Vinayak Sawant
A local person from the Tiware village, Vinayak Sawant works as a forest guard with Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF). Engaged in patrolling of the protected area near his village, he has been trained in the handling of trail cameras for wildlife monitoring. He also has knowledge of important medicinal plants from the reserve and helps the field team in tracking trails and identifying local names of flora and fauna. A farmer by profession, in 2016 Vinayak was the first Forest Watcher appointed for the Tiware Ghera Prachitgad project.