Restoring 10 sacred groves in Rajasthan
Help stop deforestation in India
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Summary
Using water conservation techniques and tree and grass planting we revive these forests and restore the sacred groves. This secures the livelihoods of the 8000 people who depend on the groves.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In rural Rajasthan, India, poverty and vulnerability to climatic changes (drought, famine) are common. Villagers depend on their sacred forests (orans) for wood for fuel and timber, fodder for their animals, water and medicinal plants. However, orans are in decline due to industrial development and changing government laws. We help villagers revive their orans and empower them to manage the forests sustainably. Healthy orans mean less poverty and more livelihood security.
Activities
For these 10 orans we are raising and planting 100,000 trees and renovating 10 key water harvesting structures. This means there is more food and water for 8,000 humans and 20,000 livestock.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $6,627
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $68,372
Total Funding Goal: $75,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Restore "orans" to their pristine, sustainable green environment; develop better management practices of the rural ecosystem; secure the rural livelihood of millions; preserve endemic/endangered species and variety of cultivars found within orans.
Project Message
Yadi hamara devbani thik to sab kuch hai; yadi yah thik nahi to chara, pani aur bhojan ke lale.” - “If our oran is intact we have everything; if not, we suffer from lack of fodder, water and wood.
- Bodan Gujjar, from Bera village, He is a 50 year old pastoralist beneficiary
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Aman Singh
Project Leader
KRAPAVIS, 5 / 218 Kala Kua
Aravali Vihar
Alwar, Rajasthan 301001
India
144 – 2344863
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Krishi Avam Paristhitiki Vikas Sansthan (KRAPAVIS)
KRAPAVIS, 5 / 218 Kala Kua
Aravali Vihar
Alwar,
Rajasthan
301001
India
+91-144-2344863
Where this Project is Located
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This project is located in 
India
and can also be found under 
Climate Change (GG Green).
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on May 13, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 31, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Orans' conservation
By Aman Singh - Chief Coordinator/ Founder, May 13, 2009 02:35 PM
The honorable Governor of Rajasthan recently appointed a two-member task force to study the current scenario regarding Orans and formulating a comprehensive action plan for the way ahead. The President of our “Oran Forum” Prof. P.P. Bakre heads the task force.
Also, the Government of Rajasthan/ Forest Department has recognized our work of tree plantation in orans, gave us an award known as “Vraksha Vardhak Puruskar” of the year 2008-09.
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