Young Birders’ Month Celebration at Jonha Falls, Ranchi
By Jyoti Patale, Biodiversity Conservation Young Birders’ Month (YBM) was celebrated in November 2025 as a month-long campaign bringing together bird-enthusiasts and organizations from across India. Around 200-plus events were conducted across 88 different locations in the country. As part of this initiative to connect children with birds and nature, Keystone Foundation organized a YBM […]
Restoring Natural Ecologies 2025
By Vishnu N M, Biodiversity Conservation The Restoring Natural Ecologies (RNE) Conference is an annual gathering in India, organized by the Ecological Restoration Alliance–India (ERA-India). This event connects ecological restoration practitioners, grassroots leaders, researchers, and policymakers from across the country to enhance restoration practices through knowledge sharing and community-led, environmentally friendly approaches. This year, Keystone […]
Global Hub on Indigenous Food Systems, FAO, Rome
By Shawn Stephen, Biodiversity Conservation October saw Anita, Jyoti, Sumin and Shawn from Keystone journey up to Rome, Italy in order to attend the Global-hub on Indigenous Food Systems, hosted as part of the World Food Forum by FAO. Initiated by the Indigenous Peoples Unit (IPU) at FAO, Global-hub is a think tank that serves […]
Learning and Sharing at the SCCS Conference – Bangalore
By Vandana Kannan-Biodiversity Conservation, Sneha, and Anokha Venugopal -Knowledge Hub The Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) is a yearly meeting of young conservationists from across India and beyond. This year, four of our members from Keystone attended the conference, representing our Biodiversity Conservation and Knowledge Hub teams. These members included Vandana Kannan, Mathesan R., Sneha, […]
Exploring Biodiversity with Children at Jonha, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Jyoti Patale – Biodiversity Conservation On 26th September 2025, a biodiversity survey and nature-based activities were organized with children from Koyanardih and Hapatbeda villages of Ranchi district, Jharkhand. The program took place near the Jonha Waterfall, a famous tourist spot surrounded by Sal-dominated forests. The session began with an introduction to the meaning of biodiversity […]
Exploring Beekeeping in Jharkhand
By Silambarasan S.P., Biodiversity Conservation Between 9th and 13th September 2025, a team from Kotagiri, comprising Shiny, Nithya, and Simbu, visited Jharkhand for a scoping visit. The purpose of our visit was to assess the feasibility and potential for implementing a beekeeping activity. This initiative is part of Women for Bees by UNESCO. The objectives […]
Follow-Up Training Session in Sigur and Pillur- Women for Bees
By Shawn Stephen, Biodiversity Conservation As part of the UNESCO: Women for Bees project that the BC programme is currently engaged in, Keystone Foundation has conducted follow-up training sessions in Sigur and Pillur on the 18th and the 20th, respectively. Follow-up sessions such as these are really valuable to a beekeeper-in-training because they become an opportunity to […]
Film screening at Ranchi
By Jyoti Patale –Biodiversity Conservation On 31st August 2025, we organized a film screening at the Keystone Office in Ranchi in collaboration with All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF). This was the first step towards starting a film club, where people from the community can come together to watch films and discuss different issues, […]
Summer Internships with the Biodiversity and Conservation Team
Spotlighting the contributions of our 2025 in-office interns By Sophie Minoosh Bernstein –Biodiversity Conservation This summer, the Biodiversity and Conservation team at Keystone Foundation welcomed nine in-office interns from fields including Botany, Wildlife Biology, and Biology. Representing educational levels from high school to master’s programs, they joined from Kotagiri, Coonoor, Bangalore, Nagapattinam, Delhi, and the USA. […]
Wild Mushroom Collection with Sanatan Sabar of Bengthupi Sabar Para, Purulia District, West Bengal
By Rohan Mukerjee –Biodiversity Conservation As the monsoons commence, mushrooms of various sizes, shapes, and hues spring up across Purulia’s forests and fields. These wild mushrooms are one of the most relished uncultivated delicacies of the Kheria Sabar people. However, not all of them are edible, as we found out through our interactions with Sraban […]