How this 500 acres was turned into a sanctuary for native trees of Rajasthan-The story of Dhun- 2

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00:00 - Introduction to water harvesting
01:00 - Creating sustainable living environments
02:01 - Ecological masterplan and tree selection
03:34 - Animals grazing for soil health
04:00 - The role of grass in a desert ecology
04:52 - A green miracle starts taking shape
05:40 - Next step: Build a sustainable community

To read more about Desertification Visit:

The Dhun series is divided into two parts.
The second part of Greening the land with native trees can be found here.

Story of Dhun:

This dry and dusty piece of 500-acres of land on the outskirts of Jaipur
once hardly had 30 trees on it. But today, the same land has over 120 species of birds, 70 species of native trees and thousands of animals.

In the first part of the series, we showed how Manavendra and his team brought water using traditional wisdom which completely transformed the fate of the land.
(Do check the link above if you haven't watched the first part.)

After bringing water into the land, the team ventured into the next adventure. reviving the ecology of the place. creating a forest using indigenous trees, bringing grassland back to the ecology and finally take steps to redefine living spaces.

For creating a sustainable ecosystem, having an intelligent design was crucial. The team along with experts created an ecological masterplan in which they surveyed and, understood the topography and soil type and identified 108 species of native trees, grasses and shrubs to plant in these spaces.
After nurturing the saplings in their own nursery, the team planted them in the land now filled with enough water for them to grow.
They also used techniques like community grazing to increase the fertility of the soil.

And their hard work and vision has come to fruition with Dhun now home to around 70 species of native trees and has a grassland of its own.
The transformation has also transcended the boundaries of Dhun to nearby villages.

Today, Manavendra is chasing another dream. something more ambitious. He dreams of making a sustainable settlement in these spaces. one that is away from the cities. One which is close to nature.

You can follow Dhun's work here.
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Once again a big applause to Manavendra Singh and his team for further expanding and diversifying this project..this needs to be done on a larger scale all over the country ..the ideology behind it is commendable..!!!

shefalisharma
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All they are showing is true...they completely transformed our Village specialy by increasing the capacity of galniya talab now it can hold water for 2 years that helped villagers to earn extra income by livestock.
Now uou can see full grown forest here but there were countable neem khejri and Babul present then.. I want to thanks manvendra and his team on the behalf of the our Village..

chandraprakashmeena
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This needs to be done worldwide and recognized as a valued way of living with and encouraging natural systems to flourish.

hiphoppingalong
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This is so good to see. My Geography teacher 15 years ago (an old man even back then) tought us that this kind of thing is almost impossible. It always struck me as nonsensical because if there is enough precipitation and the ground is not horribly contaminated with toxic things like mine tailings and smelter slag it HAS to be possible to restore the ecosystem. Glad to see this (and similar things happening on other continents like that old guy in texas..)

Zonkotron
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Receive well-deserved applause from Kenya.

williamkiarie
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Amazing. Watching this "waste land" turn into this lush oasis is highly encouraging. Very impressed love from 🇯🇲

pollywantsacracker
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I’d like to build a dome home (buckmiester/fuller design) on about 1 acre at Dhun. I’m inspired to pursue a Miyawaki Food forest 🌳 Giving educational tours of the forest, inviting locals to work and to sell baskets full of local, organic seasonal native and exotic fruit/nuts (pick your own to keep prices low).
Blessings from Australia 🇦🇺
🙏✌🏼💜

fioname
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You didn't migrate sucumbing to emotions such as despair. You stayed and did something about it while using your head. This is the way...

joaocosta
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Fantastic to see such a positive vision
Made my day seeing this in the UK
I'm English and live in England yet have always liked the Indian people and their nature

richardraymond
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Down To Earth 🌏 What an incredible transformation, the billowing grasslands with native trees & shrubs is a wonder to behold! Thanks for sharing this

GaiaCarney
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Congratulations to the team.
Need more of these peppered around the nation.

TheGeorgeous
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Nothing but the highest praise for this work. The world is a better place because of the brilliant people who stuck to this work and followed through.

cloudninetherapeutics
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I heartly congrats to manvendra Singh for doing such a great job, you are an example for today's youth who are wasting their life and time behind the dirty politician's, we need to initiate this type program in every state of India for the future of our upcoming generations.. once again congratulations to you and your team ... greetings from Maharashtra ❤️

vishalgaisamudre
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Big Applause for Mr. Manvender sigh. Respect from Sindh

sobiagk
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DTE always take an inspirational milestone

NITESHKUMAR-jefn
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Magnificent, best wishes...
Congratulations to the team DHUN
Thanks to team DOWN TO EARTH for sharing the wise piece 😊

nabhejyotsaina
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This is hugely commendable. Needed a little more detailed version in the video.

TheGreenHaven
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Not just keeping nature intact but truly regreening and revitalizing, re-enlivening the pure energy of the soil, this is a beautiful project. All applause goes to your efforts and sharing this and growing this idea fully . Thank you!

maureenbowerman
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बहुत ही उत्तम और प्रशंसनीय कार्य।
हमें इस तरह के माडल को राजस्थान और अन्य प्रदेशों में भी करना बहुत सुंदर होगा।
धन्यवाद 🙏🏻🙏🏻🌺🏵️🏵️

shatrughenasingh
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What a wonderful human being you are Manvendra.

RakeshSharma-jebk