Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF)
C-10, Natya Chitra Co-op Hsg. Soc. (Kalagram)
Bhusari Colony, Kothrud,
Pune – 411052 Maharashtra, INDIA
www.savethewesternghats.org
Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF)
Since 2009 a group of experienced activists and practitioners came together to revive the Save Western Ghats Movement that was initiated in 1987-88 with Save the Western Ghats March. This group worked hard in 2009 to organize the annual meeting of civil society representatives from Western Ghats and mobilized about 200 + organizations and individuals. Read more >>
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The past is essential so that we could learn to build from it. In our efforts to move ahead, this conclave is also an avenue for us to understand our present and our future from the perspective of the goalposts and vision of the past. It will only be an enabling and enriching experience to comprehend how the SWG March of 1987/88 had formulated and pitched the concerns of the Western Ghats, 25 years back and to see how deep and how far have we been able to understand and address those concerns and problematic raised. Read more >>
North Western Ghats Conservation Network(NWCN)
Since last couple of years various groups and individuals working for conservation in the north Western Ghats region have been meeting to discuss the issues they are dealing with, need to plan and implement collective action and to strengthen the scientific understanding of this part of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. This group formed a network called North Western Ghats Conservation network in Sept.2011. Read more >>
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