Applications of ICT to wildlife preservation efforts in India Prabhat Ranjan (prabhat_ranjan@daiict.ac.in) Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar – 382007 (India) Abstract With the development of society, man and nature conflict is increasing day by day. Areas traditionally reserved for wildlife are being encroached upon by human being. This results in competition for same resource by human settlers and wildlife. Developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can allow one to monitor the behaviour of wildlife in a way not possible earlier through traditional means and help reducing chances of conflict. In this paper we discuss our work on using sensor network technology to monitor wildlife in ways, not possible earlier. This work is being done as a collborative research with Wildlife Institute of India, Deharadun(WII). 1. Introduction With the development of ICT technology an area of research called “Sensor Networks” has come up. This has been possible due to miniaturization of components, development of low cost and low power integrated circuits, MEMS based sensor and efficient wireless communication. Most of these developments have taken place due to commercial demands but have led to sensor networks being a viable solution in many