Familial Forestry-Rajasthan-based climate activist Shyam Sundar Jyani’s environment conservation concept, has won United Nations’ Land for Life Award 2021.
- The award was announced on June 17 by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
- The UNCCD praised Familial Forestry as “a unique concept of Shyam Sunder Jyanithat relates a tree with a family, making it a green family member”.
About Land for Life Award
- Launched at the UNCCD COP (Conference of Parties) 10 in 2011, the Land for Life Award is considered as the world’s highest reward regarding land conservation and restoration.
About UNCCD
- The UNCCD was established in 1994. It is the only legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management under the United Nations.
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