About
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Headquarters
Pune, Maharashtra
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Since
1994
To make conservation useful and to create a win-win scenario for all stakeholders, the Foundation implements the ideas of "community-based conservatio Read moren" and creates natural resource management models that actively involve local communities in the cause of forest protection. AERF programs are carried out in India's North Western Ghats, which constitute a component of a global biodiversity hotspot. In addition, Team AERF conducts research, provides training, and builds capacity, and networks for conservation throughout the nation. The goal of AERF is to preserve a balance between human growth through the use of natural resources and the preservation of ecosystems, forests, and biodiversity. AERF is working to establish a connection between conservation research and its practical application in field conservation. The Goals of AERF: - Creating and putting into practice workable, locally useful models of sustainable natural resource management. - To research and maintain traditional knowledge and methods used by indigenous people in agriculture, natural resource management, and environmental conservation. - To plan and carry out conservation awareness campaigns for various target audiences, such as women and children. - To encourage discussion on biodiversity concerns with various stakeholder groups through capacity building and to mainstream biodiversity issues in cross-cutting sectors.
Cause Area
Programs
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Sacred Grove Conservation
Historically, tribes have guarded remnant forest portions known as Sacred Groves out of respect for a particular deity. Sacred Groves serve as crucial habitats for several plant and animal species that are critical for conservation and serve as vital repositories of forest biodiversity. There are well over 13,000 known Sacred Groves in India.
Sacred Groves play a significant role in India's social and ecological fabric. The local population depends on the environmental benefits provided by these deity-protected woodland regions. Sacred groves are still common in the Northern Western Ghats.
AERF, with community support, uses FairWild accreditation to preserve massive trees like Terminalia bellirica from sacred groves. This plan has raised fruit prices, rewarded villages for grove preservation, and attracted foreign herb companies to local woodland conservation. Over 100 villages in the North Western Ghats are involved in this program.
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Climate Smart Villages
The majority of rural hamlets and villages in the Western Ghats' isolated locations are off the grid, meaning they lack access to electricity. It is extremely detrimental to these already marginalised individuals. They are denied the chance to advance sustainably. In Maharashtra, there are still over 500 villages where there is no electricity. In 15 villages in the districts of Raigad and Pune, AERF has successfully worked to lessen the suffering of these marginalised communities since 2009. In these villages, AERF has provided 500 LED lamps, and in the Alibaug block resident school for tribal children, 100 LED study lamps. These communities now have better living circumstances, higher levels of productivity, and—above all—more confidence thanks to our program.
Impact Metrics
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Acres of Terrestrial Forests Brought Under Conservation Management
Year-wise Metrics- 2020-21 530
- 2021-22 1528
- 2022-23 2044
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Biostoves Distributed
Year-wise Metrics- 2020-21 92
- 2021-22 927
- 2022-23 2556
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AACTA1268Q
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Registration ID
F10932/Pune
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VO ID / Darpan ID
MH/2017/0153562
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12A
AACTA1268QE20211
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80G
AACTA1268QF20214
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FCRA
83930313
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CSR Registration Number
Not Available
Location
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Headquarters
C 36, Krishnarjun, Madhavbaug Co-op Hsg Society, Shivatirthanagar, Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune, 411038
Directions
Other Details
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Parent Organisation
NATURE CONNECT INDIA PVT. LTD.
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Trust