Bhau Katdare

Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra

Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra is a Velas-based conservation organisation known for protecting Olive Ridley sea turtle nesting sites on the Konkan coast, an effort that grew into the well-known Velas Turtle Festival. It also runs wildlife-conservation work on birds, pangolins and bats, waste-management projects, and health and education programmes for surrounding coastal villages.

Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra reports the following, on its own site:

• 1,420 saplings of 157 native tree species planted at the Kalambaste Devrai project in 2025-26