INDIAKalpavriksh Environmental Action GroupApt 5, Shree Dutta Krupa 908 Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411 004 Maharashtra India Email: none, Website: www.kalpavriksh.org Type: NGO Scope: national Interest in Forestry: peripheral Description Kalpavriksh believes that a country can develop meaningfully only when ecological sustainability and social equity are guaranteed, and a sense of respect for, and oneness with nature, and fellow humans is achieved. Our Focus Areas While Kalpavriksh has evolved somewhat organically over the past 25 years we have been consistently addressing certain aspects of the environment. BIODIVERSITY ISSUES * The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) * The Biodiversity Campaign * The Malnad Home Garden and Seed Exchange Collective * The Biodiversity Learning Programme CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITIES * Community Conserved Areas, India * Forest Rights * Protected Areas, India * Community Based Conservation (Global) * Conservation in the Andaman Islands ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT * Impacts of mining in ecologically sensitive areas * Large Dams and Hydroelectric Power * Water Conservation ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION * A Conservation Education Programme in the VGKK School, B. R. Hills, Karnataka * Snow Leopard Conservation Education Programme URBAN ENVIRONMENTS Tree Conservation Pune Tree Conservation Delhi Traffic issues Delhi |