Sampriti: Empowering Women, Restoring Landscapes
The Sampriti program in Assam, India, unites indigenous women in a rural sisterhood, blending rewilding field schools, tree planting, wildlife protection, and cultural events for coexistence, entrepreneurship, and habitat restoration.
Rewilding Stara Planina
Stara Planina is Serbia’s sprawling treasure trove of biodiversity and cultural heritage nestled within majestic mountains. This project will conduct a landscape-level restoration of mosaic forests and semi-natural grasslands. This will help revive natural dynamics, increase biodiversity and improve connectivity among habitat fragments. The project also seeks to promote the sustainable development of local livelihoods based on ecotourism and regenerative agriculture.
Global Youth Ecosystem Restoration Curriculum
The UN Decade Restoration Challenge for Education 6.2 seeks to address a critical issue in global education systems. Youth need knowledge and information based on solid science that addresses the huge environmental problems their generation faces. Our collaborate goal is to empower #GenerationRestoration through an interactive Ecosystem Restoration Curriculum for youth between 10-16 and 18-35 years, as part of the UN Decade Action Plan.
Hargila Army – women saving the Greater Adjutant Stork
Purnima Devi Barman’s Hargila Army of local women protect the critically endangered Greater Adjutant Stork in rural Assam, India. The project aids women’s livelihoods and restores habitat through planting trees and wetland restoration.
Ecosystem restoration curriculum for students and young professionals
Responding to the call of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, this project will develop an interactive Ecosystem Restoration Curriculum. The project will empower students and young professionals worldwide to address the triple environmental crisis: biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution.