We address key conservation issues pertaining to biodiversity loss and wildlife management across the country with a keen interest in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) and its habitats. Our work contributes to the United Nations SDG’s for 2030 as well as other global biodiversity frameworks. Since A Rocha India’s inception in 2003, we have had the opportunity to contribute to the ecological understanding and conservation of our focal area, the Bannerghatta – Hosur Landscape of southern India . The landscape is located between the states of south Karnataka and north Tamil Nadu, and is part of the ecologically diverse Eastern Ghats landscape which contains a suite of wildlife species and host of indigenous communities.