Butterfly Conservation

• Project Location:  Oracle, Hyderabad
• Funding Agency:  Oracle, Hyderabad 
• Site/ NGO  Partner:  Prahari Trust
• Project Duration:  October 2023
• No of plants: 300 saplings of host plants and nectar plants.

 This consultancy project was a brief undertaking focused on creating a butterfly garden as a practical demonstration of Oracle's commitment to sustainable development principles.  The garden establishment demonstrated the remarkable potential of community cooperation and responsible environmental guardianship. In this endeavor, 300 saplings were thoughtfully planted, establishing the groundwork for a thriving environment that will not only draw but also support a wide variety of butterfly species. This will boost the local butterfly conservation.

• Project Location:  Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind, Ghansoli
• Funding Agency:  United Way Mumbai 
• Site/ NGO  Partner:  Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind
• Project Duration:  March 2023 - February  2024
• No of plants: 300 saplings of host plants and nectar plants.

We developed a butterfly garden on the International Day of Forests on 21 March 2023. We will also conduct a quarterly plant review to monitor plant growth and development in the garden. United Way

Mumbai funded the development of the butterfly garden. Three hundred saplings

of butterfly-attracting plants, including nectar and larval host plants, were planted

at the school. This will boost the local butterfly conservation.

• Project Location: Sacred Heart High School, Vashi
• Funding Agency:  Videojet Technologies India Pvt. Ltd  
• Site/ NGO  Partner: Sacred Heart High School
• Project Duration: October 2016- September 2017
• No of plants: 150 saplings of host plants and nectar plants.

This was the first butterfly garden developed in the urban city of Navi-Mumbai. The garden was developed as part of CSR plantation to increase the local butterfly diversity and to help the students in learning the environment closely. We also conducted butterfly awareness programmes for the school students throughout the year and the teaching staff was also oriented with the garden. Quarterly Review of the plants and increased in the butterfly species were also carried out wherein we recorded a 100% plant survival rate and the butterflies species had increased to 10 species from 1  that was recorded during the preliminary survey. This will boost the local butterfly conservation.

• Project Location:  National Society For Equal Opportunities For Handicapped, Chembur East, Mumbai
• Funding Agency:  United Way Mumbai 
• Site/ NGO  Partner: NASEOH
• Project Duration: November 2016
• No of plants: 100 saplings of host plants and nectar plants.

 Our fifth Butterfly Garden in collaboration with the United Way Mumbai. 16 employees from Deloitte helped in establishing the Butterfly Garden at the National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped (NASEOH), Chembur, Mumbai. 150 butterfly-attracting plants; of 15 species that included host plants and nectar plants, were planted. Signages of the plants describing their name, type and medicinal properties, were also installed.This will boost the local butterfly conservation.

• Project Location: Tata Serein, Thane
• Funding Agency:  Tata Housing Developing Company
• Site/ NGO  Partner: Tata Serein
• Project Duration: October 2016
• No of plants: 1000 saplings of host plants and nectar plants.

 This was a short term consultancy project of developing a butterfly garden to demonstrate the sustainable development principles followed by THDC. We are happy to contribute to the real estate industry in a meaningful way. The project concept was based on Wellness and Environment.  As part of the project, we developed a butterfly garden by planting 1000 butterfly-attracting plants. We also developed a short video on the ‘Role of butterflies in our lives. This video is the first documentation describing the impact of butterflies on human health. 

• Project Location: Urban Haat, CBD Belapur
• Funding Agency:  Videojet Technologies India Pvt. Ltd  
• Site/ NGO  Partner: CIDCO
• Project Duration: October 2015- September 2018
• No of plants: 100 saplings of host plants and nectar plants.

 A tree plantation project was implemented by Videojet Technologies Pvt. Ltd in collaboration with United Way of Mumbai, wherein 100 saplings were planted for creating a butterfly garden at Urban Haat, Navi Mumbai. This three-year project aimed to support butterfly conservation. 99% of sapling survival rate and 28 butterfly species were observed in the garden during the survey. The Plants are maintained well by CIDCO. Apart from butterflies; insects like a dragonfly, praying mantis, planthopper, eggs of bugs and tiger moth pupa were also observed.  (See video)