Archive · 23 Dec 2025
Forester Milind Patil Revives Western Ghats
Milind Patil, a 32-year-old forester, is working to bring back the forests in the Western Ghats.
He plants thousands of native saplings to help the forest grow again.
The forest was damaged by people cutting down trees and starting fires.
Milind uses special methods to plant the right trees in the right places.
He works with a group called the Nature Conservation Foundation to make sure the forest stays healthy.
The forest is slowly getting better, and Milind hopes that animals will come back to live there.
He believes that everyone should take care of nature, not just use it.
Milind Patil is restoring degraded tropical evergreen forests in the Western Ghats using native saplings.
Chamundi Forest, a 20-acre restoration site, has planted 3,316 saplings with an 87% survival rate.
The project involves 106 native species across 6 hectares in the Northern Western Ghats.
Milind's approach includes scientific principles and traditional ecological knowledge.
The restoration efforts aim to revive biodiversity and improve soil and microclimatic conditions.
- Who
- Milind Patil, a 32-year-old forester
- What
- Restoration of degraded tropical evergreen forests in the Western Ghats
- When
- Restoration efforts began in 2022, with ongoing work
- Where
- Sindhudurg, Western Ghats, India
- Why
- To revive biodiversity and ecological balance in degraded forest areas
- Location
- Sindhudurg, Western Ghats
- Restoration Site
- Chamundi Forest
- Saplings Planted
- 7,962
- Native Species
- 106
- Survival Rate
- 87%
- Restoration Area
- 6 hectares
- Restoration Partner
- Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF)
- Key Species
- Canarium strictum, Knema attenuata, Syzygium stocksii, Elaeocarpus variabilis