About Us

CEDAR is a not-for-profit organization registered in 2006 under the Societies Act of 1860. The registered office is located in Delhi, while the chief operations office is based in Dehradun. It was established when a group of academics and development practitioners came together to bridge the gap between applied research and field based interventions or, to put it differently, ‘balance theory and practice’. The development sector has, for long, been caught in the divide between theoreticians and practitioners.This divide has set the sector back and deprived it of the opportunity to assess and improve its work continuously. CEDAR sees its role to straddle this divide and we achieve this by learning from those who live in the Himalayan environment, blending their knowledge with scientific evidence and transferring it to a wider audience for inclusive and informed decision making for sustainable development. We are committed to inform environmental and development issues, reach out to the stakeholders and policymakers, and create novel pathways for sustainable management of natural resources in Himalaya.