Awareness that lasts
Building understanding among communities, stakeholders, and policymakers about protecting the Himalaya's physical and biological systems.
Federation of Societies for Environmental Protection
Protecting the living Eastern Himalaya.
From the rhododendron forests of Sandakphu to the tea gardens of Darjeeling, we work for a mountain where human ambition and the natural world can grow together.
Our vision
Where people and nature thrive together.
FOSEP envisions a landscape where human aspirations and nature thrive together — creating resilient ecosystems that support biodiversity, ecological balance, and a meaningful quality of life for all beings. We pursue it through three lasting commitments.
Development without damage
Designing location-specific models that secure health and livelihoods without disturbing the environment that sustains them.
Equity for every life
Working toward social and economic justice, gender equity, and the fair sharing of natural resources across the hills.
Standing record
Decades of work, recognised across India.
Read these like altitude markers on a climb — points reached, with more ridgeline ahead.
Recognition
2004
Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award, Government of India
Recognition
2011
Anirudh Bhargawa Environment Award, INTACH New Delhi
Mandate
RRA
Regional Resource Agency for NEAC, Ministry of Environment & Forests
Reach
2
Zones served — Darjeeling Hills & Siliguri
What we do
Programs rooted in the hills.
Conservation, health, and resilience — carried out alongside tea-garden communities and Gram Panchayats across the region.
Biodiversity & wildlife
Protecting endemic species and fragile habitats across the Kanchenjunga landscape.
Health camps
Free check-ups, HIV screening, and anti-rabies drives in underserved communities.
Anti-tobacco advocacy
A decade of youth-focused campaigns reducing tobacco use across the hills.
Tree plantation
Afforestation including rhododendron planting at Sandakphu with SSB partners.
Disaster preparedness
Landslide response and readiness in the region's most vulnerable slopes.
Sanitation
Household latrine construction under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Community advocacy
Food security awareness, gender mainstreaming, and rights-based partnerships.
Environmental cleanup
Garbage collection and site restoration across plantations and panchayats.
Where we work
The Darjeeling Hills & the Kanchenjunga landscape.
One of the most biodiverse and fragile regions on Earth — home to globally threatened plants, animals, and birds, and to communities whose lives are woven into the mountain.
RegionDarjeeling Hills & Siliguri, West Bengal
LandscapeEastern Himalaya · Kanchenjunga
RegisteredW.B. Society Registration Act, 1961
MandateRegional Resource Agency for NEAC
Join the work
Help keep the Himalaya living.
Become a member, volunteer for a camp, or support a plantation. Every hand on the mountain matters.