The foundation is dedicated to promoting basic environmental education and thinking on current problems of development at individual and the societal level.
[1] The various activities of the NFD are carried out by the affiliated institutions VASCSC, VIKSAT, CHETNA, CEE, and KHAMIR.
The objectives of the organization include: Over the last 35 years, VIKSAT has worked at grassroots level with communities in their local regions towards developing models which ensure sustainability of livelihoods through natural resource management.
[2][3] Khamir is a joint initiative of the NFD, Confederation of Indian Industry and Kutch Navnirman Abhiyan which is supported by Government of Gujarat.
For conservation in the areas of craft, environment and heritage in Kutch District, KHAMIR has been set up as an education, training, demonstration and Interpretation facility.