Environment
Environment is a major issue and Gram Bharati Samiti was formed to protect and improve it, focusing on ecological restoration for over 35 years. GBS has been campaigning for forestation on farm boundaries, pasturelands, public/community lands, and reforestation in deforested areas such as denuded hills.
35+Years of work
1,00,000+Trees planted in Gandhivan
100sBird & animal species
SeveralNational & international awards
GBS's pilot project on wasteland development has been recognised and appreciated widely. It is a model project on developing infertile, undulated, and gullied sandy wasteland through a range of conservation techniques.
- Existence of forest, wild animals and birds 20–50 years before in the area
- Demographic statistics of that historical period
- Sources of livelihood at that time
- Cultivation and animal husbandry practices
- Process of deforestation over decades
- Endangered species of animals and plants
- Conserving soil and moisture
- Reviving indigenous plant species
- Stabilising sand dunes
- Harvesting rainwater
- Plugging gullies
- Forestation on farm boundaries and pasturelands
- Reforestation on denuded hills
- Barren sandy area converted to thick forest
- Over one lakh trees of various species
- Adequate roost for hundreds of birds
- Habitat for diverse wild animals
- Recognised as a widely replicable model
- Multiple national & international awards conferred
GBS conducted in-depth research on the process of desertification in the Aravalli ranges in district Jaipur, examining ecological decline, biodiversity loss, and the human factors driving environmental degradation.
- Forest, wildlife and birds present 20–50 years ago
- Demographic statistics of that historical period
- Sources of livelihood at that time
- Cultivation and animal husbandry practices
- Process of deforestation over decades
- Endangered species of animals and plants
