SayTrees
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Nonprofit · National · since 2007
Indian environmental trust planting trees, Miyawaki forests and restoring lakes since 2007
About
SayTrees Environmental Trust is a Bengaluru-based Indian nonprofit that began as a volunteer group in 2007 and is now registered under the Indian Trusts Act. Its programs include agroforestry with farmer households, urban Miyawaki forests, social forestry, lake and water body restoration and clean energy installations, largely funded through corporate CSR partnerships. It reports work in 19 states and 2 union territories and more than 10 million trees planted across all programmes.
What they run
Plants fruit and timber trees on smallholder farmland with farmer households who own and maintain the trees.
Creates and maintains dense native urban forests using the Miyawaki method, largely funded by corporate partners.
Plants native saplings on public and community land, lake bunds and institutional campuses with volunteers.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 10,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceImpact page: '10M+ Trees planted, All programmes combined' since 2007. No per-year figure published on the site; annual reports on /disclosures are download-only |
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