Green Yatra
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Nonprofit · National · since 2008
Mumbai-based NGO creating Miyawaki urban forests, restoring lakes and planting mangroves across India
About
Green Yatra Trust is an Indian environmental NGO established in 2008 and based in Goregaon, Mumbai. It is best known for dense Miyawaki-method urban forests in Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Panvel and other cities, including a 1.3 lakh-sapling forest on a former dumping ground in Navi Mumbai, and also runs waterbody restoration, dumping-yard restoration, mangrove planting under its Blue Yatra program, rural agroforestry and corporate sustainability work. Its FY2024-25 annual report records 11.4 lakh (1.14 million) saplings planted across 7 states.
What they run
Dense native-species forests planted by the Miyawaki method on municipal, port and corporate land in Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Lonavala, Panvel and other cities.
Mangrove planting and coastal ecosystem restoration along India's coast, begun as a new focus in FY2024-25.
Fruit and native tree planting on farmland with rural communities; the website reports 3 lakh+ agroforestry saplings planted.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 🏙️ Urban forestry | 850,000 | 2024 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hectares restored | 2024 | 59 | Organization-wide | Estimated | sourceAnnual Report 2024-25, p.5: '145 Acres Land Afforested'; converted at 0.4047 ha per acre |
| Survival rate (%) | 2026 | 90 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHomepage impact counters, Nov 2026: '90%+ Survival rate' |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 1,140,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Report 2024-25, p.5 'Green Yatra FY 2024-25 Overview': '11.4 Lakh+ Saplings Planted', '145 Acres Land Afforested', '7 States Covered' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 4,200,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHomepage impact counters, Nov 2026: '42+ Lakhs Trees planted, 90%+ survival rate', '250+ successful projects' |
| Volunteers engagedto date | 2026 | 40,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHomepage/impact page, Nov 2026: '40,000+ Volunteers mobilised', '4,500 events' |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 850,000 | Miyawaki urban forests | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Report 2024-25, p.9 'Highlights 2024-2025' heading the Miyawaki Plantation section: '8.5 Lakhs+ Saplings planted', '77.2 Acres+' area, 14 states and UTs |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2024
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 6 of 6 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 15/15 Reports survival or monitoring: Survival rate on record
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 5/5 Reports volunteers or events: Volunteer figures on record
- Latest annual figure
- 1,140,000 trees in 2024
- Survival
- 90% (2026, reported)
- Compare
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Upcoming events
None listed here right now. Send us their calendar feed. Their volunteer page is the place to look.