Paul Blanchflower

Paul Blanchflower arrivedin Auroville in 1991 from the UK, having studied ecology. He expected to stayfor two or three years to gain experience with tropical forestry. However, theplace offered so many unique opportunities and experiences that he has beenbased here for the last thirty years.

Since August 2000 he has been in charge of thedevelopment of the Auroville Botanical Gardens. This has kept him occupied forthe past twenty-three years, building up on 50 acres of bare land an organizationthat looks after a garden dedicated to the conservation of the Tropical DryEvergreen Forest. He has been involved in large-scale re-afforestation projectsin India and is a founding member of the Ecological Restoration Alliance ofIndia (era-india.org). He currently works closely with the Ramco group,developing environmental projects with them for their companies and CSR programme.

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