Trees For Livelihoods

Agroforestry Solutions in Central India: Madhya Pradesh

In a one-of-a-kind attempt at biodiversity action outside forests on a mega scale, smallholder farmers come together on this afforestation drive on farmlands to increase their financial security and adapt to their ever-changing crop yields.

The ‘Dhan’ Solution

Sustainable Rice Value Chains

Promoting AWD helps Maharashtra’s small farmers save water, cut methane emissions, and improve crop resilience. It also strengthens farmer groups, market links, and financial access.

Closing the Loop

A Circular Approach to Waste Management in Urban India

Demonstrating the potential of market-based solutions to transform household waste into compost, reducing emissions, enhancing soil health, and promoting sustainable urban living.

Mradi Wa Kilimo Mseto

Agroforestry for Value-chain-based Climate Action in Tanzania

Our agroforestry initiative in Tanzania’s Kigoma Region promotes sustainable land use, enhances food security, improves livelihoods, and fosters creative community engagement.

Kitchens Without Borders: The Sashroyi Chula

Indoor Air Pollution Solutions for the Marginalized of Bangladesh

The Sashroyi Chula program provides portable, improved cookstoves to marginalized communities in Bangladesh, including refugees and remote tribal populations, to reduce indoor air pollution and improve cooking efficiency.

Amader Brikkho, Amader Bhabishyot

Ecosystem-based Land Management in Bangladesh

Our community forestry program is a comprehensive initiative driven by farming communities in Bangladesh to restore ecosystems, generate sustainable livelihoods, and contribute to climate action through community-led tree planting and organic farming.

Baha’ Mou

Blue Carbon in the Sundarbans

The Baha’ Mou initiative revitalizes the Sundarbans mangroves, benefiting local Mouli communities through enhanced education, sustainable livelihoods, including honey production, and a renewed sense of stewardship over their ancestral lands.

The Banj Collective

Afforestation in the Kumaon

Leveraging high-altitude afforestation in mountain communities through the Van Panchayats of the Kumaon region (Uttarakhand, India) to plant native Himalayan species and foster sustainable livelihoods through non-timber forest products (NTFPs).

Mangroves for Resilience

Blue Carbon in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s coastal communities are driving a significant mangrove restoration project, revitalizing 3,000 hectares of degraded lands, creating resilient coastal ecosystems, and bolstering local livelihoods.