PARN FOUNDATION
Wildlife Conservation
Led by Indigenous
Communities
Protecting wildlife by strengthening coexistence, culture, and community leadership.
About PARN FOUNDATION
PARN FOUNDATION is a Mumbai-based wildlife conservation organisation
PARN FOUNDATION is a Mumbai-based wildlife conservation organisation working to protect India’s wildlife by strengthening the communities who have lived alongside it for generations. Across India’s forests, grasslands, and high-altitude ecosystems, wildlife and people share landscapes, livelihoods, and histories.
Indigenous and forest-dependent communities have long coexisted with wildlife, carrying deep ecological knowledge shaped by lived experience. Yet, their voices are often absent from mainstream conservation narratives.
Indigenous and forest-dependent communities have long coexisted with wildlife, carrying deep ecological knowledge shaped by lived experience. Yet, their voices are often absent from mainstream conservation narratives.
Our Founders
Anjali
Co-Founder
Anjali is a wildlife photographer, conservationist, and producer whose work is rooted in long-term engagement with India’s wild landscapes. Driven by a deep and enduring passion for wildlife, she spends extensive time in forests documenting species, supporting indigenous communities, and developing conservation education initiatives for children and youth.
Her work integrates visual storytelling with on-ground conservation, with a strong focus on coexistence, cultural respect, and future generations. Anjali is currently working on an in-depth tiger conservation project that addresses human–wildlife conflict and the long-term protection of shared landscapes.
Mandar
Co-Founder
Mandar is a wildlife filmmaker and conservation practitioner with extensive field experience documenting some of India’s rarest and most elusive wild cat species, including the Eurasian lynx, snow leopard, Pallas’s cat, tiger, and leopard.
He spends most of his time living and working in forests and remote ecosystems, collaborating closely with indigenous communities and Forest & Wildlife Departments. His work focuses on ethical filmmaking, coexistence, rewilding perspectives, and strengthening ground-level conservation systems. Mandar is currently engaged in a major tiger-focused project aimed at reducing conflict and safeguarding India’s wildlife future.
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Our Projects
Indigenous-Led Wildlife Conservation
We work directly with indigenous and forest-dependent communities to protect wildlife through lived knowledge, traditional practices, and local leadership...
Education & Capacity Building for Children and Youth
We support indigenous children and youth through education, wildlife workshops, and creative learning programs rooted in their local ecosystems...
Human–Wildlife Coexistence & Conflict Reduction
In shared landscapes, we strengthen coexistence by supporting community-led wildlife monitoring, awareness programs, and preparedness initiatives...
Ethical Wildlife Storytelling & Media
We produce documentaries, films, and educational content that highlight India’s wildlife and the indigenous communities living alongside it. Our storytelling is ethical, respectful, and rooted...
Our Team
Harrison Hudson
WordPress Dev.
Charlie Cooper
Front-End Dev
Harrison Hudson
WordPress Dev.
Charlie Cooper
Front-End Dev
Our Approach
Wildlife-Led. Community-Rooted. Indigenous-Centered.
PARN FOUNDATION partners with indigenous and forest-dependent communities as leaders, educators, trackers, and storytellers. Our conservation initiatives are grounded in lived knowledge, combining field-based conservation, community capacity-building, education, and storytelling to create durable conservation outcomes beyond protected areas.
Our Projects
Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority
The Gonarezhou Conservation Trust
Save Valley Conservancy
To protect India’s wildlife by empowering indigenous communities through conservation action, education, training, and ethical storytelling, ensuring long-term coexistence between people and wildlife.
Wildlife First
We prioritise the protection of wildlife and ecosystems in every action we take.
