Updates on how things are taking root and sprouting at the Ecological Restoration Alliance (ERA - India)

In mid-2024, ERA established eight thematic desks, each anchoring a core area of ecological restoration through cross-organisational partnerships.

  • Education & Capacity Building - Adavi Trust
    Building the resources and capacity needed for effective ecological restoration across the country.

  • Knowledge & Resource Building - Auroville Botanical Garden
    Collating, creating, and making accessible knowledge and tools for restoration practitioners.

  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities (IPLCs) - Keystone Foundation
    Ensuring IPLCs are active participants in shaping ERA’s agenda and the national restoration discourse.

  • Policy - Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
    Engaging with public policy to unlock funding and influence institutional support for restoration.

  • Communications & Outreach - Nature Conservation Foundation & Green Hub India
    Making restoration relatable and visible to a wider audience through storytelling and outreach.

  • Network Weaving & Community Building - Independent
    Strengthening the restoration movement by creating connections, support systems, and shared spaces.

  • Secretariat - Nature Conservation Foundation & Keystone Foundation
    Supporting overall coordination, ensuring strategic alignment, and strengthening ERA’s systems and partnerships.

Since the desk’s establishment, the team has been steadily building a body of work that reflects both the diversity and depth of ecological restoration efforts across India. From monthly webinars that bring together practitioners and researchers, to field notes documenting ground realities, to policy inputs shaping national frameworks, the desks have nurtured a growing ecosystem of knowledge, practice, and collective visioning. Below, are highlights from FY 2024-25.

Knowledge Sharing & Learning

June 2024

July–August 2024

Jan–Feb 2025

March 2025

April 2025

May 2025

June 2025

Field Learnings & Documentation

July–Aug 2024

Jan–Feb 2025

March 2025

April 2025

May 2025

Community Building & Communications

June 2024

Nov 2024

Jan–Feb 2025

April 2025

May 2025

June 2025

  • Tendrils: Updates from the ERA Community (June 2025)

Policy & Advocacy

May 2025
Policy Recommendations (in progress):

June 2025

ERA in the News

April