Wilderness Wellness Rewild

A little about the Princess who left her palace for the wilds

RK. Padmaja Rathore Jodhpur dons many hats. She is a renowned shotgun skeet shooter, a yogi, a gifted artist and a strong advocate for protection of indigenous ecosystems and wildlife. A graduate of Hotel Management from IHM-Aurangabad, she set up Bagheera’s Camp, as an eco-tourism , water conservation & wellness project in the Jawai area of Rajasthan, which offers a unique combination of sensitive and responsive wildlife watching as well as sustainable tourism practices. In the same sphere, Padmaja also runs a skill development program in order to introduce tribals and low income groups to the significance of hospitality & life skills, language development classes and wellness through yoga known as Wilderness Wellness Rewild Retreats. She is actively participating in forums for women’s right including NAWO, UN Women India and Women20 (W20) . 
 
Being a conservationist and wildlife enthusiast, she was invited to be a speaker at TedX to discuss the destruction of desert habitats. She has been a prominent figure of the Chipko movement in the Jawai area, an ambassador of Save the Girl Child movement, Gender equality  and a Youth speaker at AISEC on “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs)  set up by the United Nations. Aside from this, she has been part of many interviews for her efforts in Rewilding Jawai. 
 
Her unique approach to conservation and sustainable development continues to create value for generations to come.

GODWAR CHIPKO MOVEMENT - ANTI MINING

GOСпробуйте цікаву новинку у казино Космолот

Найкраща новинка провайдера Еvорlау Еntеrtаіnmеnt тільки у elat.kh.ua . «Rассооn Таlеѕ» — вiдeo-cлoт «Маtсh 3 Gаmе» вiд Еvорlау Еntеrtаіnmеnt. Πpигoдa xopoбpoгo єнoтa (Rасооn), яĸий шyĸaє зaпoвнeнi cĸapбaми пeчepи, бopючиcь iз мoнcтpaми тa дpaĸoнaми. Iгpoвa дiя poзгopтaєтьcя oднoчacнo в двox мicцяx, нa бapaбaнax i нaд бapaбaнaми, дe єнoт pyxaєтьcя лicoм, i oбидвi дiї впливaють oднa нa oднy.

Haпpиĸлaд, cилa aтaĸи єнoтa, яĸий бopeтьcя з мoнcтpoм y вepxнiй чacтинi бapaбaнiв, пoв’язaнa з ĸiльĸicтю вигpaшниx cимвoлiв нa бapaбaнax, a вбивcтвo мoнcтpiв мoжe пpoдoвжити вигpaшнy cepiю нa бapaбaнax. Цeй милий єнoт шyĸaє ĸoмпaньйoнa, щoб вiдпpaвитиcя paзoм y пpигoди. He xвилюйтecя, єнoти — чyдoвi cyпyтниĸи пoдopoжeй, яĸi щeдpo винaгopoдять вac зa пpиєднaння дo ниx.

jAWAI FLORA & FAUNA: KAMBESHWAR MAHADEV ORAN

WE THE PEOPLE STOOD UP AGAINST THE MINING LOBBY SEVERAL ILLEGALS MINES WERE CLOSED DOWN,
OUR TEAM INVOLVES PIONEERS FROM ALL AGE GROUPS.

THE LAST GREEN WESTERN FRONTIER OF RAJASTHAN

"The Godwar Raika community has established a Biocultural Community Protocol which documents the role of the Raika in conserving the landscape."- ILSE KOHLER-ROLLEFSON

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THE REWILDING STORY

“BAGHEERAS’ CAMP IS A & WATER CONSERVATION SEMI-ARID RECOVERY ORGANIC WELLNESS HOMESTAY WILDLIFE CAMP – COMMUNITY OPERATED, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION FOR WILDLIFE, SURROUNDING WILD AREAS, AND THE LOCAL TRIBAL COMMUNITY. THE CAMP’S SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IS A MODEL FOR HOW TO RE- ESTABLISH NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA INTO AN AREA PREVIOUSLY DECIMATED AND DOMESTICALLY OVERGRAZED”. – Padmaja Rathore  
 

WHERE LEOPARDS, CROCODILES AND SLOTH ROAM FREE COSIDE HUMAN POPULATION FROM ANCIENT TIMES, IN THE POPULATED RECENT PAST THE GRASSLAND HAD BEEN OVERGRAZED; 2006 IS WHEN OUR WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT  CONVERTING AGRICULTURAL LAND INTO A BUSH, GRASS  & WETLAND , I FIGURED ITS KNOWN AS REWILDING, HENCE REWILDING JAWAI.

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THE LEOPARDS IN THIS AREA OF JAWAI AND BERA HAD DIMINISHED DUE TO POISONING, POPULATION AND HUNTING, NOW POACHING DURING UO CLOSE TO 1945-2006

JAWAI WILDLIFE IS JUST NOT JUST THE LEOPARD BUT ALSO THE SLOTH BEAR , HYENAS ARE SHY CREATURES; CROCODILES , OFTEN HERDSMEN AND VISITORS IN FOOT GET MAULED AND REGULARLY THE CROCODILES ARE ACTIVE IN GETTING LIVESTOCK WHO COME TO DRINK WATER, INCLUDING HUMAN.  THEREFOR;

THE URGENCY TO CALL FOR ALL NEW & OLD RESIDENTS/HOTELIERS/ LOCAL CITIZENS UNITY TOWARDS PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THIS ART OF GRANITE JAWAI INDIA’S LEOPARD HILLS & MORE WILD CULTURAL STORIES.

“NEED FOR SENSIBLE AND SENSITIVE INNOVATIVE  NEW WAYS TO MAKE FOR SUSTAINABILITY”.

TODAY’S RATION : MAYBE THE TERRITORIES ARE SMALLER AND OVERLAPPING FAR TOO OFTEN, MY INTEREST IN ALL THIS BEGAN AT A VERY YOUNG AGE , WITH LOTS OF COUNTRYSIDE AND RAIKA BAGH PALACE AS MY POSTAL ADDRESS FROM SCHOOL TO HOME, LOOKING FOR INJURED ANIMALS TO BE OF SERVICE FOR, YET NEVER THOUGHT OF BECOMING A VET THEN , MY SCHOOL COMPUTER  CLASSROOM HAD 25 FEET HIGH CEILING WITH CEILING FANS WITH LONG NECK, PIGEONS WOULD HAVE THEIR WINGS CUT AT TIME HEADS OFF , TOO MANY TIMES FOR MY UNDERSTANDING ,WE PUT  TINY FEET DOWN FOR NO FANS IF PIGEONS IN THE CLASSROOM THERE  WAS ALWAYS ONE WITH EGGS AND HER PAIR.

TWO AND A HALF DECADES AGO AND BEFORE THAT STORIES FROM MY GREAT GRANDFATHER FROM THE ARCHITECT TO THE KARIGARS AND LABOUR, HOW H.H UMAID SINGH SAHIB BAPJI  PHYSICALLY JOINED HANDS TO BUILD JAWAI DAM, THE LARGEST MAN MADE STATE OF THE ART  DAM IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN, HE DIED AT A YOUNG AGE OF 44.

THERE  WAS 1 FEMALE WITH 2 CUBS SEEN BY THE BOYS MY FATHER’S COUSINS, HIM , ME , MY YOUNGER SISTER , WHOS LEG WAS DANGLING OUTSIDE THE JEEP, WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR MANGOLI TO ARRIVE .

THE PANTHERESS CARASTED HER LEG WITH ONE SIDE OF HER BODY THE TAIL THERE WAS AND OTHERS, WE ALL WERE PIN DROP SILENT , THE PANTHERESS  MANGOLI AS TH. DEVI SINGH OF BERA NAMED HER, SAT BEHIND OUR JEEP SLIGHTLY ON RAISED GRANITE ROCK , I WAS  ABOUT 8 IT TOOK US ABOUT 4 OR 6 DAYS TO FIND MANGOLI WITH HER CUBS.