The development of a region is primarily based on the efficient use and planned utilisation of available resources, hence, it is necessary to use and conserve resources, particularly land, water, soil and vegetation with utimost care for sustainable development. The exploitation and lavish use of resources may threaten our life cycle causing land degradation at a greater scale. Various measures are being adopted to conserve these resources by State and Central Government. “Hariyali” (Greenary) project as community level efforts for the conservation of natural resource are introduced by Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, and Government of India from April 2003. The present investigation aims to assess the nature, consisted works, carried works and benefits achieved through Hariyali project implemented in western hilly part of Kolhapur district, comprising seven small watersheds of Shahuwadi tahsil. For the present investigation the required data and information has been collected from Block Development Officer and Tahsil Agricultural Officer, Panchayat Samiti, Shahuwadi. The field visits to confirm the ground reality have been arranged. The topomaps has been used to analyse geographical situation such as location, watershed demarcation, topography, landforms, drainage, forested areas and other landuse. The findings and results are represented through tables and maps. The analysis revels that Hariyali project has achieved great success in conserving the land, soil, water and vegetation. Hariyali project could be a ideal model for successfully combating the land degradation, provided the sufficient funds are made available timely and local peoples participation is made active.