Walk with Amaltas

We are dedicated to conserve biodiversity by connecting people to nature through immersive outdoor experience, scientific exploration and mentoring

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.

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Two years of field work by the team finally resulted in the release of a scientific bird atlas by the Hon'able Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Hon'able CM of Delhi and other dignitaries

A moment frozen in the natural history of Delhi and biodiversity conservation, many thanks to all team captains Dr Sudhir Oswal, Mr Ramveer, Mr Saurabh Chhabra, Mr Vijay Madaan, Mr Mohan Singh, Ms Varsha, Mr Priyanshu Bansal, and Mr Ansh Pathak for standing rock solid and toiling in extreme winters and harsh summers of Delhi for collecting data and mobilizing volunteers.

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About us

Passionate nature lovers dedicated to protecting and preserving the environment.

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Amaltas Nature Walks (Amaltas NW) is a Delhi-based group of nature enthusiasts and conservationists dedicated to biodiversity conservation through immersive outdoor experiences, education, citizen science, and community engagement.

Core Mission and Approach

Their stated vision is to connect communities to nature via hands-on experiences and mentoring, with a mission to conserve biodiversity through experiential outdoor exposure and responsible engagement. They organise guided nature walks, talks, seminars, workshops, and events in diverse Delhi ecosystems, including:

- Yamuna River floodplains and riparian zones

- Aravali Hills

- Wetlands

- Grasslands

- Forests and biodiversity parks

Our Objectives

At Amaltaswalks, we offer hands-on nature experiences and conservation efforts.

Promoting biodiversity awareness by organizing nature walks, talks and seminars,

Mentoring volunteers to participate in biodiversity conservation among communities,

Promoting community’s understanding to protect habitats like forest, wetlands, grasslands and micro habitats.

Advocating means of ecosystem restoration programs like planting native trees

Promoting habits for sustainable practices like reducing carbon foot print, water foot print to minimize environmental impact.

Promoting recycling and reuse to reduce solid waste and pollution,

Promoting use of renewable energy and water harvesting

What we do?

Over 100 collaborative events like walks, Workshops and Seminars, social Media events, Community Engagement Events have been organised to raise awareness about diverse ecosystems.
Documenting urban ecology across Delhi NCR including birds, butterflies, odonates, other insects, herps, trees and mammals.
Support from over 100 volunteers to successfully conduct all our events.

Milestones

Delhi Bird Atlas 1.0 and 2.0, a collaborative initiative aimed at documenting the city's bird species season by season, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
Great Backyard Bird Count, in collaboration with Bird Count India which is a four day citizen science event.
Asian Waterbird Census in collaboration with Wetland International to estimate waterbird population size and trends, support wetland conservation and management planning.
National Skimmer Count in collaboration with BNHS Big Butterfly Month (Walks & Talks) to count butterfly diversity.
Global Tiger Day
Moth Count
World River Day
Save Aravali Campaign

What we have achieved ?

Nature walks in diverse ecosystems such as the Yamuna Flood Plains, the Aravali Hills, Wetlands, Grasslands, and Forests.
School & College engagement programmes; seminars and sessions across schools and colleges in Delhi on various topics such as Global Tiger Day and Big Butterfly Month.
Population and diversity monitoring programmes, such as Bird Counts, Dragonfly Count, Moth count, Herps Monitoring etc.
Celebrating Green Calendar by organising walks and talks on special occasions like Environment Day, Salim Ali Birthday etc.