What is Familial Forestry
Familial Forestry is a concept that integrates trees as integral members of the family, fostering societal engagement in forestry and conservation activities, and contributing to the development of an ecological civilisation.
By considering trees as green family members, this approach encourages environmental sensitivity and empowerment, shaping individuals as environmentally connected stakeholders. This advances the consideration of ecosystems as a green quotient of individual and collective .
Our Vision
Familial Forestry envisions a world where green stewardship is woven into every family, institution, and community, fostering resilient ecosystems and vibrant lives
Our Mission
Our mission is to heal habitats, strengthen communities, and inspire global ecological consciousness through native tree adoption and community-driven eco-restoration.
Our Key Initiatives
Institutional Forests
Explore how Familial Forestry transforms educational, governmental, and religious institutions into thriving forests — growing future generations and regenerating nature.
Public Nursery
Discover our network of community nurseries providing free native saplings and spreading green wisdom to empower families, schools, villages, and spiritual institutions.
Agroforestry
Familial Forestry promotes sustainable agroforestry models that blend agriculture and forestry, ensuring better livelihoods, food security, and environmental resilience.
Holistic Habitat Healing
A comprehensive approach to habitat restoration that considers various dimensions of ecosystem health, community engagement, and the incorporation of Familial Forestry.
Our Impact
Familial Forestry has made significant strides across regions, communities, and institutions. Our initiatives have transformed barren lands into thriving green spaces, empowered local communities through sustainable livelihoods, and fostered environmental stewardship among youth and institutions. We have restored degraded ecosystems, increased biodiversity, and strengthened climate resilience, all while nurturing a deep, personal connection between people and nature. These milestones reflect not just our commitment to ecological restoration, but also the lasting social, cultural, and economic benefits that come with community-driven change.
Our Award
Founder's Message
हरित प्रणाम (Green Greetings),
My life’s singular mission is to foster environmental empathy and contribute to an eco-civilization. The concept of Familial Forestry, meticulously developed in 2006 after three years of dedicated conceptualization from 2003, embodies this overarching goal. Beyond advocating, I actively work as an activist on the ground, ensuring wider societal engagement with an empathetic approach.
This initiative transcends trees, focusing on Holistic Habitat Healing, considering local grasses, herbs, shrubs, and bushes as equally vital. By associating rituals and festivals with planting and conservation activities, promoting millets, discouraging single-use plastic, restoring community lands, and championing agroforestry and sustainable living, we aim for a holistic impact.
This comprehensive approach propels us towards widespread green socialization, advancing us closer to realizing an Eco-Civilization. I express heartfelt gratitude to all green-minded individuals contributing with their minds, hands, and hearts to this endeavor.
ShyamSunder Jyani
UN’s Land For Life Award laureate,
Associate Professor of Sociology
Govt. Dungar Collage, Bikaner, Rajasthan
Testimonials
"Excited and looking forward to supporting your efforts Professor ShyamSunder Jyani as we restore degraded lands. The concept of trees being family members is just amazing and easy to replicate."
"Congratulations to Sh. Shyam Sunder Jyani, Associate Professor at Dungar College Bikaner, selected for prestigious Land for Life Award 2021 by UNCCD. It's for his unique concept of Familial Forestry of Rajasthan that relates a tree with a family, making it a green family member."
"As I am about to leave UNCCD's COP15 my highlight is meeting this incredible & extraordinary man, Prof. Jyani who started an initiative of encouraging each family to plant a tree & embrace it as a green family member. 3.5M trees planted across his region."
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“Each green member we plant is a promise — a promise to future generations, to our communities, and to the Earth we call home.”