The areas of operation consists of four south western districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh with Chittoor and Kadapa which are part of the Velikonda range of Eastern Ghats, Prakash Mandal, and Nellore districts. The second largest brackish water lagoon Pulicat Lake is located in the Nellore district connecting two spectacular migratory bird sanctuaries.

All the four districts have agricultural, forest and tribal communities. The coastal districts have huge maritime livelihoods and are prone to periodical storm surges. RCE Tirupati has been working on key issues of sensitising communities on ecosystem services - water, sustainable use of bioresources, disaster preparedness and management. Promotion of the bio cultural component has been a focal issue.

Through innovative intervention programmes of education (formal, non-formal, transformative, field trips to bird sanctuaries, group discussions, interactive brainstorming sessions), RCE Tirupati feels inspired to have achieved success in sensitising student groups, women communities and other stakeholders on key issues of water conservation by water harvesting and judicious use, sustainable use of resources (soil and biological), response to and coping with disasters (drought, floods and cyclones) by a participatory and cooperative approach. Farming communities showed great resilience to save Mother Earth by switching over to organic farming. Enthusiastic participation by school students in Clean and Green programmes gives us hope and confidence.