Rajasthan, India – Jeetu Singh’s camel stands calm, munching the leaves of a Khejri tree in the Jaisalmer district of India’s desert state of Rajasthan. Her calf occasionally suckles on her ...

In my front yard, the brown leaves of witch hazel hang on even as the buds are preparing to open into blooms. At Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda, a shingle oak tree stands in the parkway ...

Imprisoned gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has become a symbol for the Bishnoi community in their environmental protests against the felling of Khejri trees for solar power projects. The community has ...

Its construction needed lime, and for the lime they needed fire and to fuel the fire they needed trees. The men had come to chop down the khejri forest and haul it to the city to be burned.

The sacrificial act by 363 members of the Bishnoi community in 1730 to protect Khejri trees is recognized as an iconic environmental protest. At the Jaipur Literature Festival, writer Martin Goodman ...

Jaipur, Feb 2 (PTI) The story of the martyrdom of 363 people from Rajasthan’s Bishnoi community laying down their lives to save Khejri trees in 1730 near Jodhpur is considered one of the first ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — There's a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don't mix. But agroforestry can provide a multitude of benefits to farmers and landscapes.

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