Students walk up to a hilltop, daily, and water the sapling planted the previous day before putting a new one into the soil.

"Conservation in community-protected grasslands succeeds because is tied to the livelihoods of the people,”

Alienating Nanda-Gaoli people from forests has been detrimental not only for livestock (but also for) the environment

... a powerful livelihood alternative, a win-win for the forest-dependent communities and the ecology of the area

Local bodies and activists are coming together to deal with lake pollution, de-silting, encroachment

Youth camps at Timbaktu Collective’s Kalpavalli programme seek to inculcate sensitivity and awareness towards nature.

The programme has worked to align construction of conservation structures with welfare schemes such as MGNREGA and NRDWP.

They are replacing the invasive species - gando babool - with mixed varieties of native seeds that can withstand heavy /normal /low rainfall

Traditional Water Ponds were used only for irrigation and for recharging groundwater.