Shyam Sunder Jyani, who treats trees as family members through his concept of 'Familial Forestry' and has spent last 19 years planting trees and protecting the environment, has got a wider recognition ...

In the heart of Rajasthan’s Thar Desert, villagers and schoolchildren are nurturing a tree nursery built on the principle of Familial Forestry —an approach that treats saplings like family members.

Indian communities are planting trees to celebrate local customs and events such as weddings and funerals to help restore degraded land BIKANER, India, June 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With ...

BIKANER, India, June 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With saplings in hand and faces veiled by colourful sarees, Suman and Sarita Takariya's relatives sang traditional songs as the sisters planted ...

With saplings in hand and faces veiled by colourful sarees, Suman and Sarita Takariya’s relatives sang traditional songs as the sisters planted small shrubs at their combined pre-wedding celebration ...

With saplings in hand and faces veiled by colorful sarees, Suman and Sarita Takariya's relatives sang traditional songs as the sisters planted small shrubs at their combined pre-wedding celebration in ...

With saplings in hand and faces veiled by colourful sarees, Suman and Sarita Takariya’s relatives sang traditional songs as the sisters planted small shrubs at their combined pre-wedding celebration ...

Suman, 21, and Sarita, 19, who wed their husbands in a joint ceremony, are part of a growing trend in the western desert state of Rajasthan in which families gift and plant native trees as a new ...

eople in Rajasthan customarily plant trees in celebration, but scientists say that planting seeds and saplings are insufficient to tackle land degradation. With saplings in hand and faces veiled by ...

BIKANER, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation): With saplings in hand and faces veiled by colourful sarees, Suman and Sarita Takariya's relatives sang traditional songs as the sisters planted small ...