We began work in Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park in 2006 to try and restore the natural ecology of a large, rocky wasteland next to Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur. It had suffered years of neglect and was overrun by invasive Prosopis juliflora whose seeds had been broadcast from the air in the 1930s....

Kishan Bagh is a restored set of sand dunes that had collected at the base of a hill. The objective was to plant it up with grasses and shrubs in order to achieve the look and feel of a 'Roee' habitat, which is what you find out in the Thar Desert near Jaisalmer. We also wanted to lead visitors...

As a first milestone for the Alliance, we crafted a scientific evidence-based roadmap with the most credible data for the Government of India to achieve its sequestration target. This includes nearly 10 million hectares (10MHa) of degraded cropland and 1MHa each of degraded riparian habitats...

Youth for Forest - led by Green Hub team and Green Hub fellows, aims to increase the fragments across the region for restoration through community participation and collaborative action. Currently there are two sites under this project and we hope to increase them over the years. The site in...

This project is part of Northern Western Ghats in state of Maharashtra. It is in the village of Van-Kuswade from Satara district. This 24 acre land is owned by film actor Atul Kulkarni, actor Dhiresh Joshi and their families. As a first step, we surveyed the entire watershed of Van Kuswade...

The sub-Himalayan grasslands that occur along the Himalayan foothills, which eventually converge into the plains. These grasslands at the regional scale provide crucial wildlife habitat to a multitude of species, and safeguards human well-being by ensuring water availability. At the global...

Initially the project was funded and supported by the Small Wetlands Programme of IUCN – The Netherlands Committee which led us to exploring and initiating our work on Hill Wetlands in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve. Its 2565 square kilometers were once covered in a mixture of tropical montane...

The Aravali Biodiversity Park is 392 acres of wilderness carved out of a 40-year-old mining site in the millennium city of Gurugram. It was named as the first OECM (Other Effective area based Conservation Measure) in India under IUCN. The project started with a joint venture between the...

One of the most important elephant landscapes of India is in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh supporting over 25% of the 27000 odd elephants currently present in India (MoEFCC 2017). However, the landscape is also dominated by enormous human populations which have resulted in degradation and...

What can a mainstream luxury resort do towards conservation and preservation of biodiversity within its properties? Can a portion of its property be set aside for ecological restoration? Can this be an example that is set for other businesses to follow - that such businesses can also do...