Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) is a globally recognised non-profit  organisation focused on environmental conservation and sustainable, socially just development. ATREE engages in the generation and dissemination of rigorous interdisciplinary knowledge that informs and is informed by the needs of grassroots communities, policymakers and the wider public. It prioritises capacity-building for producing the next generation of scholars and leaders.

Our Focus Areas

Exploration and Conservation

Researchers at ATREE are at the forefront of exploring, documenting and conserving the flora and fauna from the diverse landscapes of India. Over the years, we have discovered more than 100 new species across the country.

Exploration and Conservation

Restoration

ATREE’s focus on restoration seeks to reverse ecosystem degradation in a manner most suitable to the local ecologies of landscapes and the needs of their people and biodiversity.

Restoration

Climate Adaptation

Climate adaptation addresses the impacts and helps build community resilience to such climate change. We focus on capacity building and knowledge sharing, working with local communities to systematically improve their response to these changes.

Climate Adaptation

Sustainable Livelihoods

In India, communities have historically managed different ecosystems and we believe that community use of traditional resources like NTFP and grazing routines are customary and sustainable.

Sustainable Livelihoods

Our Community Conservation Centres

Academy for Conservation Science and Sustainability Studies

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Hectares of Forest Rights Secured
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