Stop deforestation and restore community lands

The project communities have undertooken planting trees including water harvesting on their grazing land (community lands), during this monsoon. Many indigenous plants like Ber (Zizyphus mauritiana), Dhok {Anogeissus pendula), Kair {Capparis decidua}, Hingota {Balanites Egyptiaca}, Neem {Azardirachta indica}, Peepal {Ficus religiousa}, Bargad {Ficus bengalisis}, Gular {Ficus glomerata}, Salar {Boswellia serrata}, Babul {Acacia nilotica}, Dhak/ Khakhra (Butea monosperma), Jamun (Syzygium cuminii), Shisham and Aonla, and so on have been planted. The communities recognise their grazing land as a source of water, food, fodder, fuel and medicines, including other benefits, are to wildlife and communities livelihoods;

• reducing the human-animal conflict potential by reducing the need for human forays into the deep forest for biomass for cooking fuel and fodder for their livestock
• improving and enlarging the tree-sheltered area for the extant wildlife
• improving the food supply for the fauna, especially for tree-dependent species
• improving water catchment in that area
• sinking carbon

“Gauchara jamin Sanrakshan hamari Prathmikta hai kyoki hamara jeevan esi jamin par tika hai”, conservation of grazing land is our priority because our lives revolve around these lands ; shares the Gujjars & the Meena (indigenous pastoralist communities in Raika & Dhamred villages) in their village meetings, on 4 July 2018 & 14 Aug 2018. These indigenous communities are also fighting for their grazing rights.