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18-Jun-21

Rajasthan-based Environmental Organisation ‘Familial Forestry’ wins prestigious UN Award

The 2021 Land for Life Award has been won by Familial Forestry of Rajasthan, a unique concept that relates a tree with a family, making it a green “family member.”
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) organises the Land for Life Award every two years to recognize excellence and innovation in efforts towards land in balance.
The theme for 2021 Award is “Healthy Land, Healthy Lives”.
The Land for Life Award was launched at the UNCCD COP (Conference of Parties) 10 in 2011,. and is considered as the world’s highest reward regarding land conservation and restoration.
Familial Forestry is an environment conservation concept by climate-activist Shyam Sunder Jyani, an Associate Professor for Sociology in Rajasthan, who has been campaigning for Familial Forestry for over 15 years.
Jyani was chosen from among 12 shortlisted candidates from across the globe.
Familial Forestry means transferring the care of tree and environment in the family so that a tree becomes a part of the family’s consciousness. More than a million families from more than 15,000 villages of desert-prone northwest Rajasthan in over 2.5 million saplings have been planted in the past 15 years, with active participation of students and desert dwellers.”

By: Rohit Middha

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