About the series
The Restoration Notebook is an initiative by Ecological Restoration Alliance-India and Nature inFocus to shed light on the dedicated efforts of restoration practitioners, ecologists and organisations across different ecoregions in the country.
Stories from the series
12 stories
LongreadHow To Design A Restoration Project
Here is a guidebook to help you plan and execute a design process for restoring a piece of land with native plant species
LongreadRestoring Rainforests In The Anamalai Hills
Learnings from more than two decades of ecological restoration and research in the Western Ghats by the Nature Conservation Foundation
LongreadThe Fight For The Panchgani Tableland
The two-decade-long legal struggle to preserve Maharashtra's famous lateritic plateau is a testament to the dogged determination of its conservationists
LongreadThe Revival Of Aravali Biodiversity Park
Declared India's first OECM site, the reinvention of this mining facility is the result of a decade of restoration by the people of Gurgaon
LongreadThe Ecological Footprint Of Invasive Plants
Invading plant species and the new alliances they create are setting the ground for an ecological shift across ecoregions in the country
LongreadRestoring Grassland Commons in Maharashtra
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) and The Grasslands Trust (TGT) are working with the local panchayat and nomadic pastoralist communities in the Kendur Village in Pune district to restore commons
LongreadRestoring The Sacred Arunachala Hill
The Forest Way in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, has spent the last 20 years battling forest fires and planting native tree saplings in a mammoth effort to green this inselberg in the Eastern Ghats
LongreadA Restoration Consultancy Service
For the last two decades, Oikos has strived to help restore and preserve nature, be it a farmhouse or a large township, playing the crucial role of interpreter for the natural world
LongreadConservation And The Commons
The work of The Timbaktu Collective in restoring thousands of acres of village commons in Andhra Pradesh is testimony to the powers of community-based conservation
LongreadSustaining A Restoration Nursery In The Western Ghats
Restoration nurseries are literally the centres of germination for ecological restoration. But much like the rare native plants they raise, the nurseries, too, are struggling for survival
Quick ReadThe Restoration Warriors Of Changlangshu
Home to the Konyak tribe, this Nagamese village on the Indo-Myanmar border is reviving its waning forests under the leadership of a resolute youth-led cohort
LongreadCaring For A Rainforest
Over a period of 50 years, Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary has protected and helped rehabilitate swathes of forest land within North Wayanad, Kerala