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A Moment of Pride: WOTR Wins CASCA 2025 for Water Conservation

May, 2025
News & Events

The Watershed Organisation Trust has received the Award of Excellence in Water Conservation at the CASCA 2025, organised by The CSR Universe.

This Women’s Group Is Changing How Their Village Farms

Apr, 2025
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Ecosystem-based Adaptation

Twelve women in Ratadgaon, Maharashtra, started a Bio-Input Resource Centre, selling organic formulations to nearby farmers and reviving soil health.

They Went From Picking Stones to Owning Businesses

Mar, 2024
Sustainable Livelihoods, Women Empowerment

Women in every corner of the world face a relentless barrage of obstacles: unequal pay, limited access to opportunities, and the constant threat of violence and discrimination. In rural communities, these burdens are often magnified, stifling women’s potential and trapping them in cycles of poverty and oppression. This blog unveils the powerful stories of women from rural Maharashtra who shattered these cycles of hardship and patriarchy.

Maharashtra Embarks on Groundbreaking Climate Resilience Journey with WOTR

Feb, 2024
CSR Partnerships, Ecosystem-based Adaptation

The Government of Maharashtra, through its Department of Environment and Climate Change (DoE-CC), has joined forces with the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), a renowned non-profit organisation and think tank, to forge a path toward sustainable and resilient development.

Flavours of the Forest: A Community’s Culinary Celebration of Wild Edible Plants

Oct, 2023
Biodiversity, Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Food Security, Health, Sanitation & Nutrition

The Raan Bhaji festival celebrates indigenous, wild edible plants used in local cuisine, highlighting the ancient diet of human civilisations. Wild Edible Plants (WEPs) thrive independently, predating modern agriculture. WEPs are integral to the sustenance of traditional and indigenous food methodologies, particularly within rural and

Power of Collective Actions against Climate Change: International Day of Rural Women

Oct, 2023
Climate Change, ECOBARI, Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Women Empowerment

Beneath climate change’s disproportionate burden on rural women lies a story of strength, collaboration, and empowerment. On this International Day of Rural Women, let’s shift the narrative and applaud incredible tales of resilience like those we discovered in WOTR’s project villages in Ahmednagar

WOTR’s CoDriVE-PD Approach: Empowering Communities for Tailored Interventions in Rural Development

Jun, 2023
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Field Notes, Rural Development

WOTR’s innovative CoDriVE-PD (Community Driven Vulnerability Evaluation – Programme Designer) approach breaks away from conventional methods by actively involving communities in the data collection process, recognizing that community

Celebrating Wildlife Week in Rural Maharashtra: Fostering Community-led Wildlife Protection and Management

Nov, 2022
Biodiversity, Field Notes, Rural Development

Wildlife Week is observed annually in the first week of October. This week encourages us to reflect on the larger ecosystem and our relationship with it, with the goal of promoting wildlife conservation and protection. WOTR celebrated this occasion with villages

Participatory Aquifer Management Workshop: Creating Awareness for groundwater management

Jun, 2021
Rural Development, Sustainable Development, Water Management

The state of Maharashtra has a wide range of rainfall patterns, ranging from 6000mm to 500mm. With 82 percent of the rural population reliant on agriculture for a living, even small changes in this diversified regional and yearly rainfall

Meandering waterways: the interconnectedness of people’s action on water availability in Mogras

Feb, 2021
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Learn- Unlearn-Relearn – Pathway to Sustainability

May, 2025
Biodiversity, Sustainable Development

On International Day for Biological Diversity 2025, discover how the Learn-Unlearn-Relearn framework is a powerful pathway to achieve sustainable development.

From Drought to Resilience: Massa Village’s 79 Million Litre Transformation

May, 2025
CSR Partnerships, Integrated Watershed Development

Massa Village, in Maharashtra’s drought-prone region, embraces ecosystem restoration and adaptation—unlocking 79 million litres of water and a renewed sense of hope.

Explore the Biological Diversity of the Western Ghats

May, 2025
Biodiversity, conservation, Ecology

This International Day for Biological Diversity, let’s view some species inhabiting one of the globally identified biodiversity hotspots: the Western Ghats

Heat, crops and food security: Climate-resilient crops mark the way forward

May, 2025
Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Resilient Agriculture

As the heat in India increases, the rising temperature is also affecting the food security of the country. India is focusing on climate-resilient agriculture by developing climate-resilient crop varieties, designed to cope with unpredictable weather and boost farm productivity.

Beyond the Icons: Lesser-Known Species on India’s Threatened List

May, 2025
Biodiversity, Ecology, Endangered Species, W-CReS

On the occasion of Endangered Species Day – this blog seeks to spotlight the lesser-known species from India on the IUCN Red List facing silent extinction.

A Moment of Pride: WOTR Wins CASCA 2025 for Water Conservation

May, 2025
News & Events

The Watershed Organisation Trust has received the Award of Excellence in Water Conservation at the CASCA 2025, organised by The CSR Universe.

Seeds Of Change: How Rayagada’s Tribal Communities Are Rebuilding Their Future

May, 2025
Climate Change Adaptation, Integrated Watershed Development

Since its initiation in 2021, this project has benefited 900 families in Bhimpur, predominantly from tribal communities.

The Fault Lines of Modern Development: Exploring how economies grow and what they leave behind

May, 2025
Climate Change, conservation, Sustainable Development

The idea that pollution increases early in development but later decreases as countries get richer and adopt cleaner technologies—as suggested by the Environmental Kuznets Curve—doesn’t hold in reality, where the damage is often lasting and hard to reverse.

A Better Tomorrow

Stories, Practices, and Solutions

A Moment of Pride: WOTR Wins CASCA 2025 for Water Conservation

This Women’s Group Is Changing How Their Village Farms

They Went From Picking Stones to Owning Businesses

Maharashtra Embarks on Groundbreaking Climate Resilience Journey with WOTR

Flavours of the Forest: A Community’s Culinary Celebration of Wild Edible Plants

Power of Collective Actions against Climate Change: International Day of Rural Women

WOTR’s CoDriVE-PD Approach: Empowering Communities for Tailored Interventions in Rural Development

Celebrating Wildlife Week in Rural Maharashtra: Fostering Community-led Wildlife Protection and Management

Participatory Aquifer Management Workshop: Creating Awareness for groundwater management

Meandering waterways: the interconnectedness of people’s action on water availability in Mogras

By Categories

By Tags

Learn- Unlearn-Relearn – Pathway to Sustainability

From Drought to Resilience: Massa Village’s 79 Million Litre Transformation

Explore the Biological Diversity of the Western Ghats

Heat, crops and food security: Climate-resilient crops mark the way forward

Beyond the Icons: Lesser-Known Species on India’s Threatened List

A Moment of Pride: WOTR Wins CASCA 2025 for Water Conservation

Seeds Of Change: How Rayagada’s Tribal Communities Are Rebuilding Their Future

The Fault Lines of Modern Development: Exploring how economies grow and what they leave behind

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