Foundations of Land Ecosystem Restoration — 2025
Organised by Azim Premji University, Bengaluru in collaboration with Ecological Restoration Alliance, India and Adavi Trust, India
Azim Premji University, in collaboration with ERA, India and Adavi Trust, India, is announcing the second workshop on the Land Ecosystem Restoration Workshop series: Foundations in the Practice of Land Ecosystem Restoration
This workshop series aims to provide hands-on exposure to ecosystem functioning and build an understanding of various interventions in the domain of land ecosystem restoration. This workshop will be conducted in one of our five restoration field sites in mid-February, 2025.
Participants can attend the workshop only in one of the five restoration sites.
- Hands-on field exposure
- Interactions with stakeholders and local communities
- Master class & field orientation with restoration experts
- Certificate of participation on completion
- Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park — Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- Oikos Rahal Sanctuary — Panshet, Maharashtra
- Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary — Periya, Kerala
- The Rewilders — Gurugram, Haryana
- Timbaktu Collective — Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Notes:
- The workshop at each site will be conducted by a restoration organisation working at that site.
- The workshop at each site may have visits to one or more programme locations.
- Accommodation will either be at the site or in close proximity to it.
- Somil Daga (Practitioner, Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park)
- Vijay Dhasmana (Founder, The Rewilders)
- Suprabha Seshen (Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary)
- Ketaki Ghate (Founder, Oikos)
- Manasi Karandikar (Co-founder, Oikos)
- Manisha Kairaly (ARUGU)
Private and government restoration practitioners, fresh graduates, or graduate students, interested in ecosystem restoration.
The specific field site dates will be confirmed after the registration.
The specific field site dates will be confirmed after the registration. All dates will fall during the 2nd week of February, 2025.
- Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park — Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- Oikos — Rahal Sanctuary, Panshet, Maharashtra
- Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary — Periya, Kerala
- The Rewilders — Gurugram, Haryana
- Timbaktu Collective — Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Last date for registrations: 20 January 2025
- Maximum number of participants for the workshops: 50, i.e. 10 per field site
- Registration fee: INR 1000/-
- *Estimated field cost: INR 7000/- (inclusive of food, accommodation)
- **Travel costs to and from the field site are to be borne by the participants
* These values may change according to field sites and availability of accommodation.
**These values will vary depending on the distance from your locality to the field site of your choice.
Important notes
- Interested individuals are required to fill out their details here.
- Participants can give their first and second choice of field site.
- After filling out the form, we will select participants on a first come first admitted basis.
- Participants will be allotted a field site of their choice based on availability.
- Selected participants will be contacted further about the payment details.
Contact us:
In case of any queries, please send them with the subject line “Restoration Workshop” to jayanti.mukherjee@apu.edu.in or rema.devi@azimpremjifoundation.org