver measurable conservation impact with transparency and scientific backing.
RESEARCH & ACADEMIC PARTNERS
We work with universities and independent researchers on elephant behaviour, corridor ecology, and conservation technology.
GOVERNMENT & FOREST DEPARTMENT
Our work is conducted in close coordination with the Karnataka Forest Department, ensuring real-world impact and policy alignment.
We also engage with global conservation organisations and networks aligned with our mission in the Western Ghats.
Reach Us — Be Part of the Herd
Whether you are a partner, researcher, volunteer, or simply someone who cares — we would love to hear from you.
Our field base operates near the Hunsur–Gonikoppal corridor, with a coordination office in Mysuru supporting research and partnerships.
We respond to all genuine enquiries within three working days.
For partnerships, media, or volunteering opportunities, reach out using the details below.
- Email: info@pardos.org
- Phone: +91 XXXXX XXXXX
- Location: Mysuru / Nagarhole Region
Your Acre. Their Future.
The elephants of the Titimathi Range do not need your sympathy. They need your support. And that support — however large or small — translates directly into action on the ground in Nagarhole.
Every rupee contributed goes into real conservation impact — from protecting farms to restoring forests and supporting communities.
- ₹500 → Keeps SMS alert system active for 1 month
- ₹2,000 → Funds 1 day of camera trap monitoring
- ₹5,000 → Supports solar-powered fencing
- ₹10,000 → Restores 1 acre of forest
- ₹25,000 → Supports a conservation officer
- ₹50,000 → Supports livelihood for a family
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