Date: 1996-97
Activities undertaken:
- Raising of 100,000 plants (50,000 eucalyptus and poplar, 50,000 local indigenous and fruit plants e.g. swanjana, kikar, shisham, tahli, beri, lasura, khatti, lemon)
- Formation of information center on forestry
- Workshops and seminars on environmental issues and importance of trees
- Training of community on tree plantation
- Trees planted on deras of landlords
Cost of Project: Total cost = Rs.100,000
Operating:Total cost = Rs.100,000
Funding source: 1.Punjab Forest Sector Development 2.Green Circle Organization
Benefits accrued:
- 100,000 trees planted in area
- Community made aware of environmental importance of trees and their benefits
- Improvement of environmental conditions
- shift to organic and sustainable methods of farming
- Provision of cheap indigenous fruit (lemon, kachnaar, beri, amla, lasura, khatti) to community, which besides providing nutrition also has medicinal value
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