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THE PRINT
The Print published an article "Maharashtra farmers making money with carbon credits. They’re climate champions, not victims" which was written by our co-founder Krutika Ravishankar and Mr. Shubham Gupta (I.A.S.), SDM Etapalli, PO Bhamragad. The article talks about how carbon credits can increase the revenue of farmers in Maharashtra.

24th May, 2023
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THE PRINT
The Print published an article "Markets are questioning the quality of carbon credits, community-based products the new hype" which was written by our co-founder Krutika Ravishankar and Mr. Shubham Gupta (I.A.S.), SDM Etapalli, PO Bhamragad. The article talks about how carbon markets are providing finance for ecological restoration work and also sheds light on the possibility of greenwashing.

23rd May, 2023
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THE PRINT
The Print published an article "A fierce battle rages between India’s economy and ecology. ‘Pricing’ nature’s services can help" which was written by our co-founder Krutika Ravishankar and Mr. Shubham Gupta (I.A.S.), SDM Etapalli, PO Bhamragad. The article talks about the tussle between the economy and ecology, the risks India faces due to climate change, and if Carbon credits can help control the damage.

22nd May, 2023
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TIMES OF INDIA
Farmers for Forests, ITDP Bhamragad, and ITDP Gadchiroli collaborated to launch a Mobile Science Lab (MSL) in Gadchiroli. The video talks about MSL and how it will help indigenous community students in Naxal-affected Gadchiroli

26th April, 2023
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YOURSTORY
Our organization Climate Sense is one of the seven winners of the TVRAN program for women-led startups in climate action space

21st April, 2023
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CNBC TV 18
Our organization Climate Sense is one of the seven women-led start-ups in India that have been selected for a 6-month targeted acceleration program called TVARAN, launched jointly by Villgro and CISCO's India Cash Grant Program.

19th April, 2023
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BBC NEWS MARATHI
Farmers for Forests' work covered in an article named '23 elephants camped in Gadchiroli, a matter of joy or a cause for concern?'

1st April, 2023
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TIMES OF INDIA
Farmers for Forests Co-founder Krutika Ravishanka was part of a panel of experts who discussed opportunities in forest restoration and carbon markets at the CIL symposium organized by NCCI.

23rd February, 2023
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FORBES INDIA
Farmers for Forests Co-founder Krutika Ravishankar explains how forestry projects can help an organization go carbon neutral and also provide multiple benefits for environment and forest communities in an article named 'How Climes is making climate action click-and-go a reality,

2022-09-12T18:30:00.000Z
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SCROLL
Explainer: Why planting trees is not a cure-all for climate change

10th July, 2022
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MONGABAY
Farmers for Forests blog cited in an article titled 'Can planting trees mitigate climate change?

5th July, 2022
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THE SWADDLE
Farmers for Forests’ afforestation work in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra was profiled in an article titled 'Forests Are Key to Combating India’s Climate Crisis. Here’s How Local Communities Are Regrowing Them.

23rd June, 2022
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NEWS18
Forces of Nature: These Top Innovative Groups Are Helping Save India's Forest Lands

26th June, 2022
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Farmers for Forests is 1 of 13 organizations selected by World Economic Forum as “top innovator” in India working on ecosystem conservation and restoration

23rd March, 2022
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NEWSX
Farmers for Forests presents in The/Nudge Incubator Soiree For The 7th Cohort

16th July, 2021
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DW HINDI
Getting money for planting trees in Maharashtra

23rd March, 2021
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YOURSTORY
Meet the 16 enterprising organisations from India that have made it to the The/Nudge Incubator cohort 7

11th January, 2021
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SCROLL
Eco India: How degraded land, unsuitable for cultivation, can become carbon sequestering-forests

21st December, 2020
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DW TV
In Maharashtra in Western India an organization is incentivizing the planting of trees so that farmers not only have a steady income but also contribute to the local forest cover

18th December, 2020
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NASDAQ
Arti Dhar: Paying Farmers to Reforest Land

30th November, 2020
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Insights

Our latest points of view on our work and the sector in other publications
THE QUINT
Co-Founder Krutika Ravishankar was a guest in the ‘Land of a Billion’ podcast, where she talked about the connection between property, land rights, and climate change.

4th Feb, 2022
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THE HUSTLE & BUSTLE SHOW
Co-Founder Krutika Ravishankar talks about the Farmers for Forests model, progress made and vision for future

October 2021
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THE BASTION
What if We Could Pay Farmers to Grow and Protect Forests?

20th August, 2020
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DOWN TO EARTH
Afforestation: How we planted 8,000 trees — and almost killed ourselves

23rd July, 2020
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Blogs

Read the latest posts on our Medium blog
YOUTUBE
Converting degraded land into biodiverse forests with Opus Software Solutions

15th March, 2022
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KRUTIKA R. AND ARTI D.
We are QR coding 100,000 trees (and counting) in our forests!

7th November, 2021
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KRUTIKA RAVISHANKAR
Random Reflections on One Year of Farmers for Forests

12th December, 2020
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KRUTIKA RAVISHANKAR
We planted 8000 trees and almost killed ourselves and (some of) those trees in the process

27th July, 2020
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ARTI DHAR
We’re not harnessing the power of forests to fight climate change. Farmers for Forests will fill that gap.

11th February, 2020
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