Balipara Tract & Frontier Foundation

Balipara Foundation focuses on creating community-based conservation models in the Eastern Himalayas using a proprietary approach, Naturenomics™, to enhance Rural Futures. Our goal is to make the communities in the region the stewards of the conservation agenda by creating economic & social mobility. We achieve this through a series of community-based conservation programmes anchored in our conservation center at the Eastern Himalayan Botanic Ark, nestled in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas, Balipara, Assam, India. These programmes are human centric & realised through iterative prototypes to adapt to rapidly evolving human needs & landscapes. Our hidden treasures are the case studies we publish & the publications we support to inspire collaborative exploration, dialogue & innovation. Our objectives are realised through our interdisciplinary team of 50+ people, ably supported by a network of community, knowledge, investment and technology partners who have passionately contributed to building this organization since 2007. At Balipara Foundation we don’t aspire to “save forests”, instead we seek to learn from them. We envisage a future where conservation is a part of the human fabric & technological innovation reinforces the principles of Naturenomics™ in human development. The bio-culturally rich Eastern Himalayas serve as our inspiration & provide a backdrop for inspiring innovation in conservation globally. Areas of expertise: - Habitat Restoration - Human-centric programme design - Natural Assets & Nature Capital - Wildlife Corridors - Socio-Economic Mobility through Nature Capital - Universal Basic Assets/Income