community conservation
Collaborative Knowledge Building – The story of River Kaigal

How a high school EVS class led to a Community Conservation and Collaborative Knowledge Building

In Arunachal’s Sessa Orchid Sanctuary communities collaborate with forest officials to conserve orchids

Indigenous communities along with forest officials have given Sessa Orchid Sanctuary a makeover to bring opportunities of community focused eco-tourism.

The forbidden forests of Meghalaya

Ancient traditions can play a huge role in designing modern sustainability practices.

Championing community mobilisation to conserve water resources

Farmers switch over to millets in this semi-arid village in Andhra Pradesh due to the efforts of a community resource person

India Biodiversity Award 2021

The Awards initiative was started jointly by the MOEFCC, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2012.

The New Scientific Revolution

The Citizen Science movement in India is re-envisioning scientific endeavour, public literacy, and participation.

The story of Jakkur lake sets an example for inclusive rejuvenation projects

Jakkur Lake in north Bengaluru has received many accolades for creating and sustaining the rejuvenation and conservation initiative.

People of the Blue Mountains

"It's their mainstream, what we call alternatives"

A citizen’s movement to protect wetlands emerges in Jammu and Kashmir

"... strategies on which catchment area is more yielding, how to remove weeds in springs, how to handle solid waste management in our wetlands etc.,”