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GroundUp Conservation

Pune, India
Joined September 2024

GroundUp Conservation supports grassroots organisations that work on biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihood development, or land rights advocacy with IPLCs in South Asia.

Presence in: India, Nepal
Focus: Community / Customary Land Rights, Community Organizing, Financial Sustainability & Fundraising, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Livelihoods

We support grassroots organisations—including NGOs, community-based organisations, rural enterprises, local associations, and voluntary bodies—that work on biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihood development, or land rights advocacy with indigenous people and local communities in South Asia by delivering technical on-ground services, cultivating conservation enterprises for future sustainability, and aligning grant-making with grassroots priorities.