Youth Eco Care
Rooted locally. Looking to the landscape.
An organisation based in Gondia, with a conservation outlook shaped by the relationships between biodiversity, water, agriculture and rural communities.
Conservation with communities at its heart.
Youth Eco Care Bahuudeshiya Sanstha is a registered society and public trust based in Nagra, Gondia, Maharashtra. Its broader mandate includes biodiversity, agriculture, rural development, youth participation and community well-being.
Its conservation direction includes a proposed Sarus Crane programme in the farm-wetland landscapes of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. That programme is an area of planned work and should not be confused with completed project activities.
Our guiding perspective is straightforward: ecological conservation should be informed by careful field understanding, responsible planning and the people who know a place well.
What shapes our approach.
Listen before intervening
Understand how local communities use and value land and water before proposing ecological change.
Work with evidence
Use field observations, credible research and responsible monitoring to inform conservation decisions.
Respect living landscapes
Recognise the unique ecological character of wetlands, farmland, grasslands and forests.
Think beyond short-term action
Prioritise stewardship, education and ecological continuity over publicity-led interventions.
Experience from the field.
Kanhaiyalal Udapure, Chairperson of Youth Eco Care, has a professional background in waterbird surveys, wetland monitoring, Sarus Crane conservation and community engagement in the Gondia landscape.
His earlier experience includes work with Sustaining Environment & Wildlife Assemblage (SEWA), research support connected to the University of Minnesota and conservation activities undertaken through the Sanctuary Nature Foundation-supported Mud on Boots project.
Those are part of his professional experience and the organisation’s wider knowledge base, not automatically projects completed by Youth Eco Care.
