Mano Karunanithi

Care Earth Trust

Care Earth Trust, established in the year 2000, is engaged in biodiversity conservation for human wellbeing through research, advocacy and capacity building. Since its inception, it has evolved to be an equal opportunity, non-discriminating organization with a pan India presence. In addition to assessing human impact on the environment, the organization recommends evidence based strategies and action for the mitigation of adverse impacts and increasing ecosystem resilience. It also provides technical services in areas such as biodiversity inventorying and monitoring and in developing  training and capacity building initiatives on conservation. Care Earth Trust was awarded the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar in 2009 by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for its pioneering work on conserving the Pallikaranai Marsh and the Nanmangalam Forest. The institution is registered as a Trust under the Tamil Nadu Societies Act and holds the required statutory approvals of the Government of India for accepting project grants in Indian rupees (INR) as well as Foreign Currency. Care Earth Trust is an empanelled organization of the State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu.