Wildlife Tracking Using GPS-GSM Techniques:A Case Study for Nasik Urban Area Apurv Danke Student Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics, India Email: apurvdanke@yahoo.com We are all aware that the survival of endangered wildlife species is critical for the survival and evolution of mankind as they are inter-dependent on each other. Wildlife tracking plays a crucial role in conservation programmes. GPS-GSM tracking techniques, integrated with GIS have come to the forefront of wildlife conservation. These techniques make use of GPS receivers that are collared on animals in a protected environment, like a national park or a sanctuary. Locations of these animals are recorded many times daily and sent as an SMS text message to the wildlife authority. This data is integrated and updated on a daily basis in a GIS. This technique is a significant improvement over previous antenna tracking techniques. Study of wildlife tracking data in a GIS helps us better understand various characteristics of these animals. For instance, migratory patterns, habitat analysis, summer and winter ranges, types of prey, animal-human conflicts, can all be studied with various operations in GIS software like Arcview 3.2. Large-scale urbanization and industrialization is a challenge to wildlife and environment conservation, and these tracking techniques will surely help us rise to the challenge.