Ranjit Barthakur
FounderFounder of Balipara Foundation
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Ranjit Barthakur is the founder of Balipara Foundation (2007)[1], an Indian non-profit working on environment, tribal welfare and livelihood from Balipara.
Balipara Foundation
Balipara Foundation, founded in 2007 in Assam, works on biodiversity conservation and forest restoration in the Eastern Himalayas. Its Naturenomics model links rehabilitation of elephant corridors and degraded forest land with livelihoods, agroforestry and education for indigenous communities.
Balipara Foundation reports the following, on its own site:
- 6.72 million trees planted across 5,537 hectares by 2024
- 13,408+ hectares of forest restored and 36,000+ people empowered through conservation livelihoods
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Balipara
- Founded
- 2007
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “Ranjit Barthakur is the Founder Forester. He is a visionary social entrepreneur whose passion for trailblazing ideas, promoting ecological neutrality and effecting impact-driven action is unparalleled. Together with his wife, Radhika Barthakur, he established the Balipara Foundation, an organization committed to community-ba” — Balipara Foundation. Source
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