Concept
Connect the keywords: livelihoods, rejuvenating degraded forest lands, water conservation, seedballs.
- find a few people (or train them) with intense knowledge of native trees hills in their region
- find people with knowledge of water conservation techniques
- connect livehoods with seed collection from these trees
- create nurseries for seedballs and for saplings of difficult slow growing trees like Silver Oak (baanj)
- work with grassroots non-profits and self-help groups to facilitate fund raising for such projects
Regions of interest
- Delhi-Haryana ridge
- Dharamshala; Khanyara; Palampur
- Solan
- Almora
Funding
- through voluntary donations
- fund raising through corporates
Ideal Situation
Ideal situation is to make this a self-sustaining and for-profit venture on the lines of http://www.grow-trees.com/