Our Impact: Environment

Major Activities

• Community Mobilisation on Mangroves: Meetings, awareness campaigns, and consultations conducted with SHGs, PRIs, Eco-Development Committees, fishermen, students, and teachers.
• Community Mobilisation on Topsoil Fertility Restoration (TFR): Awareness and practical learning sessions on composting, crop rotation, green manure cultivation, soil testing, and organic farming.
• Mangrove Nursery Raising: Raised 40,000 potted mangrove and associate species seedlings in Barahapur village for ecological restoration in vulnerable coastal areas.
• Mangrove Plantation and Gap Filling: Planted 20,000 potted saplings and 2,000 hypocotyls in degraded coastal areas, river beds, creek sides, mudflats, and saline-affected farmlands.
• Restoration of Degraded Mangrove Habitats: Ecological restoration of damaged ecosystems and conversion of abandoned prawn ponds into mangrove green belts.
• Social Fencing and Protection of Plantation Sites: Community-led monitoring, social fencing, and joint watch-and-ward mechanisms to improve plantation survival.
• Nature Diary Initiative for Eco-Clubs: Distributed 400 Nature Diaries to eco-club students and teachers to promote environmental observation and learning.
• Environmental Education and Eco-Club Capacity Building: Learning sessions, biodiversity awareness programmes, and bird-learning activities for students and teachers.
• Publication of Hentala Newsletter and Educational Materials: Published 1,000 copies of Hentala newsletter to promote awareness of mangrove conservation and biodiversity.
• Observation of Environment-Related Days: Observed environment days through plantation drives, campaigns, competitions, and community participation.
• Topsoil Restoration and Sustainable Agriculture: Promoted organic kitchen gardening, composting, vermicompost, and sustainable farming among 600 families.
• Raising and Planting of Fruit-Bearing and Indigenous Tree Species: Planted fruit-bearing and indigenous species to enhance biodiversity and nutrition.
• Wildlife and Olive Ridley Turtle Conservation: Collaborative activities with the Forest Department to support wildlife conservation and Olive Ridley Turtle protection.
• Exposure Visits and Nature-Based Learning: Exposure visits to mangrove ecosystems, nurseries, and conservation sites for students and community members.