F.a: South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy 2017-2018 South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy (SADED) network aims at creating a greater understanding about Ecological Democracy, its global context and wants to bring it more centrally into public discussion, within civil society and the political mainst
ream; focus being India, South Asia and Global. SADED promotes the access of marginalised groups to decision making on natural resources. Through locally-established action groups, SADED focuses particularly on questions concerning food security, climate a
nd the building up of autonomous communities. The purpose of the network is to bring new perspectives into social dialogue and to encourage people to critical thinking and observation. Environmentally sustainable, more equitable and egalitarian ways of all
eviating and solving environmental problems are approached through dialogue. Various public events, workshops, seminars, publications and reports serve as channels for this dialogue. Underlying global structures are also taken into consideration in analyse
s based on local knowledge. SADED has actively taken part in various international arena, like the World Social Forum (WSF). Administratively, SADED functions as a project of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), a development studies in
stitute located in Delhi, but the contribution of volunteers is very important to the continuity of the network's operations.