A dimension within Forest Conservation Efforts
This theme centers on the protection of forests and trees for environmental preservation.
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We must actively safeguard our local traditions, medicinal plants, and vital forest trees to ensure our heritage and well-being endure.

Faced with the loss of their natural forest, a community took action to plant a new one specifically for medicinal herbs.

By cherishing and utilizing the traditional foods and herbs found in our forests and lands, we can sustain ourselves and combat malnutrition while preserving our natural heritage.

Drawing strength from ancient customs and the jungle's bounty, our community thrives by living independently and preserving traditional foodways for future generations.
We should protect forest trees for a pure environment.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
To save water and forests, we should plant trees and protect them. We should not cut them down, as we get pure air and water from them. Therefore, we should protect the forests.
— Ram Kumari
We should protect our forests. Many living beings and animals live there. Trees have started to be cut down, so they should be saved.
— Mohan AHARI · Patiya, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Deforestation should be stopped.
— Sunita Kumari
The government should promote and protect forests.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We must protect our forests so that herbs remain.
— Chanda
Save the forest, conserve the soil.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
Hello. We will take care of our forest and protect the forest trees.
— Gauri damor
Look, the protection of forest and trees just by saying.
— Sunita Kumari
We have the ability to save the forest.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
If we do not protect our forests, then the medicinal herbs and trees of our forests, which contribute to our economic situation, may be destroyed. Therefore, it is very important to protect our forests.
— Chanda
To save water, forests, and land, we should plant trees so that we can get clean air. Therefore, all of us, brothers and sisters, should collectively prevent the cutting of trees and plants, so that we can have clean air and protect the environment.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We must protect our water, forest, and land, or else, gradually, the forest department will have our forests cut down, which was our family's ancestral home.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Seeing the greenery of the forest feels very good, we must save the forests.
— Kachala Choudhary
We will take care of the trees and plants in our forest and maintain them; we will not cut them. They will provide us support and wood.
— Dinesh Damor · Dungarpur, Rajasthan
We should preserve our culture so that herbs and forests remain.
— Chanda
The protection of the forest, its herbs, and natural beauty is important.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The government should protect the traditions and forests of the tribals; if the tribals exist, the forests will also be safe.
— Gopal · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
To save water and forests, we all should plant trees, so that we can get healthy air and protect our environment, ensuring the safety of all living beings, animals, and birds, and providing pure air.
— Ram Kumari
We will maintain the trees and plants in our forest and will not cut them, and we will bring all the grass from them and keep the forest safe.
— Deelip Meena · Chundawara, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
If we don't take care, the forest will be destroyed.
— Chanda
Destruction should not happen in the name of development. Water, forest, and land should be saved.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The protection of the forest's herbs and natural beauty is important.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Plant trees in the forest, protect the forest.Name -Sundri PadiamiVillage -Kodeguda
— Champa Gatan · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
We want to advise the government that, to build a developed India, it should not cut forests, save the environment, and ensure the system protects the tribals.
— Kachala Choudhary
Long live rural discussions. The forests that are present in our lives are depleting. We need to plant more trees, otherwise society will be destroyed.
— Jadumani Nial · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
If we want to build a developed India, we should stop destroying forests.
— Kachala Choudhary
For Developed India Vision 2047, we will also have to save our water, forests, and land. We must protect the environment.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We should save forests for future generations so that pastures can be saved for cows, oxen, and goats.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We all used to get forest products before, but now they are not available. Therefore, forests should be protected. It would be good if everyone remains aware.
— KusaPradhani · Tapurbuduni, Rayagada, Odisha
All of them should plant trees to save water and forests. For example,
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Due to the cutting of trees and plants in the village, various herbs and food items are becoming extinct. We can protect them.
— Mohan AHARI · Sarera, Udaipur, Rajasthan
We get good rain from forests, that's why forests should be saved.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Medicinal plants are on the verge of extinction in the forest. The forest should be protected.
— upendra sunani · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
Just as forest land is saved today, may it remain saved.
— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
A request to the Sudha government by 2047: all forests that are being destroyed should be protected. Beyond that, in our country, people will receive all kinds of facilities, meaning poor people will get houses.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
Name: Debe Podiami, Village: Kodeguda, Gram Panchayat: Potrel, District: Malkangiri. Plant trees, protect the forest.
— Mukunda Madkami · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Village - Chota Chakri, forests should be protected. Chemical fertilizers should not be used in farming.
— Man Singh Bankira
Lots of trees are being cut down in the name of development and our forests are disappearing. If we do not spread awareness of sustainable development, then we will lose our forests and we will also lose our lungs.
— sophia akoijam · Imphal, Imphal West, Manipur
We should not cut down forests. If deforestation occurs, we will not get oxygen, and there will be a shortage of medicinal herbs, which will make us sick.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.

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