Shyam Sunder Jyani, who treats trees as family members through his concept of 'Familial Forestry' and has spent last 19 years planting trees and protecting the environment, has got a wider recognition ...

Professor Shyam Sunder Jyani, a teacher at the Government Dungar College in Bikaner, has come up with the concept of familial forestry or domesticating trees by families for conserving the environment ...

Trees are good for both biodiversity and people, helping to guard against drought. Which is why Shyam Sunder Jyani encourages communities in Rajasthan, India to nurture them like loved ones. In summer ...

Indian communities are planting trees to celebrate local customs and events such as weddings and funerals to help restore degraded land BIKANER, India, June 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With ...

Shyam Sunder Jyani, an associate professor and sociologist, has opted out of using run-of-the-mill ways to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of ...

BIKANER, India, June 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With saplings in hand and faces veiled by colourful sarees, Suman and Sarita Takariya's relatives sang traditional songs as the sisters planted ...

Shyam Sunder Jyani has been encouraging school children to take up plantation in their schools. | Shyam Sunder Jyani/ Mongabay India Shyam Sunder Jyani, who hails from the hot and sandy Thar desert ...

With saplings in hand and faces veiled by colorful sarees, Suman and Sarita Takariya's relatives sang traditional songs as the sisters planted small shrubs at their combined pre-wedding celebration in ...

Bathinda: A wedding ceremony was used to promote consumption of millets at Lunkaransar village near Bikaner in Rajasthan on Thursday. Instead of serving milk as a traditional offering during the bride ...

eople in Rajasthan customarily plant trees in celebration, but scientists say that planting seeds and saplings are insufficient to tackle land degradation. With saplings in hand and faces veiled by ...

BIKANER, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation): With saplings in hand and faces veiled by colourful sarees, Suman and Sarita Takariya's relatives sang traditional songs as the sisters planted small ...