Planting Hope: How Community Afforestation Efforts Help Restore Bengaluru’s Greenery

Published in Citizen Matters

Jun 17, 2025

Photo by Shashank Palur

Namitha Nayak from the Urban Water programme provides insight on the realities of urban afforestation in Bengaluru. 

“While CAMPA [Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority] mandates compensatory planting, there’s little transparency on whether restoration actually happens,” says Namitha in a Citizen Matters article by Surya Achari. 

Acknowledgements

Surya Achari for Citizen Matters

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