Group for Nature Preservation & Education

The Group for Nature Preservation and Education (GNAPE) is dedicated to safeguarding India's natural heritage. GNAPE was founded in 2003, with the primary objective of documenting and disseminating valuable information on bio-diversity in India and strengthening efforts for conservation.

Our core objectives
  1. Scientific Research & Policy Development Undertake research studies/investigations aiming at conservation of nature, and wild habitats. To support these research initiatives by providing research grants and equipments to individuals, governmental and non-governmental organizations. To interact with other individuals, groups, and organizations that would eventually help in developing better policies to improve our environment.
  2. Education & Community Outreach Programs Identify, educate and improve the awareness levels of specific target groups like school and college students and policy makers on conservation along with regular visits to Protected Areas and Zoos to stress on the need for a collective conservation initiative.
  3. Documentation & Publishing Document, create and maintain archive of natural history; audio, visual and print media (photographs, sound recordings, motion picture films and video recordings of the regions natural history and heritage). Produce educational material to promote awareness about conservation (Publish books, newsletters, brochures, and magazines).

Some of our recent and ongoing projects
  1. The National Reptile Database
  2. Photo documentation of Orchids in the Anamalai Hills
  3. Behavior biology of the flying lizard Draco dussumierie
  4. Study of livestock holdings and the status of the endangered Urial in Ladakh
  5. The biology of the endangered and highly threatened spiny tailed lizard; Uromastrix
  6. Studies on the rich and diverse marine fauna along the coastline of Tamil Nadu
  7. The community assemblage of reptiles in the plantations of the Western Ghats

We are working on a web presence, and this location will have information that is of interest to researchers applying for funds, donors, educational institutions and government agencies.

In the mean time you can contact us by:

email: info@gnape.org
Visit us in India at: Group for Nature Preservation and Education
New No. 30, Block II, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kotturpuram, Madras - 600 085
Phone us at: +91 44 52016406 Mobile : +91 94440 23871