Tag: Nature-based Solutions

Climate change is no longer a distant threat- it’s a lived experience for millions across India, especially in rural regions where agriculture, water, and livelihoods are closely tied to nature. As the world turns to decarbonization and ecosystem restoration, a growing spotlight is on Nature-based Solutions (NbS)- a collective term for actions that work with and enhance natural systems to address environmental, social, and economic challenges. These include tree planting, sustainable agriculture, wetland restoration, clean energy transitions, and much more.

At Anaxee, we see Nature-based Solutions not just as environmental fixes, but as community-driven pathways to climate justice, economic opportunity, and ecosystem balance. With our boots-on-ground presence across 11,000+ pin codes in India, and a network of over 50,000 Digital Runners, we’re making NbS not just scalable-but real, measurable, and human.

What Are Nature-based Solutions, Really?

Nature-based Solutions are exactly what they sound like: actions that use nature to solve some of humanity’s biggest problems. Unlike purely technological fixes, NbS lean into the power of forests, soil, water, biodiversity, and communities. They include planting trees to absorb CO₂, restoring degraded land to improve agriculture, or even protecting mangroves to guard against sea-level rise.

The IUCN defines Nature-based Solutions as “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively.” But for people on the ground, they are a way to protect farms from heatwaves, restore village ponds that dried up, or earn income from carbon credits.

In India, where climate vulnerability intersects with population density, poverty, and ecosystem stress, the importance of Nature-based Solutions can’t be overstated. The challenge is making them work at scale, in diverse geographies- from the Himalayan foothills to dryland Bundelkhand to the coastal belts of Odisha. That’s where Anaxee comes in.

The Need for NbS in India’s Climate Journey

India’s climate commitments- its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement- rely heavily on land-based carbon sinks. The goal to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalent through forest and tree cover by 2030 is unachievable without Nature-based Solutions.

But the opportunity is more than carbon. India has:

– Over 120 million smallholder farmers who depend on climate-sensitive livelihoods.
– 30% of land under degradation or desertification.
– Tens of thousands of rural communities lacking access to sustainable energy.
– Women disproportionately affected by natural resource decline.

Nature-based Solutions, when designed well, can solve for all these: restoring land, generating rural income, empowering women, increasing biodiversity, and reducing emissions.

Anaxee’s Approach to Nature-based Solutions

At Anaxee, our belief is that climate action must go local. Technology and field execution must come together to scale climate projects with integrity and inclusivity. That’s why we’ve built one of India’s largest Tech-for-Climate infrastructures- combining a digital platform for project tracking with human networks that reach the remotest villages.

Our Nature-based Solutions portfolio includes:

Agroforestry Projects

We work with smallholder farmers to integrate trees into their farms- especially on bunds (farm boundaries), where crops are not affected. This creates a triple win: improved biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and diversified farmer income (e.g., from fruit, fodder, or timber trees). Species are selected regionally for their survival rate, carbon value, and local relevance.

Clean Cooking and Improved Cookstoves

Traditional biomass stoves are a major source of indoor pollution and forest degradation. Our clean cooking projects distribute fuel-efficient cookstoves across rural households- improving health, saving time for women, and reducing wood use. These are verifiable Nature-based Solutions with measurable carbon impact.

Bamboo Plantation and Carbon Sinks

Fast-growing bamboo acts as a powerful carbon sink. In states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, we support large-scale bamboo plantation drives with community ownership models. Bamboo also creates rural livelihoods through harvesting, processing, and market linkages.

Solar Energy Deployment in Off-grid Areas

Though not a forest-based intervention, access to decentralized solar power prevents forest overharvesting, reduces kerosene usage, and creates new income avenues like solar-powered agri-processing or lighting for shops. We categorize this under nature-integrated clean technology.

Wetland and Watershed Restoration

Through data collection and community partnerships, we help identify, document, and facilitate the rejuvenation of wetlands, ponds, and community water bodies. These blue NbS projects are essential for climate adaptation in water-stressed belts of India.

Real Projects, Real Impact

We don’t just conceptualize. We implement. Every Anaxee Nature-based Solution is backed by a field team that ensures accuracy, and a digital backend that ensures traceability. From QR-coded saplings to geo-tagged stove installations, from drone mapping to on-ground farmer training- we track every step.

For example, in Bundelkhand, an arid zone prone to extreme droughts, we are planting multi-use trees with farmers under Verra’s VM0047 methodology. This will generate long-term carbon credits while supporting soil moisture retention and fodder supply. In tribal districts of Maharashtra, our clean cookstove program has reached over 5,000 households, leading to 30% reduction in wood usage and significant indoor air quality improvements.

These are not pilot projects- they are blueprints for scaling climate action with rural agency.

Why Verification and Carbon Credits Matter

Nature-based Solutions can only attract climate finance if they are credible and verifiable. That’s why we work with globally recognized registries such as Verra (VCS), Gold Standard, and CCTS India to register our projects under certified methodologies. This enables the issuance of carbon credits, which corporates and climate investors can buy to offset their emissions.

For instance, our agroforestry projects follow VM0047: Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation methodology, ensuring transparent carbon accounting. Clean cooking initiatives use Gold Standard’s Improved Cookstove methodologies. We ensure rigorous monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) with census-level tracking.

Carbon finance from these projects goes back to the communities- either directly, or by enabling more interventions like water, health, or solar access.

Building NbS with Tech + Trust

Scaling Nature-based Solutions in India isn’t just about planting more trees. It’s about:

– Planting the right trees, in the right places.
– Ensuring long-term survival and monitoring.
– Engaging communities not just as beneficiaries, but as stakeholders.
– Using data to build trust and transparency.

That’s what Anaxee does differently. We use our Digital Runners- trained youth from local geographies- to map farms, monitor plantations, verify stove usage, and provide climate training. This creates employment, ownership and accountability at the last mile. Our mobile-based apps ensure all field data is digitized, geo-referenced, and accessible on dashboards for clients, funders, and auditors.

Nature-based Solutions Are the Future- But Only If We Invest in People

India’s climate story cannot be copy-pasted from the West. Our biodiversity, farming systems, caste dynamics, and land rights are unique. That’s why cookie-cutter models of NbS fail. Anaxee invests deeply in contextualization. Our SOPs are built on ground realities- what survives in saline soil? Which stove design works best for tribal kitchens? What motivates farmers to protect saplings for 5 years?

The answer, always, is people. And that’s where we put our energy.

Partner with Anaxee for Nature-based Solutions That Work

– Corporate with a net-zero target,

If you are a:

– CSR head looking to fund climate-resilient livelihoods,
– NGO wanting to implement afforestation or cookstove projects,
– Climate investor searching for high-quality, community-integrated carbon credits…

…Anaxee is your execution partner.

We operate across 26 states, 540+ districts, and have the field strength and digital systems to implement and report at scale. Our Nature-based Solutions are real, traceable, inclusive, and future-ready.

Conclusion: A Natural Solution to a Human Crisis

In a time of planetary crisis, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But nature gives us hope. Every tree planted, every stove distributed, every pond restored is a piece of the solution. Nature-based Solutions are not silver bullets- but they are our strongest levers for bending the emissions curve while uplifting the vulnerable.

At Anaxee, we invite you to be part of this mission- not as spectators, but as collaborators. Let’s make climate action local. Let’s make it work for people and the planet.

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