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R Gurusamy, a farmer from Tamil Nadu, gave up most of his ancestral land to care for a few wandering deer in the vicinity. Today, even amid water and food shortage in the nearby forest, his land is a safe haven for over 1,800 deer

Himmataram Bhambhu from Rajasthan received the Padma Shri for his efforts in environment conservation and safeguarding the lives and interests of wildlife and birds in his home district.

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is proposing to change the definition of a forest. Here's how you can submit feedback on the proposal.

Residents of Karech in Rajasthan sought help from the Foundation of Ecological Security to restore wastelands through community efforts and save their village from desertification and loss of livelihood

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Odisha is often plagued with cyclones but Amresh Samant from Paradip district started planting 'mini forests' in neighbouring villages to mitigate the environmentally damaging impacts of  soil erosion and flooding

All locations are within a 100 kms of the city, and you can easily visit and return home in the same day.

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From the Gulmohar in Khalil Jibran’s poem to the Chestnut tree in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel, Koya has managed to create a museum of trees from the world of literature

“We have been able to directly impact about 4,500 people directly. Indirectly (since households are dependent on them), this number is close to about 30,000,” says Saurav Malhotra.