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climate change Conservation Environment Habitat & Biodiversity loss Nature, Forest and Wildlife Social Awareness

Kadapa Native Forest Restoration Project

Sri Vineet Kumar IFS District Forest Officer, Kadapa Launch of “Kadapa Native Forest Restoration Project” Andhra Pradesh has launched the Kadapa Native Forest Restoration Project, a first-of-its-kind initiative focused on reviving indigenous flora in the ecologically degraded Kadapa district. Unlike traditional afforestation efforts that rely on exotic species, this project emphasises ecological restoration, biodiversity, and […]

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Community Participation -Livelihood/Employment to people Conservation Environment Social Awareness

The Vadde community

The Vadde community is a local stone working community. The Workers from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have worked to create beautiful stone pitching pattern while providing protection from erosion to the banks of ponds. The community is loosing to the unbeatable bricks and concrete mortar construction industry and the new people are not getting much […]

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climate change Conservation Environment Social Awareness

Ananta Niru Sanrakshanam

Water Conservation project in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh India What inspired the launch of the Ananta Niru Sanrakshanam project? Water conservation is the need of the hour. They say that third world war will be for the water. The crisis is real and is happening as we speak.  Millions of people in the […]

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Environment Social Awareness

‘Yerrachandanam’ -The Red sanders

‘The Red Gold’ When you go to the rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, Gold isn’t found below the ground but above it. Rather this ‘gold’ is not yellow in colour but a vibrant tree- This is ‘Red gold’ called ‘Red Sanders’. Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus), a highly endemic species found only in the rayalaseema region […]