Kalpavriksh

Kalpavriksh needs your support today!

For over four decades, Kalpavriksh has stood at the forefront of environmental action in India—working to protect ecosystems, supporting community-led conservation, developing locale-specific environment programmes for children and educators, and reimagining development pathways that are both ecologically sustainable and socially just.

From its beginnings in 1979 as a student-led movement, Kalpavriksh has grown into a vibrant collective engaged in research, education, advocacy, and grassroots collaboration across India. Our work spans forest governance, biodiversity conservation, urban ecology, environmental education, and the exploration of alternative development models that place people and nature at the centre.

However, much of this work has been sustained so far through limited project-based funding and voluntary commitment. Today, we are going through a serious fund crunch, and we are reaching out for support.

Every donation—big or small—directly contributes to building a more equitable and ecologically resilient future.

We look forward to your solidarity and support at this critical juncture of our journey.

To learn more about our work: https://kalpavriksh.org/aboutus/annual-reports/

To support via donation, click: https://forms.gle/ij97JBcnKH5VMRNXA

Obituary of Dr. Madhav Gadgil by Kalpavriksh
Kalpavriksh mourns the death of Prof. Madhav Gadgil, a huge influence for many of its members in the fields of biodiversity, ecological history, combining conservation with people's rights, and more. He was amongst the few modern-day ecologists to question the legitimacy of the Forest Department's claims on 'scientific forestry', to provide rigorous research of use to people's movements against destructive projects including the Silent Valley project in Kerala, and to provide support to the struggle to reclaim community rights to govern and use forests. Some of our members worked with him on processes such as the framing of the Biological Diversity Act and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. We will miss his presence but will continue to find inspiration in his work.

New Protected Area Update is out. To read the entire Update please click here Issue No: 176:https://kalpavriksh.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PROTECTED-AREA-UPDATE-176_final.pdf