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Reimagining India's Ecological Future

We align institutional decision-making with ecological and social reality — enabling communities to lead decisions about shared resources and embedding ecological limits into policy frameworks.

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2026
Founded
2+
Active Projects
3+
States Reached
5+
Policy Documents
Our Mission
Aligning governance with ecological reality

To design and implement systems that demonstrate how aligning institutional decision-making with ecological and social reality generates measurable improvements in resource management, inter-agency coordination and community wellbeing.

Our Framework

Three pillars of transformative work

01

Ecology Shapes Policy

Mapping ecological thresholds and translating them into actionable policy frameworks that guide sustainable growth at regional and national scales.

02

Communities Lead

Empowering local institutions for shared enviro-developmental governance, recognising regional boundaries as organising principles.

03

Evidence Grounds It

Integrating traditional ecological knowledge with modern policy frameworks — making transformation durable and replicable.

What We Do

Work rooted in landscapes & livelihoods

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Core Focus

Landscape & Regional Resilience

Building locally grounded systems that strengthen ecological resilience, community well-being and long-term regional development across India's landscapes — nudging administrative silos for a more robust ecologically coherent planning.

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Theme

Livelihoods & Local Economies

Supporting resilient and locally viable economic pathways through agriculture, forest-linked livelihoods, small enterprises, and community-based production systems.

Theme

Ecology & Landscapes

Working around forests, biodiversity, river systems and changing ecological conditions to strengthen landscape resilience and resource sustainability.

Theme

Climate Adaptation & Community Well-Being

Working with local institutions and communities to support sustainable management of shared natural resources.

Theme

Evidence & Knowledge Systems

Connecting ground-level observation to national policy discourse through rigorous research.

Impact in Numbers

Measuring what matters

3+States Engaged
5+Policy Documents
200+Communities Reached
2+Partner Organisations
News & Stories

From the field and the desk

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Commentary

The Buffer That Holds: How Northeast India's Biodiversity Sustains Regional Resilience

May 21, 2026
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Women harvesting rice in the scenic fields of Munsyari, Uttarakhand, India.
Commentary

Invisible Economies of the Forest: Rethinking NTFP Livelihoods in Northeast India

May 5, 2026
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Commentary

Cities That Were Never Built for Heat: The Warming Decade Across Northeast India's Urban Centers

Apr 29, 2026
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