# Green Yatra

> Mumbai-based NGO creating Miyawaki urban forests, restoring lakes and planting mangroves across India

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## Facts

- Type: Nonprofit
- Scope: National
- Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Founded: 2008
- Website: https://www.greenyatra.org
- Volunteer sign-up: https://www.greenyatra.org/get-involved
- Donate: https://www.greenyatra.org/donate
- Countries where they plant: India
- Activity types: Urban forestry (primary), Agroforestry, Mangrove restoration, Education & advocacy
- Trees on record: 4,200,000 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## 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.

## Programs

- **Miyawaki urban forests** — Urban forestry: 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. https://www.greenyatra.org/ecosystems/urban
- **Blue Yatra mangrove restoration** — Mangrove restoration (2024–present): Mangrove planting and coastal ecosystem restoration along India's coast, begun as a new focus in FY2024-25. https://www.greenyatra.org/ecosystems/coastal
- **Rural agroforestry plantation** — Agroforestry: Fruit and native tree planting on farmland with rural communities; the website reports 3 lakh+ agroforestry saplings planted. https://www.greenyatra.org/ecosystems/rural

## Metrics

> Note: Green Yatra's FY2024-25 annual report gives two different year totals: 11.4 lakh+ saplings in the overall overview (p.5) and 8.5 lakh+ in the highlights that open the Miyawaki section (p.9); the smaller figure is recorded here as the Miyawaki program's share, which is an interpretation. The founder's message in the same report says the trust has 'planted more than 13,00,000 trees' since inception, while the website in November 2026 claims 42 lakh+ (4.2 million) planted, and an older Give.do profile claimed over 10 million; none of these is reconciled by the organisation. Survival rate is the organisation's own claim.

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Hectares restored | 2024 | 59 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Estimated | [source](https://greenyatra.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/Copy+of+GY+Annual+Report+2024-25++for+website+(8.27+x+11.69+in)_compressed+(1).pdf) Annual Report 2024-25, p.5: '145 Acres Land Afforested'; converted at 0.4047 ha per acre |
| Survival rate (%) | 2026 | 90 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://www.greenyatra.org/) Homepage impact counters, Nov 2026: '90%+ Survival rate' |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 1,140,000 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://greenyatra.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/Copy+of+GY+Annual+Report+2024-25++for+website+(8.27+x+11.69+in)_compressed+(1).pdf) Annual Report 2024-25, p.5 'Green Yatra FY 2024-25 Overview': '11.4 Lakh+ Saplings Planted', '145 Acres Land Afforested', '7 States Covered' |
| Trees planted | 2026 | 4,200,000 | yes (to date) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://www.greenyatra.org/) Homepage impact counters, Nov 2026: '42+ Lakhs Trees planted, 90%+ survival rate', '250+ successful projects' |
| Volunteers engaged | 2026 | 40,000 | yes (to date) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://www.greenyatra.org/) Homepage/impact page, Nov 2026: '40,000+ Volunteers mobilised', '4,500 events' |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 850,000 | no (that year) | Miyawaki urban forests | Self-reported | [source](https://greenyatra.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/Copy+of+GY+Annual+Report+2024-25++for+website+(8.27+x+11.69+in)_compressed+(1).pdf) Annual 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 |

Confidence: self-reported is the organization's own published figure; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM derived it and the note says how.

## Links

- x: https://x.com/Greenyatra
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenyatra
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenYatra
- linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/company/greenyatra

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