School course
on environmental education
Environmental
Awareness
Adaptation
Programmes
Eco Works
Water
Conservation
Energy
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Eco-Works |
Tree
plantation in village common land and tree
nurseries for rehabilitation of the village
support areas (uncultivated lands), which we
call Eco-Works, is a popular activity. Small
grants are given by us to village
organizations (NGOs, Mahila Mangal Dals,
Yuva Mangal Dals) and schools for this
purpose.
To start with, tree nurseries in the
villages are promoted to ensure an adequate
local supply of saplings required for
afforestation.
Under our guidance, many village communities
have banned or restricted the traditional
practice of free grazing of cattle, to
ensure the protection of the plantation
sites. Since the active participation of the
local village community is a strong feature
of all these Eco-Works, the nurseries and
afforestation are carefully protected by
them. Provision of stone wall/ barbed wire
fence have also been done in some places.
Native broad leaved species (Baanj-Tyuni-Oak,
Utees, Bhimal, Kharik etc.), not commercial,
but important locally for fodder, manure and
helpful in soil and water conservation, have
been selected and all decisions regarding
the species to be planted and the selection
of land are taken by the village community. |
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