In the year 1992, Maharashtra faced a severe drought which prompted the Government of Maharashtra to launch the ‘Ideal Village Development Programme’ with water conservation as the core activity.

Rajasthan the state having largest area in India has limited forest coverage (9.32%) majority of which is concentrated in the south and southeast parts.

Gram Swaraj tried to strengthen Forest Protecting Communities by involving more women from the villages; also, new leadership from the younger generation was promoted.

This group mainly comprises of indigenous people of the area. LEAF has evolved through the interaction between a lawyer, a field botanist and the adivasi people in central Bastar, for well over a decade.

The main objective of Prakruti is to work towards evolving an ecologically sound and sustainable development strategy in the tropical forest region of Western Ghats.

Kovel Foundation is a trust found by the indigenous people for research on sustainable technologies in the year 1994 with its headquarters at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

This organisation believes that local natural resources can take care of most of the development problems faced by the people, in which the local communities are considered as the best managers and the ones who have highest stake.