Ecological Restoration
Project ReGreen Nation is restoration with a “stay” mechanism—5-year land approvals + Gram Sabha resolution + village committee governance—so commons remain protected long after plantation.
The Problem >
The Western Ghats, a global biodiversity hotspot, are in ecological collapse. Decades of deforestation, unregulated grazing, and land-use change have stripped tribal landscapes of their carbon sinks, native species, and microclimatic buffers.
< Our Solution
We plant native forests at scale to restore biodiversity, stabilize microclimates, and return ecological agency to communities.
Active Projects
Community-Led Restoration in Tadoba, Chandrapur
At the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, our foundation is working with one village [Mamla] in the buffer and one [Kolara] in the core to restore degraded land through soil and water conservation, native vegetation revival, and community-led protection. Our approach links this ecological work with secure forest rights, paid restoration labor, and diversified livelihoods based on the sustainable use of non-timber forest products. Anchored by an MoU with the Forest Department, this project aims to reduce pressure on forests, stabilize incomes, and build long-term resilience for both people and wildlife.
Tech-Enabled Forest Rights Facilitation, Nashik
Through our Community Forest Rights (CFR) project, we trained and deployed youth from local colleges to work with 160 villages in three months on mapping forest use, degraded areas and governance needs under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. We helped tribal communities secure CFR titles that recognize their rights to sustainably harvest nutrition- and medicine-rich forest produce and to restore degraded commons as a legally backed livelihood base, using tech-enabled mapping and end-to-end support for claim preparation and submission.
Reviving, What Revives Us, Nashik
At Myna Hill in Dari, Nashik, three years of work under our ReGreen Nation programm has led to an 81% increase in vegetative index based on GIS analysis, with the recovery clearly visible on the ground. Around half of this regeneration comes simply from protecting the hill from grazing and wood felling, while the rest is driven by soil and moisture conservation structures, removal of invasive species, micro-catchments around saplings, fire lines, and frontline firefighting. Farmers at the foothills are already seeing the benefits in rising well levels, the ability to take a second and third crop, and reduced crop losses from waterlogging as the restored forest now functions as a giant sponge.
What We Do
We plant native forests at scale to restore biodiversity, stabilize microclimates, and return ecological agency to communities.
< Where
Our work spans the Western Ghats, focusing on drought-prone, deforested, and economically vulnerable districts like Nashik. These areas hold both high ecological value and significant human vulnerability, making them key intervention points for maximizing climate, biodiversity, and social impact. By anchoring our efforts in these regions, we ensure both local resilience and downstream benefits for wider climate systems.
How >
We use a 5-year regeneration blueprint. We implement a phased, community-led model that starts with site assessment, species selection, and soil preparation, followed by large-scale planting and long-term maintenance.
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