Keystone’s team is over 150 members strong, including our board of trustees and resource persons, who bring valuable insights from tribal communities across the Nilgiris and Central/Eastern India. Our programme working group members map out workflow and streamline task schedules for each project within the six programmes (see below). For a full list of ongoing projects, visit our individual programme pages.
Keystone operates its eco-development work across six thematic areas, or programmes, each contributing to a range of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. While all programmes have distinct objectives and teams, they are designed to work in an interconnected manner. Climate Change, Organisational Development, and the Knowledge Hub function as overarching programmes whose scope enables them to integrate across and strengthen the work of the People and Nature Collectives, Biodiversity Conservation, and Community Wellbeing programmes. Through this structure, knowledge generation, organisational resilience, and climate-responsive strategies are embedded across Keystone’s initiatives.
All programmes are implemented through an intersectional and cross-sectoral approach, with activities thoughtfully designed to respond to the complex realities of Indigenous and local communities. This includes drawing on barefoot expertise and community knowledge systems to build tribal archives within the People and Nature Collectives programme, applying a gender justice lens to climate adaptation and resilience initiatives within the Climate Change programme, and strengthening preparedness and disaster responsiveness through the Organisational Development programme. By working across thematic boundaries, Keystone fosters integrated solutions that advance ecological sustainability, cultural continuity, community wellbeing, and social justice.
